Business Casual

I’m one of those Gen Xers who doesn’t balance my checkbook. I know this is inconceivable to some people. Like, say, my parents for starters.

I keep an eye on my account by checking it online fairly frequently. After going on a crazy Monday night spending spree, I figured I better check it today. So, in the haze of what for me was a very early hour this morning, I thought I saw that my account was down by about $825 with no explanation. Trust me, I’m not stimulating the economy that much.

A nice gal at my bank explained that the bank’s Internet system was having technical difficulties. “Were you not aware of that?” she asked. Ah, duh, no I wasn’t since there wasn’t anything online about it.

I can just hear my parents saying, well, if you’d balance your checkbook, it wouldn’t matter.

The old-fashioned way beats technology — again.