Paid In Full - In Pennies

This is the bag of pennies that they gave Michael at the bank...he even added the packages that the pennies came in to be nice. :)

This is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time, and I had to share.

Michael Chapman, A co-worker of mine was pretty much given the shaft by his doctor. To make a long story short, his doctor refused to prescribe a much needed daily medication for Michael until he saw him. That was fine with Michael, except that he had run out of his medication and needed to have some until the doctor would make an appointment with him. Unfortunately the doctor's staff was extremely abrasive and rude, and would not return Michael's calls promptly.

Finally, after much anguish, they returned Michael's calls, but scheduled his appointment for three days ahead. Meanwhile, he had not had the medication for a week. Michael politely asked if they would call in a prescription to bridge the gap. They refused to comply with Michael's simple request.

Michael then called a different doctor, as this is an important matter that needed to be taken care of. He still had to wait for an appointment with that doctor. Finally, the abravisely rude doctor agreed to fulfill a prescription for 2 pills. This was CLEARLY not enough to bridge the gap.

At this point, Michael lodged a complaint against the doctor to the insurance company and considered lodging a complaint with the medical board as well.

The response: his doctor sent him a certified letter stating that since Michael had missed an appointment with him in February of 2006 and again more recently he was unable to continue to be his doctor and needed to find a new one. (Duh...Michael was already looking). The doctor also told him he had 30 days to get his medical records, and ended it by sending him a nice $25 bill for a missed appointment fee.

Michael's response: *well to be honest his response is not one that can be printed on this website, so describing his actions will have to suffice*. Michael went to the bank and got slightly over $25 dollars in pennies and shipped it UPS to the doctor, with a note that said "Payment made in full. Final Payment :)". He sent about $.10 over, so they would have to send him a check for a credit of $.10.

Michael getting ready to mail his "payment"

Michael compiling his payment

I thought the whole thing was hysterical, as I would have never thought to pay someone all in pennies to make a point. The package weighed 15lbs and cost him about $11 to send, but he said it was *you ready for this* worth EVERY PENNY! :)