A Mystery Solved?

While Mr and Mrs Hippo and family were enjoying their beach retreat, Mrs Hippo non-the-less insisted in calling home every couple of days to check the phone messages.


Mr Hippo, possessing the sound belief that even the most pressing matters will eventually resolve themselves or go away, refused to even consider wasting a moment of his precious retreat on such trivialites, however, since Mrs Hippo is a completely free and self determining individual, and out of complete respect for her, he agreed to heart her summary of what the messages were about.


Mrs Hippo was quite concerned that every single day there were one or more hangups. She was afraid that some nefarious individual or individuals were phoning Casa-Del-Hippo in attempt to ascertain if it was safe for a burglary.


Mr Hippo believes that is why he has Home Owners insurance, but Mrs Hippo was so concerned that the sanctity of the Hippo family home might have been violated that she had a nearly friend drop by and inspect the exterior for signs of forced entry.


Mrs Hippo breathed a hearty sigh of relief when her friend informed her that all was safe and secure, yet still the hangups continued.


Mr Hippo believes that within 24 hours of arriving home, the mystery had been solved.


In that time frame, Mr Hippo received not one, not two, but three phone calls concerning generous offers from credit card companies he does business with offering him, out of consideration of his being such a valued customer, the peace of mind and security of complete credit protection.


For a cost ranging from 93 cents to $1.10 per month of the entire carried balance, they would monitor Mr Hippos credit, make his payments if he got sick or laid off, and generally give him complete peace of mind that he would never have to fear being the victim of identity thieves.


Mr Hippo, thinking that being sick or laid off is when he would need his cards the most, and having a plan to simply refuse to pay any charges made by identity thieves if they used his card politely declines their most generous offer, sometimes 3 or more times in one phone call.


Mr Hippo is now convinced that all those hangups were simply concerned individuals so sick with worry about Mr Hippo experiencing a potential financial disaster that they simply called him over and over, anxious and probably unable to sleep.


Mr Hippo on the other hand, never worries about financial disasters, and wishes to assure any concerned readers working for credit card companies that Mr Hippo sleeps soundly every single night and suggests if they are unable to, perhaps they should find another line of work.