I have a friend, let's call her M., and she is the single most stupid person I know. Last year she got a bill to pay for her driving lessons, she called the driving teachers to tell them they were billing her too much. They agreed and she paid the amount she owed them, at least that is what she thought she was doing.
Sadly though M. is not a very bright person. When filling in the number of the bank account, she used the wrong number (postbus instead of postbank). Convinced she had paid she ignored further reminders and a warning, assuming the driving teachers accidentally sent them to her.
Quite recently she found out about this mistake because a letter came from a bailiff. If she didn't pay the amount she owed plus 100 euro, she was going to be sued. Of course this came as quite a shock, she thought she had dealt with it a year ago and started digging through her administration to find out what had happened.
The money had been returned to her bank account without her noticing.
After driving through the rain to talk with the driving teachers, then further to talk with the bank and then after traveling by train to the bailiff, she found out she had no other choice than to pay the amount they demanded.
Feeling rather stupid and incapable of taking care of her own finances she is going to make a cup of tea now and cuddle up with her cat in her new room. When she grows up she will either have to make enough money to hire an accountant or make so much money that it doesn't matter if she looses some of it once in a while.

posted by Marian @ 11:34 AM 1 comments

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