Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Mr Muffet

That many Americans are experiencing financial challenges is no surprise to you, savvy reader. That they may be solved by arachnids could be.

Via geekologie (try to surpress your shock that I reference such a site) we have the following excellent tale of how to respond to bill collectors.



The complete email chain is available here. Go read it now, then start drawing your way to a prosperous new tomorrow.

8 Comments:

Blogger PassTheChips said...

Coming from a former collector, that was pure genius. I might have given him special treatment simply based on his creativity.

November 21, 2008  
Blogger Bubba the Hutt said...

You should've seen Chips back in his collector days. He'd come in to work every day in overalls and a mullet and tell people things like "I don't care if you have to hold a bake sale, I need $20 on this account by Friday".

One time he called someone's house and the kids said they were at Fry's, he asked where and they gave the crossroads. He looked up their number, had the person paged to the front desk, when they answered he said "Hi, I know you have your checkbook with you, let's make a payment".

Once when a guy said he wasn't going to get his checkbook because he was still in bed Chips said "well maybe if you'd get your lazy a out of bed you'd get a job and could pay your bills".

That guy was ruthless. "Special treatment" means he'd only take a wooden bat to your legs instead of the lead pipe.

Awesome blog btw.

November 21, 2008  
Blogger daniel said...

we need more some collector stories on pass the chips...

i may have to provide an anecdote or two from my days as a misguided young telemarketer, though those will mostly be about paroled coworkers and their misadventures with ankle monitoring bracelets.

November 21, 2008  
Blogger Denise said...

You're funny and clever...I like you.

November 21, 2008  
Blogger Bubba the Hutt said...

Thank you.

Now only if I were clever, good looking and rich instead of just clever and good looking :)

November 22, 2008  
Blogger Denise said...

Sorry, Bubba. Daniel is actually all of those things and much, much more. But, I like your blog too. As evidenced by my lengthy one-time comment. (If I don't like you, I don't comment.)

Mike had a mullet? I met Mike when he was 20 and can't imagine him with a mullet. But maybe if I try really hard. Do you have any photographic evidence?

November 22, 2008  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't pay any attention to my husband, he's just being his usual intolerable self.

November 22, 2008  
Blogger PassTheChips said...

I did have a mullet for about six months in high school. I do have photographs. My favorite is of the 1990 Christmas Dance where I had on purple pants, a purple shirt with black polka dots, and a black vest, topped with a mullet. I was 100% awesome.

December 16, 2008  

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