Debt pronWatching TV the other day we caught one of these "Bank of Mummy or the Wife" type shows and we thought, "This is Debt Pron." I.e. peoples financial problems exploited for the voyeuristic pleasure of others. Then we thought, "We bet lots of people on B3ta have massive financial problems. Let's exploit them." So, confess them all. Dodgy credit cards, lending money to some bloke in the pub, visits from the bailiffs, using one card to pay off another. We want to wallow in your fiscal pain. So, what is your biggest money fuck up?
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rob, Thu 23 Nov 2006, 19:50)
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my exwhen i was at uni was not very good with money. he didn't know what the "DR" meant on his statement, and in first year he genuinely thought his parents were topping up his account every week. the thick twat.
so by third year the bank have somehow let him get £4,500 overdrawn on his student account. he left his statement on the kitchen table, and on april fools day the other 2 girls we lived with and i had a plan.
my older brother rang him at 9am:
"hello is this mr ex-rachel-swipe?"
him (cockily): "yes"
"this is the gloucester branch of the midland bank. you are £4,501.67 overdrawn. these funds must be re-paid with immediate effect" etc.
from our perspective, it was hilarious. we heard the arrogance slowly turn into defensiveness which quickly slid into panic.
"no, no, no don't do that, i - i'll get my parents to pay it. they won't be happy but they will. no they can pay it for me please don't - YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!!!!"
the worst thing is, this guy had a commission to join the army and is now reasonably high up in the ranks. he's in control of saving the world and he couldn't close the fridge door or understand a bank statement. no wonder we're doomed!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Sat 25 Nov 2006, 8:14,
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