I’m still not over it.

Well ya know, broken clocks and all that.

I hate when that happens

“Damn straight, they’ve got nothing to apologize for.”

Seth MacFarlane is right.

that natalie maines/bush thing was bullshit and so unfair

The problem is that banks are hesitant to give you more money past the appraisal, so it does mean something. Probably not an issue most of the time, but in a crazy place like the Bay Area it does...

You need a place to live. Stashing money in a house seems like a great plan until you actually need some cash. Houses are not easy to turn into money, and even if you do then you need to find a new place to live.

It’s hilariously laughable to think anyone my age would be able to put 20% down in my city unless they have help from family or have been living ridiculously frugally since college.

Somebody else is doing this in another thread on this post. It’s fucking infuriating. In all my years of drinking, I’ve had nights out that got away from me, nights out where I’ve had just a couple, nights out where I’ve split the difference, and nights out where I’ve sipped at soda instead of booze. I’ve had weeks…

People who write See ID on the signature line and get pissy when you ask for ID are the worst.

I’m currently working in a store and agree. I don’t make any sort of assumption about people who’s cards are declined - it happens probably three or four times a day, to a wide variety of people.

OMG, yes. I work in customer service and people get so fucking angry when their card is declined. Like I’m personally insulting them or insinuating that they can’t afford what they’re buying. It’s like, “Whoa, chill. It could just be a matter of a glitch.” As far as we’ve come since with recession, people are still…

Also, if it is outside your usual spending pattern or area, many companies decline the card out of concern it was stolen. Just got back from overseas and had my card declined three times before I called them to clear it up. A hassle but also a great protection.

I dunno man, billy Joel may not be the best person to take drinking advice from

frog protection?

Agreed. I work for a credit card company. It happens all the time and for a million reasons that don’t include you being a deadbeat. One time a card I had with my own company was declined. When I called in later to check it was because the post office had returned a statement. At that time part of my job included…

A bottle or red, a bottle of white.

As a person who worked in different types of stores for ten years: This is not as embarrassing as people think it is. It happens, literally, every day. It doesn’t always mean your credit is bad or that you ran out of money. Try another card or come back later, people do it all the time.

Right. two drinks. Whisky and Rum. The only two drinks I need.