Boiiiiiinnngg!I lost my (full) cheque book once and had to reorder one from the bank. They swiftly cancelled my lost one and sent me a shiny new one.
3 months passed and I picked up my 'new' cheque book and went on a spending spree (It was 3 days until pay day).
I did this for about 6 months until I ran out of cheques.
And yep, you guessed it, I was using the lost cheque book without realising.
So I phoned up the bank and told them what happened. Bloke on the phone told me to trace all of my purchases immediately and pay up as they couldn't do anything.
And the lie? I told him I would. Fraud is bad, laziness is a commodity. :)
So not a major lie, but a very beneficial one. It was either that or do an impossible task of retracing my steps for 6 months.
edit: It wasn't a huge amount of money btw. Mainly cheques for cigs, or tea from the service station.
(3 months passed and I picked up my 'new' cheque book and went on a spending spree (It was 3 days until pay day).
I did this for about 6 months until I ran out of cheques.
And yep, you guessed it, I was using the lost cheque book without realising.
So I phoned up the bank and told them what happened. Bloke on the phone told me to trace all of my purchases immediately and pay up as they couldn't do anything.
And the lie? I told him I would. Fraud is bad, laziness is a commodity. :)
So not a major lie, but a very beneficial one. It was either that or do an impossible task of retracing my steps for 6 months.
edit: It wasn't a huge amount of money btw. Mainly cheques for cigs, or tea from the service station.
Fronkle99,
Tue 25 Nov 2003, 22:09,
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