I had an interesting conversation with the elderly lady who owns the health food store in Champaign that I shop at regularly. Actually, it was more interesting the first time she told it, slightly less so today since it was approximately the ten millionth time. But what's amusing is each time she tells this little story it's just a little bit different.
She told me about how one day she was surprised to see a 2 dollar fee on her monthly bank statement which said "paper charge". She called up the bank manager and asked what it was all about, and the bank manager said that it was to cover the price of printing the monthly bank statements on paper and then he asked her "don't you have online?". She sternly replied, "No, I don't, and I never intend to!". The next month, her monthly bank statement showed a credit for 2 dollars, which she is sure was because she complained about the paper charge. But along with that monthly statement the bank had included in the same envelope was a flyer warning about the dangers of identity theft. Which was doubly ironic considering that A: it was printed on paper, yet they were charging her a 2 dollar paper fee, and B: because it was warning about a danger which presumably would be increased by having your personal information available online.
Hmmm...kinda makes you think, doesn't it?
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hey jeremy, hope i spelled your name correctly, its paul from work! nice blogs =) i'll continue to check in =)
i think the bank was just trying to find ways of slowly taking the ladies money.. and that online thing sounds fishy.
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