Wednesday, November 26
Lies, damn lies, and Garfield
I know kids lie to their parents. It is to be expected. But once you get busted, you're usually much better off by telling the truth. And boy, is Garfield busted.
He's been claiming for the last week that his phone broke. Funny, when I called it, the carrier said that it was no longer in service. He tried to scam money out of The_Rose for $100. First it was for some tool that he said he needed, but he couldn't tell her what the tool was. I forget what else she got told. The final one being he needed it to replace his cell phone that he had broken. He never got the money. During this time without his cell phone, he's been getting $20 out of me, usually for a $15 copay for the doctor or the pharmacy. I'd ask to get change back, but I haven't seen it yet. Of course, he has bought his Cokes (that he won't share with anybody but me) with my money. I also find out yesterday when his dad comes to the house that he asked his dad for $30 for the copay for his doctor visits. All in all, he's scored enough money to get his phone turned on. Which it did, yesterday.
He claimed that they replaced the SIM card (for free, although it was going to cost $100?). I told him why he still had the same number, since it was a new SIM card. He argued and argued with me. I didn't lay on him the one fact that trumped everything he had to say to me. I saw the insufficient funds mail, where the carrier tried to take the amount out, and couldn't. And since I know that the cell phone is the only thing that has been touching his account for quite some time, I would like to point out to him that I am not as dumb as I appear, and that the trail goes exactly where I said it went. Permanent link posted by bytehead @ 11/26/2003 10:45:00 AM
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