September 12, 2006

Well I Never

I'm very busy these days so I don't have a lot of time for shenanigans, tomfoolery and assorted silliness of the sort I had to deal with yesterday. To wit: After opening the bank account 10 days ago for my new business and applying for a credit card for same, I received a letter informing me that my application was not approved (apparently they don't say "rejected" anymore so you won't feel too bad) due to my "standard industrial classification." I really do need that credit card.

I had to deposit some checks yesterday. As I was leaving I saw Sergio the banker talking shop with a teller by the coffee pot so I grabbed him and pleaded my case. My case being, more or less, "I don't know what is wrong with my standard industrial classification but I'd be happy to try to fix it if it please the corporation, sir."

Two phone calls and a long time on hold later the mystery was solved: The bank rejected my application because they had mistakenly assumed my business was a massage parlor and they don't give credit cards to massage parlors.

My business name is Monona Music, LLC. You figure it out.

Posted by benweasel at 08:34 AM
Comments

dude... what a bunch of idiots... massage parlor?? haha...

Posted by: G2 at September 12, 2006 08:43 AM

those monona sail things look impressive! perhaps, the bank reps looked too quickly at the name 'monona' and misread it as 'moan' or something, thus, causing the confusion. the imagery that accompanies the idea of you in a little massage parlor working kinks out of some old man's back is pretty...unsettling.

Posted by: resident jason at September 12, 2006 09:12 AM

A massage parlor... fantastic. Your company's theme song could be, "I Wanna Be Naked."

Posted by: cusack at September 12, 2006 02:19 PM

I guess you can call that "a happy ending."

*rimshot*

Posted by: Adam Shame at September 13, 2006 12:49 AM

I've been financially embarassed more often than not and have had to rely on credit cards, but now that I'm doing okay, I'll never own one again. Why in the hell should we pay some corporation a fee (interest rate) for the priviledge of spending our own money? Intrest rates on loans are more or less fees for the luxury of spending the banks money, but credit cards are awful. Not many people have the self-control they think they will when they apply and end up with the next few paychecks going to some debtor because they really wanted the next big thing. It's bullshit.

Posted by: Josh at September 13, 2006 01:17 PM