Thank you for your kind donation
Last night, the wife was checking our latest bank statement, as she does every month. As she was going through it, she noticed a $500 charge that neither of us could account for. The recipient of the money, according to the statement, was an ambiguous "TRC." We went nuts trying to figure out what the heck that was, and we both drew blanks.
Curious, and frankly a bit angry, I called the bank this morning to get to the bottom of the situation. The representative I spoke with was very helpful. She pulled up my account, and she let me know the date of the charge. She said that TRC was showing up on her machine as "The Rodent Club."
"This is clearly some kind of mistake, as I am certainly not any sort of member or affiliate of any sort of rodent club," I stated.
"It was directly debited from your account, I don't have much more infor -- oh wait, I do have a contact phone number for that organization," she offered. I took down the phone number and called.
"I'm calling to inquire about why your organization took $500 from my checking account." I could have been a little bit nicer, but I was a bit miffed by this point. She collected my information and put me on hold for a few minutes while she looked into it.
She came back and said, "Sir, this money was taken out per the donation form you filled out last month. You said your name is Omar Phillips?"
"Yes, it is."
"Of (address)?"
"Yes, but I didn't fill out any donation form."
"Sir, I have the form right here in my hand. It's filled out with your contact information, and it looks like you gave us a card number ending in ####. Oh, it also says the donation is to be given in the name of your friend, Bill... Thayvol?"
"Bill who? I don't know anyone by that name, and I damn sure didn't fill out any forms!"
"I'm sorry, I may be butchering his last name. Tayvol? Theevoli? I don't know, it's spelled T-H-E-V-O-L-E."
I dropped the phone. That son of a...
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(Those who are newer to the site might not be familiar with my arch nemesis, who is responsible for the incident in this post. PLEASE take a moment and read these posts. It will all make much more sense.)
Comments
Nadia said:
Bitch!
Omar, I'm scared. Is NOTHING safe anymore?
Glo said:
I sensed vole involvement from the beginning...who else but that scurvy, albeit sexy, man of mystery could do such a deed to the upright and now less financially stable Phillips family. Ah, the evil! The cursedness! (The utter enjoyment I get from a new vole post!) We must hold a vole hunt!
cadiz12 said:
first it's the garage, now bank accounts?
lock your doors, pal.
mep said:
That is shady. The little vole is getting clever.
Cheeve said:
The vole. We went double-nothin' on a bet once. Dirty squelcher.
Cate said:
The vole, he is my new hero! If only I could be so sneaky and underhanded and $500 richer!
Glo said:
Yeah. I'm kinda impressed, but trying to pretend not to root for the villains...
jasmine said:
wait wait wait. did you not authorize his use of the card? i'm the one that dialed for him when he placed the call. he said you were trying to make amends for all the murder attempts.
damn. even i had the wool over my eyes there!
Demosthenes said:
"The wife" indeed. I laughed and laughed... now try talking about yourself in third person. After all, it is the Omar Phillips blog, right? I mean, who is it all for, if not you?
Or the vole, I suppose.
I said:
Nadia - Sadly, I too don't know what is still safe. I guess I should just be happy that he's no longer threatening physical violence.
glo - Who else indeed. Though I'm all for the vole hunt, let me know when to expect everyone.
cadiz - I have most certainly locked all doors and windows. Every time I think I know what this thing is capable of, something new happens.
mep - You never know what this thing will do next, I tell you.
cheeve - Never bet someone with tiny beady eyes. That's gambling 101 stuff there, you should know that!
cate - Either you're with me, or you're against me. You know that AV-wear shirt you have? AV is ANTI-VOLE. If you're with the vole, I will have to take back the shirt.
glo again - Thanks, I think.
jas - Blinded by love, no doubt. I told you about the vole. I saw him with some other girl behind my house just last night, you know.
dem - This is all about Omar, yes. Omar's ego picked the site name, and Omar's ego writes the posts.
Viking054 said:
Dude, I was mowing the lawn today. Guess what I found.
'ka said:
oh my... what's next?... make sure he doesn't know your SSN, man :)
I said:
Viking!!! For your sake, I hope the answer is "a $5 bill." But for some reason, I'm guessing that's not it.
cadiz12 said:
WOOOOOOOooooooooooooooOOOOOOO
nice halloween flag, omar.
I said:
Thanks, yo.
Syar said:
how the heck did he get your credit card number? and he's in a club??!! with OTHER rodents?? and what, did he get the penguins to hate you now? dude....that's scary on so many levels.
a rodent club...hey, you think they play golf?
Katie said:
I was once bitten by a vole, the @#^&, I was trying to save him from my cat. Fortunately justice was served when I "accidentally" stepped on him! It's such a relief to know that all voles are drug-selling thiefs.