Don't Spend It All At Once
[Moozik The Jesus & Mary Chain - Come On]
I paid off my car loan a few weeks ago which, you know, is always rather nice. It would appear that I overpaid at some point, presumably the automated payoff quote I got over the phone was a little off. This meant a little surprise was waiting for me in the mail in the form of a refund check.
Well alright. Nice. So I open it and just stare. At my check. For $0.06. Oh, I'm so cashing this at my bank. I just want to see the look of "you came in here for that" on the teller's face. You know, it's the principle of the thing ;-)
My father loves to tell the story of when he intentionally overpaid his telephone bill by $0.01. (This was back in the late 60s when he was at the University of Chicago.)
A few weeks after mailing the check, he received a small postcard from Ma Bell with a penny taped to it.