Last month, we finally had our landline telephone service discontinued. I called AT&T to inform them that their services were no longer needed since we each now have a personal wireless device that does everything (and much more) than their service can provide.
I was reluctant, at first, to discontinue the service, since it has been our telephone number since before 1979 – we kept the same number from the previous owner when we moved here.
But, after doing all the trade-offs, it just had to be done.
Then, after all the smoke settled, I got this fantastic refund from the accounts payable folks at AT&T. Woo Woo. Where will I spend all this money? Maybe a lead 7½ shot ball in a 12 gauge shell? Yeah! That’s a great idea!
Don’t cash it. It will probably cost them more to carry this liability for months on their books.
That’s sort of what I planned to do. I was going to wait until I had another check to deposit by mail – a rare occurrence – and drop the .11 check in the envelope with it.
You would think that there would be an operating rule that refunds less than a certain amount would not be disbursed, but then the whiners at the ACLU or something would go off on that.