east village idiot

In a shocking turn of events, I got a letter in the mail today from my college alma mater informing me that they owe me a whopping $3.18. The amount is not itemized, and is dated from three months after I graduated. This mysterious chargeback could be anything from a credit on my vending card to a half-hour of work-study from finals week of my senior year. God knows I can’t remember, but six years later, they’re finally getting around to remembering and rather forcibly asking me for my address so they can cut me a check.

I’m wondering if I could use this as leverage for those incessant phone calls I get from the alumni association asking me for donations. I could write on this form, “I’ll take my three dollars back if you promise not to call me five times in two weeks asking me for donations that I cannot afford to make because I’m paying off the education for which you charged me $120,000.”

I will gladly cash the check, considering those loan payments have sucked so much fun out of my life in the past six years. It’ll pay for more than half a beer!

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