Sunday, May 22, 2011

More Late Fee Madness

A lady Fernando doesn't recognize enters the store one day and selects five movies to rent. When she approaches the counter, Fernando goes through his usual routine of asking her name and if she has an account.

Yeah, but I haven't been in for a while,” she responds. “My name's Janna F.”

Ah-ha. Ms. Janna once rented a single movie from here back in 2007 and it failed to be returned. It was an older one, so she “only” owed $29 in late and replacement fees. Fernando informed her of this, and that she would need to pay them off before he considered renting to her. She made a valiant attempt at arguing.

You can't do that! You're the new owner so you can't collect on those!”

That's an interesting premise. Where do you work?”

Huh?”

Where do you work?” Fernando repeats.

Why?” she asks.

This will all become clear in a few seconds, so bear with me. Where do you work?”

Thrice said and done, to use the parlance of The Dresden Files. “The Shinra Corporation.” (Note: Not actually the actual fictional Shinra Corporation)

Oh, awesome. You guys do billing. Let's say your billing cycle goes from month to month and you take over the business as its head, and this transaction goes through on the twenty-first. According to your logic, you would forfeit on collecting money for all the services the company provided to customers for the first through twentieth, to say nothing about possible collections on late or delinquent accounts, all because ownership of the company changed hands.”

But--” she attempts to interrupt.

But,” interjects Fernando, “you wouldn't actually do that, would you? Because that would be stupid.”

She decides at this point she has been outmaneuvered and leaves.

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