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[moosmom]

Laura,

You are one wise woman!!! The people that I worry about are the elderly who live alone or with their spouses, and these jerks try to scam them. These poor people get scammed all the time and don't know any better.

Good for you for being on your toes.

[Moesha]

What I find amazing is that they messed up your name and the numbers in your address, but put together all the numbers in the correct order to be able to call you. They should be grateful to you that you did their work for them. I probably would not have gone to the doctor's office to straighten it out for them. Well, maybe if they gave me the correct name of my doctor and I had been there recently. But maybe not.

[Edwina's Secretary]

And to think people are worried if the government gets involved in healthcare delvery it will get messed up! I share you pain. Hospitals, labs and insurance companies hire minimum wage employees to handle sensitive information and teaches them the customer is always wrong!

[Medusa]

This reminds me of an incident that took place years ago. I was trying to track an order and said "It was to be delivered to Greensburg, Ohio". The woman said "Ma'am, there is no Greensburg, Ohio." I said "Really?"
"Yes", she said. "Then the town where I live doesn't exist? So that would mean the house I'm in doesn't exist either. Then I don't exist either. So you mustn't exist either!" She got my point and found my order. They're out there, Laura, and probably reproducing as we speak.

[smokey the elder]

A long time ago I went to apply for a car loan. I had a good job and good credit, and was surprised when I was turned down. I called the bank and found out that some doofus had transposed 2 digits of my social security number. It got sorted out pretty quickly after that.

That was smart what you did. The way the caller acted had all the classic red flags of a phone scammer. They ought to know better.

[RICHARD]

Wait until you get a letter in the mail threatening you with going to jail for child support.

When you do not have children!

A clerical mistake that told me I was going to get my wages garnished or thrown in jail!

THat was an interesting letter-phone call to get that one figured out!

[Laura's Babies]

Richard, when I saw you had posted, I knew it would be GOOD!!

(sorry, but I have to ask....did you get to meet your kids?) (LOL!)

They're out there, Laura, and probably reproducing as we speak.

THAT HAD ME ROLLING! TOOOOO funny!!

Oh, I called the doctors office and told them of the big mess to kind of warn them of the type of people they are TRUSTING with important stuff.

[CountryWolf07]

This reminds me of an incident that took place years ago. I was trying to track an order and said "It was to be delivered to Greensburg, Ohio". The woman said "Ma'am, there is no Greensburg, Ohio." I said "Really?"
"Yes", she said. "Then the town where I live doesn't exist? So that would mean the house I'm in doesn't exist either. Then I don't exist either. So you mustn't exist either!" She got my point and found my order. They're out there, Laura, and probably reproducing as we speak.

Ha.. Nice.