Optimism

I was paying the bill for my cell phone service. You know the little boxes they print in the 'amount' space, trying to get you to use machine-scannable numbers? They ask you to put one number in each space...

Sprint, in its infinite optimism about making money, provides its customers with this guideline for indicating how much you are paying:

$_, _ _ _, _ _ _. _ _


I had to look three times. Admittedly my cell phone bill is in the 3 digits (besides the 'cents') but 7 digits? I suppose it could happen...


I shudder to think.