I love stories! Okay, so here goes . . .
Joe decides to ditch the barracks and live off base at his next duty station. He and his new roomie locate a fantabulous apartment but it's only the 5th and payday not for 10 more days. Landlord says she'll hold the rental for 4 hours. Only thing is Joe spent all his pay and has about $7.88 in his bank account; so he calls up CU and applies for a loan. Joe's got great credit so funds are approved while he's on the phone and deposited into his account. When he returns quicker than landlord expected she asks for a reference to prove he is who he says; in haste he forgets his military ID but tells her, "My credit union will vouch for me."
She calls the CU and asks if representative can identify Joe. "Where is Joe?," the employee asks. "He is here and would like me to verify his rate/rank and account status to confirm he is really Joe Doe." Representative (3rd party) at bank asks Joe his rank, no. of accounts, length of membership, credit card bal - all to the satisfaction of all parties. LL concludes on that premise that this Joe Doe must be the same Joe Doe who has the confirmed account.
LL: "Okay, would you be willing to provide an employee number for reference?" Rep gives her his employee ID no. and direct line (okay, that part is made up cuz WHO hs a direct line these days? And if they did, who gives it out, unless they're in collection business).
Or an attorney has to vouch for one of his clients. Like the case of a wanted twin sister. Bizarre case told to me once by my hair stylist - that when she ventured to her home city, no one bothered to tell her that her twin sister was wanted in a petty crime but SHE got arrested. She said she had to get proof from some receipts of where she was on that day or she would have been locked up!
Anyway, best I could do on short notice  |
