DOH!

[Bandit]

Normally, I would write one cheque per month, and that's for rent.

Since it's a pain to do it, about every three months, I sit down, work out the pay cycles and write a bunch of them. Since I get paid every two weeks, I split the rent so that everything is current by the first of the month and it's not one big hit. Landlord is good for that. And I do three months at a time.

So, last Saturday, I do my next bunch, drive down and drop them off. The office isn't open on the weekend, so I put them in the secure drop box.

Yesterday, when I get home, there's a message on the phone from the outfit asking me to call them back.

<cue sense of doom>

So, today I call back and when I first talk to the person who called, after the hellos, I say "I have a feeling I did something so monumentally stupid like put the wrong year on the cheques I dropped off."

All I heard was laughter and between giggles:
"You were reading my mind, weren't you?"

Me: "I never make little mistakes - I go for the gusto and screw things up big time!"

Her: more laughing

Me: "I'll drop off replacements tomorrow."

Her: "Thank you. I'll hold these for you. And thanks for the laugh - I needed that!"

Me: "No problem - my screw-up. See you tomorrow."

DOH! True Homer Moment.

B

[dalesys]

Did you get the right century?

[Bandit]

Did you get the right century?

The only reason I did was the 20 was printed on the cheque before I got my paws on it.

For all I know, there's a good chance if it wasn't, I might have written 1999 on it - the last time I had to actually write a cheque to keep the lights on.

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