Saturday 9: (There's) No Gettin' Over Me (1981)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) Ronnie Milsap sings about how worrisome it can be when you realize you forgot to pay a bill. It's happened to all of us, hasn't it? Tell about about a time you accidentally missed a payment. Here's why I hate 5/3 Bank: Back in December 2010, I misplaced a bill. It fell behind my desk. I found it the day after it was due. 24 hours! I called Fifth Third and told them what happened. The customer service rep was sweet as could be. She asked me how much I would be paying, told me she was noting it on my account, and recommended I drop the check in the mail right away. She did not tell me to take it to a branch, or use FedEx. She did not offer to take my payment over the phone. She instructed me to drop it in the mail. Which I did. Because of Christmas, and no mail collection/delivery and banks being closed, the payment wasn't credited to my account for a week.
So I'm at the airport in Tampa, having lunch as I'm switching planes en route to Key West to ring in the New Year with friends, and my 5/3 credit card is rejected.
When I got to Key West, I called them and was basically treated like a criminal. Because of one missed payment, which I handled as I'd been instructed to. They even had the temerity to assess a late charge! It took tons of phone calls and nasty letters, but the late charge was finally reversed and my card reinstated.
But no, I didn't close the account. I still have it. I use it every now and again for a small purchase, which I pay in full. I know enough about banks to know I'm more expensive to them this way -- as a non-lucrative open account on the books -- than I would be if I closed it. Yes, I am that petty and I'm still that angry.
2) He also references a dream that keeps him awake. Do you have any recurring dreams? More than once, I have dreamed about trying to rescue a dog from The Chicago River. The dog changes -- sometimes it's white with black ears, sometimes it's a brown mutt -- but it always ends the same way. I'm always hanging onto him with one arm while clutching the bottom of the Wells Street Bridge with the other. All things considered, that's a happy ending so I don't think we can consider this a nightmare, even though it is stressful.
4) He mentions the book that you just can't put down. What's the last book that you finished? The last book I finished was a Spenser mystery a month ago. I've had a hard time paying attention to my read these days. It seems I'm interminably distracted.
5) Ronnie Milsap is a big fan of new technology, and believes the advancements make both his professional and personal lives easier. What about you? Do you embrace new technology? Or do you long for the good old days, when we weren't so connected to personal devices? I'm conflicted. At times, I'm amazed by convenience and how much they help me accomplish. On the other hand, I rue my lack of productivity because the internet is such a time suck. (Did that make sense?)
6) As a child, Ronnie used to surreptitiously listen to late night radio, especially gospel broadcasts. When you were a kid, what rule did you break again and again? I just remember my Icky Grandmother always, always repeating to keep my voice down.
7) Country star Blake Shelton says Ronnie Milsap was a big influence on his music. Do you watch Blake on The Voice? I'm sorry, but I couldn't care less about Blake or The Voice.
8) In May, Ronnie appeared at the Choctaw Casino in Grant, OK. Do you enjoy games of chance? Yes. Which in no way implies I'm any good at them.
9) Random question -- When did you last "do it yourself" and repair something around the house or yard? Just this morning, I glued the wood finial back to my bedpost.
You have to wonder about people who turn around and smoke after having cancer. But lots of people do it.
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ReplyDeleteMy dad ultimately died of lung cancer, but he didn't quit until he was on oxygen and had to worry about blowing up. Nicotine is a powerfully addicting drug.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the bank's attitude has to do with its name. 5/3 banks began showing up in our area a few years ago. The only one I drove by on a regular basis left and yet another branch of my bank opened. I've always thought Fifth-Third Bank was a stupid name.
Yes, it made sense...because it's familiar.
That bank has such a powerful message about how much they are doing to benefit the community. Too bad you couldn't bill them for the HOURS that it took to get that mistake cleared up! Sounds like a Well's Fargo offspring. The third arm?
ReplyDeleteSmoking... it's terrible addicting but I'm lucky the final time I quit it was because it made me sick. I was expecting, and couldn't even stand coffee. I never went back to it and DH quit pretty soon after that as well.
There use to be a cancer guy..aka leather man.. who use to sit by the pool where my parents once lived in Florida. They guy was given months to live so he sat by the pool all day long drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. I guess I would do the same only with food thrown in.
ReplyDeleteThere was an engineer at work like your cancer lady. He used to have two or three cigarette lit in his ash tray at the same time. He died on lung cancer a couple of years after he retired.
ReplyDeleteI understood your answer to number 5. Same here. Looks like most of the participants today are not fans of The Voice. Lol!! I've never watched it nor do I know any songs by Blake Shelton.
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