I pay the trash company about 30 bucks per quarter. Their little tiny bill arrives on an index card in the mailbox. It’s old school. No online service or itemized bill in an envelope with a colorful flyer and a return envelope.

I always pay promptly through my bank’s online bill-pay service. Just normal every day stuff we all do. Except for today, when I left out the decimal point and nearly paid them $3,105. Good thing I went and looked at my upcoming payment summary before I logged off.

I wonder what would have happened. Maybe they would say, “Sorry, we don’t generate refunds. Our system can only do credits. ” Gee.  Twenty five years of trash service paid in advance. I guess that would be a nice, secure feeling.