Jul. 13th, 2007

So I have to electronically sign a loan for next fall, and it asks for three references. Well, fine, whatever. Since it actually has my mom, mecha, and mechamom saved from a previous signing, that shouldn't be a problem at all. All the addresses are wrong, but there's an "edit" function, which means updating them should be a snap.

I update mom's address, no problems. Then I go on to do mecha1, since he is next on the list.

You have already entered two friends as references. Please choose a different type of relationship for your next reference.

Uh. Okay, yes, mecha and mechamom are both listed as "friend" under "type of reference." But since apparently I'm allowed two "friend" references, and then the "next" one has to be different, then I'm okay.

Except no. Apparently EDITING a reference counts as ADDING A NEW reference. Which means one for mechamom plus two for mecha equals too many.

Brilliant, signmyloans.com.

So I just deleted mechamom's listing, updated mecha's, and then added mechamom's back in.

Still. Brilliant.

My favorite part of the whole thing, though, gets back to the subject line up there. You MUST enter a reference type for each reference. You must have three. Two max can be of type "friend".

Only thing is, the only reference types you are allowed are "friend" and an array of family members.

Hope your whole family didn't die in a fire! If so, no moneys for you. Unless you pick up a Russian bride, I guess.

Also amusing is that, even if you are twenty-six years old, you still have to fill out the entire "parent" section of the entrance interview. Right down to employer and employer address. I hope you like an answer of "none" bitches because it is all I have to give you.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go check the little box to indicate that I do understand that if I die, my ghost doesn't have to pay back my loans.


1. You may laugh at this, if you wish.
Someone's profile in City of Villains:


Ugh, yeah, those villainous unions. I miss the good old days, you know? The days where people could be made to do backbreaking, potentially lethal work, twelve, sixteen hours a day, without anything as laughable as benefits, vacation time, the right to express workplace grievances without getting fired immediately to be replaced by someone else who was desperate enough to feed his family that he'd be willing to keep his mouth shut...

The good ol' days.

The be fair, SOME unions are "greedy", and may even be worse for their members and their trades than the lack thereof. SOME does not equal ALL. But hey, might as well whine about unions as some tentacular monolithic evil that's "ruining America" by allowing its working citizens to have rights, y'know? Everyone has to engage in some BLITHERING IDIOCY now and then. And painting something with a broad brush has never done any harm in the history of the universe! Nope nope.

PS: I like how businesses are apparently completely innocent in the matter of outsourcing jobs to other countries. Boo hoo, those poor multinational corporations. All they want to do is rake in massive profits by only bothering to pay their workers a quarter an hour; is that so wrong? Stupid greedy unions. We need another raid by the Pinkerton guys, I say. It's been too damn long since a bunch of poor miners have faced the prospect of being gunned down simply for refusing to be pushed around anymore.


...I'm too easily amused, aren't I.

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