Comments on: Privacy: It’s none of their business

By: Moments of Fame « Funny about Money

Moments of Fame « Funny about Money — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:24:40 +0000

[...] Wales has posted the 90th Carnival of Money Stories at The Personal Financier, where Funny’s rant about privacy-invading call center employees appears. SVB makes editor’s pick here, with a savvy list of ten things to do when you get laid [...]

By: katy

katy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:59:31 +0000

In ’92. my mother was on the phone for almost an hour with amex over cancelling her card. She was cash only her whole life, got the card for her one trip to Israel. When she got back, she cancelled the card. The guy coddled and finally harangued her. He said, ‘what can we do to keep your business?’ ten different ways. Frustrated, she finally said ‘you are a shylock with a desk’. Silence. They cancelled her card.

Momma was right.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:59:01 +0000

Man, glad it wasn’t just me thinking the credit card reps were getting crazier. I called to activate my new Discover card (evidently they just send new cards because the day ends in “y” not because the old one has expired) and the rep went through a whole speech about how she uses her card and her cash back rewards and how well it worked and don’t we all need some help this time of year.

That was a whole bunch of TMI right there. Also 10-15 minutes of my life I’ll never seen again. I was tired and hadn’t eaten dinner yet so I just let her say her piece and then ended the call. I need energy to be cranky and contrary.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:39:19 +0000

You’re probably right about that – it is none of their business. It was kinda fun to see what they would say to get me to stay though – good blog post fodder!