I had to chuckle when I read this. I'm not laughing at the story itself. It's kind of a switcheroo on date rape, except that the poor schmoe got violated financially instead of bodily. He may not need therapy, but he'll be years working out the nasty aftereffects of it. And much like a rape victim, he's so ashamed of what happened to him that it's twice as hard to get help. Of course, the guys at the finance companies are snickering and saying he was just asking for it, the hussy.
But the funny part was that it may be a sad story, but it's hardly a new one. In fact, it's immortalized in a couple of old folk songs. "O ye landsmen and ye seamen, a warning take by me..."
A rueful Akubra tip to Jim Romanesko.
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