So.
I have chosen to own my silence.
Everyone has always been so kind to me here…regardless of my transgressions, which is very sweet considering I’m imagining you’re really thinking, “Geez. What a noodle. Honestly, I think her behavior is reprehensible…and she’s a bit of a dweeb.”
Wow. You guys are harsh.
I won’t bore you with all the crap that’s getting in the way of my blogging. Suffice to say, it’s ongoing and I’m doing my best to power through.
Nevertheless, I do have a story to share…complete with a moral and everything. Consider it my belated Christmas present to you all…or maybe an early birthday gift. Mazel Navidad, people.
So, it was a typical Sunday and I had just finished paying my bills online. Due to a somewhat unhealthy proclivity for waiting until the last minute, I usually wind up paying half my bills through the bank’s online bill pay and the other half directly on Comcast’s Verizon’s American Express’ the company’s own website.
Whatever. Poe-tay-toh, poe-tah-toh. Either way it gets paid, right?
It couldn’t have been more than ten minutes after I’d logged off the computer that my phone rang. The ID gave an 800 number and I was annoyed that a business had the nerve to call me on a Sunday. This may explain why I barked, “WHAT?” instead of the customary “hello”. After a half-second delay, I heard a female automated voice say, “Hello. This is the Wells Fargo Fraud Alert Division of Wells Fargo Bank, notifying you of some unusual activity on your account ending in 9999. Please press #1 to continue.”
I press #1. My thoughts are racing. Crap, crap, crap. FRAUD. ALERT. This cannot be good.
The automated voice says, “First, we’ll need to verify your identity. Is your first name Kathryn? Press #1 if yes.”
And I freeze. (Picture deer in the headlights…eyes wide…mouth shaped in the perfect “O”.)
Uh oh.
My gut instinct is screaming, “HANG UP! SOMETHING’S WRONG. CRAAAAAAAP.” So, I punch the “end” button, severing the call.
Some of you may find this hard to believe…but I have some purging issues.
(In Kathryn’s head, her readers GASP in utter surprise and disbelief. It would be nice if you took a moment to fulfill my mental image. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.)
When booting up laptop upon arriving home, I was a bit shocked by how cluttered my desktop has become:
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