The World is Going to Hell... The End

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Brock N Meeks <bmeeks () cox net>
> Date: April 25, 2008 11:22:12 AM PDT
> To: Dave Wilson <dave () wilson net>
> Cc: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] The World is Going to Hell... The End

> More likely, my esteemed friend, her bill will come marked with  
> asterisk that will read:  "In lieu of cash, appropriate quantities  
> of rice accepted; offer void where prohibited, commodity may vary  
> according to global supply and demand."
>
>
> On Apr 25, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Dave Wilson wrote:
> > I always wondered if the phrase, "This note is legal tender for all  
> > debts, public and private," printed on the front of US paper money  
> > had any practical meaning..I'm guessing no...
> >
> > Hey, if financial liquidity and food stocks continue declining, in  
> > two years they'll probably give her an 8 ounce  sack of rice if she  
> > pays in cash...
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:51 PM, David Farber <dave () farber net>  
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Brock N Meeks <bmeeks () cox net>
> > > Date: April 25, 2008 8:21:39 AM PDT
> > > To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> > > Subject: The World is Going to Hell... The End
> >
> > > Having been a reporter for twenty-plus years, I shouldn't be  
> > > surprised
> > > by anything; maybe I'm just stupid.
> > >
> > > A column out now from MSNBC.com's Bob Sullivan chronicles a story
> > > wherein a woman was charged a fee when she went into the AT&T phone
> > > center to pay her bill in cash.  Wanna pay your bill, in cash?  No
> > > problem, that'll be $5 extra please...
> > >
> > > Here's the beginning of Bob's column; URL at end of excerpt:
> > >
> > > Rhonda Payne went to an AT&T Wireless store in Calhoun, Ga.,  
> > > recently
> > > to pay her phone bill in cash. She'd been hit by ID theft and was
> > > forced to close her checking account, so she was worried she  
> > > wouldn't
> > > be able to mail a check on time. But when she arrived at the store,
> > > she was in for a surprise.
> > >
> > > Paying in person, she was told, costs extra -- $2 extra.
> > >
> > > Payne objected to the "administrative charge" that was added to her
> > > bill but got no sympathy. Instead, she said, she was told she should
> > > consider herself lucky because the fee was about to go up to $5.
> > >
> > > "I was told that it was a courtesy to take cash," she said. "I said,
> > > 'Are you kidding me?'"
> > >
> > > It's no joke. Beginning earlier this year, AT&T Wireless began to
> > > charge customers who pay their bills in their stores.
> > >
> > > "It is a way of saving money ... it helps us keep our costs lower,"
> > > said AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel. "We want our associates to spend
> > > their time helping customers as they are thinking about their  
> > > wireless
> > > plans or looking at phones."
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/04/paying-cash-at.html#posts
> > Archives        

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