Embarrassment
by Zia ~ June 21st, 2005. Filed under: Exigencies.When I was making my copay at the doctor’s office, they told me my debit card returned the message, “Hold and call.”
Meaning it was rejected.
Naturally, I was mortified–and very puzzled. I called my bank. The very nice teller immediately asked whether it was a Visa.
“Yes…”
“Well, you know there was a card security breach?”
“Yes…”
“We have 2,000 cards that were affected. Yours was one.”
My account is fine, they’re sending me a new card. But, dang it, I liked that number and had it memorized.