Wow, Sopko, that
does sound like something out of a movie! I'm glad she's okay and I hope she heals quickly. (Nor do I begrudge you lawsuit money.)
On the student loans front, I just got a call from one of them.
My cell phone rings. I'm at the office, so of course I curse and try to find the damn thing to make it shut up. I look at the number and don't recognize the area code, usually enough to prompt me to ignore it. For whatever reason -- likely crushing boredom -- I decide to answer it.
"Hi, this is ohmygodI'mspeakingreallyfast from Idon'tevenknow." She pauses, briefly. Then, in an accusatory tone: "Your payment of <a number which is less than $60> is 3 days late."
I'm confused and trying to piece together what words were just thrown at me. Eventually I figure out she must be from one of the three loan firms I borrowed school money from, and I think for a second. "I, uh... sent in a payment via your website yesterday?"
It takes her a moment to process this. Perhaps I spoke too slowly for her? I'm about to repeat myself, to clarify, but then she comes back to life. "Oh. Okay. I will forward that information." Without even giving me a second to thank her for her kind courtesy, she begins the barrage of questions: "Why were you late? Did you miss the mail, or are you having trouble with your payments? You do know you have to pay, right?"
I am still confused and thinking,
Wait, didn't this loan enter repayment three days ago? Why am I already getting collection calls? Especially since I just paid them?. I am also getting angry because she is prying into my personal life over what is small beans to the company I figure out she's from, asking questions that aren't relevant because I made the damn payment. I simply tell her I didn't get to the mail until the other day.
She says, "So you won't have any trouble making your next payment on time, will you?"
My head meets the desk and I make some noncommittal sound and hang up.
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Sure lady. Sure as hell not going to forget
you or the damn company you work for who is spending time calling recent graduates who missed the first payment on an account only recently come due.
So much for that skipping town theory. They aren't letting that slide these days, apparently. >_>
