I just got off the horn with a call that lasted 40 minutes.

That's right...... 40 minutes! The cause, she had an old statement that had a Yearly total on her distributions, and she feared that that money was still in the account.

So after I tell this lady SEVEN TIMES that it's for tax purposes only, as it says ON THE STATEMENT!!!!

Sheesh....

On a received fax:

"To whom it may concern -

Please email or fax me a copy of 's 1099 tax form for .

Please also include instructions as to how to read the 1099 along with the actual 1099 so that I can make sure that I understand it correctly.

Thank you,

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My Valentine's Day gift for Nikki just landed in Texas, and well... here's the breakdown:

• 6x9 Print of Akroma, Angel of Wrath: $3.00
  
• 6x9 Print of Akroma, Angel of Fury: $3.00
  
• Actual Magic Card of Akroma, Angel of Wrath: $17.00
  
• Actual Magic Card of Akroma, Angel of Fury: $10.00
  
• Limited Edition Twilight Princess soundtrack and Master Sword / Hyrule ( Read more... )

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Courtesy of: http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp

Birthdate: 23 November 1978

Your date of conception was on or about 2 March 1978 which was a Thursday.

You were born on a Thursday
under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Your Life path number is 5.

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So let me ask you all this...

When
asks me "Where am I supposed to get the values?", and my reply is "You have to call because we do not archive values.", then the answer becomes obvious. Though my question is this...

When I repeat that mantra THREE TIMES.... who do you think has the answers?

I ask you, noble Internet...

Todays' Idiot of the Day is a stock broker. When asked "What company does your client own shares in?" her response was "I don't know."

So let me get this straight.... these people are paying you THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR and you don't even know what you sold them?!

Now, I'm all for keeping track of my money. After all, it's hard to do anything without it, right?

So I get a call from
and he says that after adding up his shares of on certificate, and then checking with our system online, that there's a discrepancy. Not a likely story, but one I've heard before. It's usually due to the rounding systems that ( Read more... )

So I get off the phone with Mayor McDumbass, right. He's like "You guys stole blah blah of my shares!" and I'm all like "No sir. Diplomacy diplomacy ( Read more... )