How about these two gems? * After my ass-reaming of a registration fee "a few weeks back":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/001288/, I saw my check clear, and then be returned a day later with the cryptic message "Refer to Maker". How biblical. I call my bank, and they have no idea why I came back. I had plenty of money, so it's not like it's an NSF(Non-Sufficient Funds) situation; the guy thought maybe the endorsement stamp on the back wasn't clear enough and my bank rejected it. I called MVD to see if they had any info on their end, but they didn't even know about it being returned yet. They said to wait for a letter or call back in a week. I gave them two. First I call MVD today to see if they had any more info for me, and they didn't. I tried to explain to them that it was some sort of bank mix-up, and not like I had passed them a bum check (although after watching "Catch Me If You Can":http://imdb.com/title/tt0264464/ last night it was highly tempting). They said no matter what if there's a problem with the check I have to give them an extra $25, and I also need to give it to them cash or credit card; no more checks. Of course the location near me only takes cash, and I'm not going to make 3 trips to the ATM to get $500 out, so the location that will actually take my check card is on the other side of town. Whee! I called PNC Bank back and tried to get further info, and gently hinted that perhaps they should pay for the $25 extra since it was something that they (or at least not I) had screwed up, to which they gently hinted that I should go fuck myself.

* I accidentally paid my wireless bill twice last month, so I figured I wouldn't have anything to worry about this month. Wrong! A bill of $200+ shows up, only partially covered by my double-payment of last month. This seems to have been a disturbing trend over the last few months; amazingly high wireless bills. I called to find out what was going on, and apparently my new plan (unlike my old one before I moved) DOESN'T INCLUDE LONG DISTANCE?!?! Are you shitting me? $5 a month for the long distance would have saved me a few hundred over the last few months ($.20 a minute for LD... ouch!). So, I added the package, upped my minutes per month allotment (having only a mobile phone when you're telecommuting can use up peak minutes pretty fast), and grimaced when the nice woman on the phone told me I was already over my prorated minutes for this billing half-cycle to the tune of like $60. Some days you just shouldn't get out of bed.