Chapter 17 of 44

Small Financial Emergencies

Bills, banks, and cards declining in front of people. Nobody asks a follow-up question about money, which makes this the politest chapter here.

20 verses

1. 1 Something has come out of my account that I didn't authorize Plausible
2. 2 My account has been frozen and everything is attached to it Plausible
3. 3 I've been charged three times for the same thing Plausible
4. 4 A payment I was relying on hasn't landed Plausible
5. 5 I've had a letter about something from four years ago Unverifiable
6. 6 The bill is four times what it should be and nobody can explain it Plausible
7. 7 I've been put on the wrong tariff and it's taken a year to notice Unverifiable
8. 8 My rent went out twice and the landlord says it didn't Unverifiable
9. 9 I've been sent a bill for an address I've never lived at Concerning
10. 10 Somebody has opened something in my name and I'm unwinding it Unverifiable
11. 11 My card has been cloned and I found out from a text at four in the morning Unverifiable
12. 12 I've got a tax thing due and the website has been down all morning Plausible
13. 13 I have to be at a bank in person and they only do mornings Plausible
14. 14 An invoice I sent in June has come back with a question Concerning
15. 15 I've been paid the wrong amount and I have to work out which way Concerning
16. 16 There's an automatic payment I can't find the source of Concerning
17. 17 My subscription to something I don't recognize has renewed Not reassuring
18. 18 I've had a refund for something I never bought Not reassuring
19. 19 Somebody has paid money into my account with no reference Not reassuring
20. 20 I've been sent a check made out to a version of my name Please take the day