Sorry Sean, that sucks.

I had that happen once when a deposited check hadn't cleared yet. About $8 of overdraft and $40 of fees.

Sorry, Sean! BTDT, indeed.

seeing a string of $35 charges for stuff you wouldn't have done if they'd told you at the time you were trying to do it.

That's exactly why the bastards don't tell you! Banks make a shitload of $$ from overdraft charges. I have OD "protection" wherein they snatch money from a credit card to cover any overdrafts, but the rat bastards charge me OD fees anyway!

Protection, my heiney. "That's a nice credit rating you got there, missy. Shame if anything happened to it..."

That's exactly why the bastards don't tell you!

Oh, I'm painfully aware of that. It's just the extra-weaselly weaseling with weasel sauce on a bed of lightly braised weasel that gets me: "Oh, we just didn't want you to be embarrassed! It's so awful to have your card rejected, we just wanted to spare you the dreadful psychic pain! Because we care, we really care about your wellbeing!"

No, you don't, and you're not fooling anyone. I'd have more respect for them if they just out and out said, "We are thieving assbastards who will take every possible opportunity to financially cockpunch you, and then snicker about it afterwards. Also, we fart in your general direction." I still wouldn't have a lot of respect for them, but more than I have now.

Barb, did you SEE the Heartbroken video? Nakey Johnny arms. Oh me oh my - and I know how you love his arms.

Oh, Johnny, I'm so proud of you-- didn't think you would ever do subtle. Which is much harder than gaudy, as we well know. I only regret that it was to Russian elevator music played on a Yamaha piano. I'd recognize that tinny upper register anywhere. *sigh*

But his arms. Oh my, his arms.

If Johnny bites you, you turn fabulous during the full moon.

suh-NERK

The job offer I got yesterday is not yet official, because the vice president of the university has not signed off on it yet, but it should be official on Monday. Meanwhile, two more schools want to interview me. One of them is a significantly better job than the current offer, so I'm scheduling that interview.

Also, scotch is nice. Well, it's nice when it's mixed with some club soda or seltzer or whatever that was. It burns my mouth straight.

It's so awful to have your card rejected, we just wanted to spare you the dreadful psychic pain!

Never mind there are plenty of reasons a card can be rejected that have nothing to do with your balance. I've had them reject multiple times because there's a chance of a security breach or we've made a couple of unusual purchases and the CC company shuts down the account until they confirm they were legit.

Congrats to job-offer-having Buffistas! Wishing you good luck with future interviews and many jobs to be torn between, Hil.

More moving/unpacking good wishes to omnis and meara!

Thanks to everyone sending good wishes for The Girl's father. Apparently he's been flirting with nurses in his drugged-up state. This can only be a good sign.

~ma for Max.

Have not been exactly *there*, Sean, but I've been on the Funny Money train. I borrowed that from Terry McMillian, actually...one of her goofy sister characters says "My money is *too* funny. Again."

Those fees and some other bank shennanigans are why we quit BofA and go to a small local bank chain now, and use another for savings.