I swear I must be the stupidest person in the world! I'm not very experienced at a lot of things. Things the rest of the world knows about I do not have a clue about. So here's my stupid question of the year:

What happens when a check bounces?

Yeah, I know if I don't have the funds available there's a problem. But here's where I get stupid. I always thought that as soon as the money was back in there to cover the check everything would be ok and the check would be ok and everything. Sure there'd be extra charges and everything but the check would still be covered.

My landlord called me saying my check bounced from last month. She had a fit when I said I just found out about that recently. She had a fit because I knew before her. I didn't know what to do once I bounced a check. What could I do? I don't know. I knew I had to get the money in the bank asap so that's what I did. As soon as I got more money it was in there to cover the check! Now she's telling me she wants me to send her $220 in the next few days, which I definitely do not have!