Things they never teach you in college

When I started my college career, I was a young and naive 18-year-old. I was told that I needed to go to college to make something of myself. So I obeyed and signed on the dotted line, not thinking about the amount of money I was agreeing to one day pay.

I, like so many other suckers out there, was decieved into thinking that Sallie Mae was a great loan company willing to take a chance on a young girl with no credit history at all. Here I am 10 years later, very very sorry I ever signed that document.

Because of that signature I have had to endure years of constant calling, harrassing, and verbal threats from good Ole' Sallie mae. They have screwed up my bank account and my credit. They have done irreprable damage to me, but all that was nothing compared to the message I got tonight.

As some of you may know, I have changed my voicemail to reflect my current pregnant state. In it, I explain that sometimes I can't always get to the phone because I'm 8 months pregnant and have 2 kids. So, when Sallie Mae called me tonight, like most nights they call, I saw that I got a voicemail. Now usually I just ignore it, but tonight was something very different. Tonight one of Sallie Mae's little minions proceeded to mock me, insult me, and threaten me because of my pregnant voicemail.

I really am unsure how in the world people like that can get away with being horrible little monsters, but for some reason...they do. Why Sallie Mae couldn't have gone down in flames like all the other companies over the last 2 years I don't know. But now instead of being annoyed once again by their phone call, I'm insulted, hurt and a little afraid.