[BITList] WHO EMPLOYS THESE IDIOTS - - A TRUE STORY!!!

[John Feltham]

G'day folks,

You wouldn't believe it, or would you?

The very next msg that I read just now, came from a long time friend on the Internet

See…

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/zero.asp




On 28/05/2012, at 1:02 AM, xxxx wrote:

> Thought you’d like to do something about this….its in your area of the world. <eg>
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> Subject: WHO EMPLOYS THESE IDIOTS - - A TRUE STORY!!!
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> A man living in Kandos (near Mudgee in NSW, Australia )
> Received a bill in March for his as yet unused gas line stating that he owed
> $0.00.
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> He ignored it and threw it away. In April he received another bill and
> Threw that one away too.
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> The following month the gas company sent him a very nasty note stating
> That they were going to cancel his gas line if he didn't send them
> $0.00 by return mail.
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> He called them, talked to them, and they said it was a computer error
> And they would take care of it.
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> The following month he decided that it was about time that he tried
> Out the troublesome gas line figuring that if there was usage on the
> Account it would put an end to this ridiculous predicament.
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> However, when he went to use the gas, it had been cut off..
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> He called the gas company who apologized for the computer error once
> Again and said that they would take care of it. The next day he got a
> Bill for $0.00 stating that payment was now overdue.
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> Assuming that having spoken to them the previous day the latest bill
> Was yet another mistake, he ignored it, trusting that the company
> Would be as good as their word and sort the problem out.
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> The next month he got a bill for $0.00. This bill also stated that he
> Had 10 days to pay his account or the company would have to take steps
> To recover the debt.
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> Finally, giving in, he thought he would beat the gas company at their
> Own game and mailed them a cheque for $0.00. The computer duly
> Processed his account and returned a statement to the effect that he
> Now owed the gas company nothing at all.
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> A week later, the manager of the Mudgee branch of the Westpac Banking
> Corporation called our hapless friend and asked him what he was doing
> Writing cheque for $0.00.
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> After a lengthy explanation the bank manager replied that the $0.00
> Cheque had caused their cheque processing software to fail. The bank
> Could therefore not process ANY cheques they had received from ANY of
> Their customers that day because the cheque for $0.00 had caused the
> Computer to crash.
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> The following month the man received a letter from the gas company
> Claiming that his cheque had bounced and that he now owed them $ 0.00
> And unless he sent a cheque by return mail they would take immediate
> Steps to recover the debt.
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> At this point, the man decided to file a debt harassment claim against
> The gas company. It took him nearly two hours to convince the clerks
> At the local courthouse that he was not joking.
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> They subsequently helped him in the drafting of statements which were
> Considered substantive evidence of the aggravation and difficulties he
> Had been forced to endure during this debacle.
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> The matter was heard in the Magistrate's Court in Mudgee and the
> Outcome was this:
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> The gas company was ordered to:
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> [1] Immediately rectify their computerized accounts system or Show
> Cause, within 10 days, why the matter should not be referred to a
> Higher court for consideration under Company Law.
> [2] Pay the bank dishonour fees incurred by the man.
> [3] Pay the bank dishonour fees incurred by all the Westpac clients
> Whose cheques had been bounced on the day our friend's had been
> Processed.
> [4] Pay the claimant's court costs; and
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> [5] Pay the claimant a total of $1500 per month for the 5 month period
> March to July inclusive as compensation for the aggravation they had
> Caused their client to suffer.
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> And all this over $0.00
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> This story can also be viewed on the ABC website - Who employs these idiots??
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> Remember, these "people" walk among us and breathe the same air we do.
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> Sounds like a telephone company,
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