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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 11:53 AM
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The Official Guide to Debt Collectroll-Speak!
Edited on Tue Dec-23-03 11:54 AM by liberalhistorian
I've posted horror stories on here before about my encounters
with medical debt collectrolls (collectors), whom I consider
to be the lowest form of scum on earth, as well as regular
debt collectrolls, who are only slightly higher on the lowest
form of scum on earth scale. The medical ones are still
harassing my terminally ill uncle and his wife, my aunt, btw,
since his insurance doesn't cover a whole lot. Like the most
important thing on people minds when they or a family member
is seriously ill is whether or not insurance covers something
and the collectrolls get their fancy commission. These people
prey and make their living off of the misery and misfortune of
others, they don't care if you've suddenly lost your job and
can't find another, or you or your wife/husband/child/, etc.,
etc. are seriously ill, or anything like that. They still make
you feel like the scum of the earth while trolling for as much
money to squeeze out of you as they can so the hospital CEO
and doctors can still make their BMW payments and pay their
country club memberships. 

  Anyway, this suddenly came to me in a dream last night and I
wrote it down this morning. I just had to share it with you
once I did, so enjoy!

              The Official Guide to Debt Collectroll-Speak

  Now you, too, can "learn the lingo" and speak like
a debt collectroll, and thus foil them at their own game, by
using this handy translation guide.

  What they say                   What they really mean

  1. Yes, I need to speak to      1. I know John/Mary is
there, so 
  John/Mary, please               you'd better put them on the
phone 
                                  now.
                                  Alternate Translation: I
know YOU 
                                  are John/Mary, so there's no
use in
                                  pretending John/Mary isn't
there.
  
  2. It's very important/urgent/  2. If you don't return my
call, I 
  imperative/critical that you    won't be able to
squeeze/coerce/
  return my call                  bully/harass money out of
you and 
                                  I won't get my commission
for doing
                                  so, which means I won't be
able to
                                  take my fancy vacation while
you're
                                  stuck here on your
sick/unemployed/
                                  broke ass
                                  Alternate Translation: If
you don't
                                  return my call, you're a
criminal,
                                  low-life, pond scum
inconsiderate
                                  bastard who doesn't care if
I end up
                                  in the same position as you,
and who
                                  doesn't care that my clients
won't 
                                  be able to make their BMW
payments,
                                  or will have to pull little
Johnny 
                                  or Susie out of the fancy
private
                                  school you wish YOUR kids
attended. 

  3.  How do you want to pay/     3. I know you have the
money, you're
  what are you going to do about     just deciding not to give
it to
  this debt?                         me and my agency so we
can take
                                     our substantial cut
before giving
                                     the rest to our client
                                   Alternate Translation: We
have ways
                                   of making you pay if you
don't
                                   voluntarily give up some of
that
                                   huge pile of money you're
sitting
                                   on, even though you don't
have a 
                                   job or you're too sick to
work.

  4. I understand your situation,  4. I don't give a flying
fuck about
  but..........                       what you're dealing
with, just
                                      find a way to give us
the 
                                     
$&#*(%&*(*@)*)(%& money it's our
                                      God-given right to have!
                                    Alternate Translation:
It's your
                                    own damn fault you lost
your job/
                                    got sick/or your
wife/husband/
                                    child is seriously ill,
it's not
                                    my problem and you're a
selfish
                                    pig if you don't buck up
and find
                                    a way to give us the
money!

  5.  Do you have any other source  5. I know you have plenty
of money
     of income?                       and/or ways of getting
it, and
                                      we will find out every
single
                                      detail of your finances,
you 
                                      lying scumbag!
                                      Alternate Translation:
Sell the
                                      house, sell your car,
sell all
                                      your furniture and
personal 
                                      belongings, sell
your/your 
                                      wife's body, offer your
kids as
                                      slaves, THEN you'll have
the
                                      money!

  6.  I understand you have expenses  6. Who gives a shit
about any of
     as well, but.........            your expenses, I have my
own
                                      expenses, like that
Hawaian 
                                      vacation I'm planning,
which is 
                                      far more important than
feeding
                                      your family and keeping
your 
                                      house.
                                      Alternate Translation:
You 
                                      shouldn't have lost your
job/
                                      gotten sick, etc., so
your 
                                      expenses are your own
damn 
                                      fault.

  7.  Surely, you want to do the right 7. See no. 3.
      thing and take care of your
      obligations?

  8.  Paying this obligation now will  8. We will hunt you
down and
      prevent any further collection   take everything you own
and
      action on our part               garnish your wages
until you
                                       drop dead of
exhaustion, and
                                       we will get our
commission 
                                       despite your
selfishness and
                                       lack of consideration.
                                       Alternate Translation:
You 
                                       really don't want to
test us on
                                       this, do you?

  9.  This will affect your credit     9. If it affects your
credit 
      rating for the next seven years,  rating, you won't be
able to
      do you really want that?          get another job, which
means
                                        you won't be able to
pay us, 
                                        and we will NOT be
happy!
                                        Alternate Translation:
If we
                                        don't get our
commission, it
                                        will affect OUR credit
rating,
                                        which means we won't
be able
                                        to harass dumbfucks
like you
                                        anymore, and we will
NOT be
                                        happy!

  10.  We will, of course, report your  10. LIKE HELL WE WILL!

  account to the credit bureaus as paid  Alternate
Translation: If you
  in full if we receive payment by ___   believe that, I've
got a  
                                         bridge in Siberia you
might
                                         be interested in
buying!
                                         Second Alternate
Translation:
                                        
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah, 
                                         you dumb idiot, you
actually
                                         believe that?
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 12:04 PM
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1. Egads!
That did NOT format correctly!

--bkl
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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 12:16 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. I know, and I can't get the damn thing
to format the way I want it to, GGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! Any suggestions would be helpful!
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 12:19 PM
Response to Reply #2
3. forget what I said about C/P in your favorite word processor...
Edited on Tue Dec-23-03 12:21 PM by Bertha Venation
Sorry. Didn't realize it's a table.

Re-write it as a list?
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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-03 12:21 PM
Response to Reply #3
4. HUH?
You gotta understand, you're talking to a real techno-dummy here!
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