HILARIOUS JOKES AND HUMOR ARCHIVES
Do you remember your first credit card? I do. I also
remember the first bill. It said I owed $0.00. Since I had not yet made any purchases, I knew the amount to be true. Therefore, I ignored the bill and threw it away.
The next month I had still not used the card, and so when I
received another bill for $0.00 I threw that one away too.
But the following month the credit card company sent me a
very nasty note saying they were going to cancel my card if
I didn't send them $0.00.
Concerned about my reputation, I called and talked to them
about my statement. They said it was a computer error and
told me they'd take care of it. The following month I
decided it was about time to try out the troublesome credit
card. I figured if there were purchases on my account it
would put an end to my ridiculous predicament.
To my dismay however, I found out my credit card had been
cancelled when I tried to use it as payment for merchandise.
I called the credit card company again, and they apologized
again for the computer error, saying they would
take care of it.
The next day I got a bill for $0.00 saying that payment was
now overdue. I assumed that since I had talked with the
credit card company only the previous day, the latest bill
was yet another mistake and I ignored it, trusting that the
company would be as good as their word
and sort the problem out.
However, the next month I got a bill for $0.00 saying I had
only 10 days to pay my account or the company would have to
take steps to recover the debt. Frustrated, I decided to
play with the company at their own game, and mailed them a
check for $0.00. To my relief, the computer processed my
check and returned a statement the next month telling me I
did not owe the credit card company anything.
A week later, my bank called me, wanting to know why I wrote
a check for $0.00. After giving them my lengthy explanation,
the bank told me the $0.00 check had caused their check
processing software to fail. The bank could not process ANY
checks from ANY of their customers that day because the
check for $0.00 was causing the computer to crash.
The following month I received a letter from the credit card
company claiming that my check had been returned and that I
now owed them $0.00. Unless I sent them a check, they would
take steps to recover the debt.
After a few more months of frustration, I managed to cancel
my account with the credit card company and the problem was
solved. I had considered buying my wife a computer for her
birthday, but I bought her a typewriter instead.
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It's easy to become overly focused upon money and money
management, for the meeting of our needs. I'm so glad that
Jesus takes care of all our needs, and we don't have to
worry about the future because He is trustworthy!
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious
riches in Christ Jesus... for your Father knows what you
need before you ask him. -Philippians 4:19, Mathew 6:8
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