This morning I logged onto our bank account to balance the check book when I saw over $300 in charges I know we didn\u2019t make.\u00a0 In a couple hours of online shopping, according to the transaction time stamps, my check card shopped at 2 match making services, amazon, and proflowers.com.<\/p>\n
I immediately called the bank and cancelled the card, then started calling the online retails since the charges were still pending to see if the transactions could be cancelled.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t want to pay for the items which were charged to me and I didn\u2019t want the crook to get them in the mail.\u00a0 There was no reason to reward his bad behavior.<\/p>\n
My last call was to proflowers.com where I spoke with a flamboyant young man named Hunter.\u00a0 He had a few choice words to say about people who steal credit card info and then told me that my card had been used to purchase 3 bouquets (all identical) for 3 different women.\u00a0 He even read me the cards because as he said I had paid for them so there was no reason I couldn\u2019t know what I had purchased.\u00a0 The three cards read:<\/p>\n
\nSierra,<\/div>\nI had a great time last night.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to see you again.<\/div>\nJames<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/p>\n
L,
I\u2019m looking forward to seeing you this weekend.\u00a0 I have plans for us.
James<\/p><\/blockquote>\nand<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Katie,<\/div>\nI miss you so much.\u00a0 I wish you were here.\u00a0 I\u2019m counting the days until I get my hands on you again.<\/div>\nJames<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nHunter and I laughed at the audacity of sending identical flowers to three different women who probably all thought they were \u201cthe one.\u201d\u00a0 Then I had a brain storm.\u00a0 \u201cHunter,\u201d I asked, \u201chow hard would it be to switch around all the cards so they all go to the wrong girls?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you.\u201d His voice sang out.\u00a0 \u201cThe orders haven\u2019t been precessed yet so it would be no problem at all.\u00a0 Want me to do it?\u201d<\/p>\n
I really wanted to do it.\u00a0 You have no idea how much I wanted to screw with this punk\u2019s dating life, but then I realized that the bank would lose the $150 that the flowers cost because they would have to eat the charges.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d I sighed.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019d better not.\u00a0 It would be dishonest to send the flowers and not pay for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re a good person,\u201d my co-conspirator said.<\/p>\n
There was a pause where we both sighed a little sadly.\u00a0 Then he said, \u201cI\u2019m here until 4.\u00a0 If you want to call back, I can give you my extension.\u00a0 You won\u2019t send the flowers but I\u2019ll give you their addresses and maybe you could send them a little note.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I love you, too.\u201d I told my new bff, and then I spent the day off and on composing my notes to these women in my head.\u00a0 Hunter\u2019s still working for the next hour.\u00a0 I could totally do it.\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking something simple like:<\/p>\n
\nDear _______,<\/div>\nYesterday James decided to send you flowers which is really sweet except he stole my credit card to buy them and the identical bouquets he ordered for _________ and _________, so even though he\u2019s sending you flowers you\u2019re not the only one.\u00a0 Luckily, I caught the charge before it went through but not before he also purchased a member ship at Christian Singles and Catholic Match.\u00a0 He\u2019s not just into the three of you, he\u2019s still trying to meet other women.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<\/div>\nI just thought you should know the caliber of man you\u2019re dating.\u00a0 We girls have to help look out for each other.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBetter luck next time,<\/div>\nRebecca<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u00a0What do you think?\u00a0 Should I send it?\u00a0 I would want to know if I were one of them.\u00a0 On the other hand, he might be a loony who took more than just my credit card # and I don\u2019t want to invite crazy to my house.<\/p>\n
****I sent the letters.\u00a0 Anonymously.\u00a0 From the Dallas post office.\u00a0 I included the phone number for proflowers along with the cancelled transaction # so that they could verify what I told them.\u00a0 I made sure to give them Hunter\u2019s extension.\u00a0 He\u2019s my new bff after all!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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