January 23, 2005

True Colors

A few days earlier, we mentioned that we are having a bit of trouble coping with our own personal nightmare. We've noticed a few unusual happenings here at the Funny Farm that might have some bearing on this situation.

In particular, we noticed something odd - there have been a number of occasions where we expected some mail to show up at our humble abode, and our mailbox was empty. Not even the usual handouts and flyers that were in everyone else's mailbox that day. Plus, some expected documentation has not shown up - even after we contacted those who sent us the documents, and were informed that, yes, they did mail it to us, and we should have already gotten it.

You can imagine our surprise, then, when we saw a letter from Capital One addressed to the Psycho Hose Beast in our mailbox. After we were lied to assured that she had updated her address to reflect her new living arrangements (we guess that means "except for the credit cards we applied for after we left you"). It appears to us that somebody wants to use our good name (and credit history) for their own benefit (we're reasonably sure that this credit card was obtained after she ran out on us). Don't you love such honest, ethical behavior from those who pretended to be close to you? We guess that old habits die hard for some people...

We can only imagine what else is in store for us until we can get the hell out of our current domicile and find a new place to call home. Just one more mess to have to clean up after. Funny how some think that they can do whatever they want, and have someone else clean up after them. Does that remind you of any Unelected Usurpers you know?

We would also strongly advise anyone out there who considers this to be appropriate behavior to sod off and find themselves another patsy - we aren't playing that game with your sorry ass anymore. Oh - and maybe you should contact Capital One and give them your correct address - they'll probably be contacting you shortly about your fraudulent behavior. And stop taking mail from our mailbox - we do believe that taking someone else's mail is some sort of federal crime*.

* - we got the contact information for Capital One from their web site. And then put the letter back in our mailbox with a note that this individual is no longer residing at our address (after contacting Capital One and bringing them up to speed on the fraud being perpetrated on them).

Update : we tried contacting those who have done this, and ask them why there are still items addressed to them as if they still lived here, to please not use our address for their own purposes any more, and to update their contact information with their credit card company**. We were greeted with hostility and disrespect for our efforts, and told that "the post office must've missed putting a forwarding label on that envelope". Which is all well and good - except it's been over three months now since this congenital liar ran out on us. One would think that they would be able to send an update to the credit card company so they would send their mail to the correct address without the need for a forwarding address during that time. You know, like normal civilized people do? Unless, of course, there is some sort of fraudulent behavior going on, and they don't want the credit card companies to know where they are.

You would also think that civilized people would appreciate the effort to update them, and take steps to give the correct information to the company they are getting credit from. Instead we have been accused of tampering with the mail and informed that legal steps are being considered against us. And told that we are mentally deficient. We didn't hear the rest of the message that was kindly (cough) deposited on our answering machine at work, but judging from the tone of voice we heard up to that time, we're relatively sure there was a considerable amount of venom in it all the way through. Funny, that - you try to be nice to someone who has disrespected you, and all you get is lies, threats, and spiteful comments intended to twist the knife in some more. Does that sort of behavior ring any bells with any of our faithful readers? It sure sounds to us like somebody's a little pissed that they got caught. Anybody know of any other deserting weasels like that?

** - yeah, we probably should have just talked to the credit card company and left it at that, instead of trying to find out what motivates someone to be this inconsiderate (by asking "Why does this credit card still have the wrong address on it?"), and get them to leave us alone. We're reasonably certain that we won't be making that mistake again any time soon…

Posted by (: Tom :) at January 23, 2005 12:00 AM