07 · 残钞鉴别组
Mutilated Ladies
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Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn't despair when they make mistakes like this and a lot of people do! Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money!
A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had a very good day and put his wallet containing £3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horse-riding. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it, cooked her fiancé's wallet as well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash! John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilated Ladies! They examined the remains and John got all his money back. "So long as there's something to identify, we will give people their money back,"said a spokeswoman for the Bank. "Last year, we paid £1.5m on 21,000 claims."
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Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn't despair when they make mistakes like this and a lot of people do! Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money!
A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had a very good day and put his wallet containing £3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horse-riding. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and without realizing it, cooked her fiancé's wallet as well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash! John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilated Ladies! They examined the remains and John got all his money back. "So long as there's something to identify, we will give people their money back,"said a spokeswoman for the Bank. "Last year, we paid £1.5m on 21,000 claims."
你有没有遇到过这种事：把裤子扔进洗衣机后，才想起后兜里还有一张大面额钞票？赶紧把裤子捞出来，却发现钞票上的颜色已经洗得一干二净。在英国，犯了这种错误也不必绝望，而且这么做的人还真不少！幸好，英格兰银行有一个叫“残钞鉴别组”的部门，专门受理这类补偿申请：有人把钞票送进了机器，有人则让钞票进了自家狗的嘴。狗似乎特别爱啃钞票！
最近的一起案例涉及简·巴特林。她的未婚夫约翰经营着一家生意很不错的家具公司。一天生意格外好，约翰便把装有3,000英镑的钱包放进微波炉，觉得这样存放比较安全，然后和简一起出去骑马。回家后，简用微波炉做晚饭，无意中把未婚夫的钱包也一起“烹调”了。想想他们发现钱包已经“烤熟”、钞票化成灰烬时，会有多么懊丧！约翰找到银行经理，经理把钱包和钞票的残骸寄往英格兰银行设在纽卡斯尔的专门部门，也就是残钞鉴别组。工作人员检查后，约翰拿回了全部损失的钱。银行的一位女发言人说：“只要还有东西能够辨认，我们就会把钱补给失主。去年，我们受理了21,000笔申请，共支付150万英镑。”
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