![]() ![]() ![]() Sure, I could go to a friend's house or a library or something, but not after my car broke down as well. My account was deactivated, which meant that legitimate bill payments were rejected, causing my phone and internet services to be cancelled - which didn't matter anyway, because a week or so after that, my computer died. I was already unemployed with a negative bank balance when several automatic bill payments came through, and the cruelly-named "overdraft protection" paid out the first few and penalized me, putting me in an even deeper hole before I was even aware what was happening. Not particularly a unique concept, but the creative team use it for some excellent sight gags, creating an uneven sense of humour which moves through every page of the issue. While that really, really sucked, it probably wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't lost my job just a few days before that. The Private Eye is set after this event, focusing on the public backlashing against their previous happiness to make themselves open books. Somebody got hold of my debit card number and emptied out my bank account, sending me into a negative balance. ![]()
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