Parenting ain’t an easy job, but some parents seem to get the hang of it more than others. Take this note from a father to his six-year-old son (ostensibly uploaded to Imgur by the boy’s mother) who had been asking for a raise on his allowance. Rather than just shoot the kid down, his dad took the creative approach, filling out a form letter akin to ING banks, to inform the boy that his request had in fact been denied. Of course, being six, who knows if his son will even get the joke, much less be able to read some of the big words in it. If you can’t make out the fine print, here’s the transcription:
We regret to inform you at this time that we are unable to provide the loan in the amount requested of $20. After reviewing your account, we find that you have insufficient funds, and a history of not doing your chores.
Furthermore, over $80 has been spent in discretionary entertainment expenditures since Christmas. This is an unsustainable amount of expenditure, and we cannot further compound the problem by financially assisting with [accruing] further debt at this point.
If you would like to refute this decision, you can contact our complaint department at [xxx-xxx-xxxx]. Our dispute manager at this number may be able to persuade us to reverse our decision.
Thank you for choosing DAD Savings and Loan, we appreciate the chance to serve your financial needs.
Seriously? $80 in discretionary entertainment expenditures since Christmas? In the past three weeks? I understand you have to adjust for inflation and all that, but I remember as a kid having to save up my birthday money and pittance of an allowance for almost an entire year to buy a Nintendo that didn’t cost much more than that.
Although one of the parents does note that it would have taken him weeks to pay it back, seeing as he only makes around $3 allowance per week, depending how often he does his chores. Sorry, kiddo, better start hauling those dishes.
(Via Reddit)