Q&complAints #495 : Sue Me!

What person or company would you like to sue, and for what reason?

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. . .here are my thoughts.

What person or company would you like to sue, and for what reason?

We were taught fractions starting in grade school.  Write an answer as 9/12, you’d likely not get full credit even if the answer was three-quarters.  Points were deducted because we were taught to always, ALWAYS, ALWAYS simplify fractions to lowest terms—9/12 reduces to 3/4.  Never once did a math teacher mention life’s single caveat to ALWAYS!!  Long ago—back when the only option for paying a credit card was mailing a check—I dutifully followed this reductive mathematical rule.  I have no memory of what the total was, but the penny column was an even number—let’s say $32.74.  I wrote out:  

Thirty-two and 37/50————————– 

Apparently banks hire people who didn’t pass 3rd grade, because they sure didn’t appreciate my diligence in simplifying the fraction.  Despite clearly writing the amount out numerically as $32.74, the check was cashed for $32.37, leaving me a past due credit card balance of $0.37.  Come to think of it, that was certainly the sinister doings of the credit card company.  They were able to charge this deadbeat a minimum finance charge far exceeding $0.37.  I smell a class action lawsuit!


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