Brown College Tour Haunts Me!

Consolation
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:42:05 +0000

This morning I got a call from a collection agency. It started with a robocall asking if this was <insert extremely=“” mangled=“” version=“” of=“” my=“” name=“”>, and if so, press 1. Accustomed to mangled versions of my name, I thought this might be for me and pressed 1. That was my first mistake.</insert>

Eventually, after 5 or 6 robovoice invitations to “make a payment” to the Providence Municipal Court, or wait to talk to a human, a woman came on the line and said something unintelligible. She then asked if I was <extremely manged=“” version=“” of=“” my=“” name=“” actually=“” resulting=“” in=“” a=“” completely=“” different=“” first=“”>, and I said no, I wasn’t. She proceeded to ask if I had my birthday and lived at my address. I said, “You called me. What is this about? I haven’t been in Providence since 2007, and to my knowledge I don’t owe them any money.” She informs me that I owe $90 on a parking ticket from February of 2007! I told her that I wasn’t sending anyone any money over the phone and they should send me a bill, which no one has ever done.</extremely>

The gross injustice behind all this is that my H was driving/parking the car, not me!

We’ve talked in the past about how difficult it was to park for the info session/tour at Brown, and a number of us had gotten tickets. All I can say is, look out: if you didn’t pay it they’re coming after you. :)