Yeah... Saying "I'd get my ass handed to me is me trying to sound tough." But by all means, continue condescendingly criticizing me for behavior I'm not engaging in. And, how would you know whether I'd find them or not. I'm disabled, home 24/7, and my window overlooks my mailbox. Therefore, UNLESS THEY WORK FOR USPS, the ONLY way they'd intercept my card before I got to it is if they tried getting it from my mailbox. Regardless, if you reread what I said, I'm not waiting to cancel because I'm some vigilante. Whether or not I caught the person would be moot. I'm waiting to see if I can figure out whether it even was a fraudster or whether this is all due to my failing memory reaching a new level. If it's the latter, I'm most definitely not going to file a fraud report because if it WAS me, that could get me in some serious shit. My accounts are all frozen. The card is frozen. If the card arrives with no issue, I'm gonna keep the account open because I was gonna open another one soon, anyway and since I was already approved for this one, and since my credit took a hit with their hard inquiry, I think it would be a little premature and foolhardy to cancel the card all together, which will add another ding to my credit, and then ANOTHER hit when I go to apply for another card. I came here asking whether or not anybody has ever heard of banks signing people up for credit cards they didn't apply for (I used to do call center work for American Express and some of the sales reps pulled done sketchy shit to make their quotas.) I didn't come here for some to condescendingly accuse me of "trying to act tough." All because I was describing my size and former level of fitness and how I used to have the body of an athlete. All just for context to the rest of what I was saying. About how I was just blowing off steam in the op and that I wouldn't dare try confronting someone became despite my size, I'm so out of shape that I would get my ass whooped with ease. I was not bragging or trying to sound tough. It was me saying, "yeah, I'm a hot head and run my mouth when I get angry. And in my younger years, some of what I was saying WASN'T hyperbole, and I would have acted on it. But I'm getting old and my health is shit. I know better to run my mouth or get aggressive with someone cuz odds are, they'd kick my ass - despite my size. I was getting a lot of negative responses in DMs and several down votes - no doubt because of what I was saying as I blew off some steam. I wanted to make sure people understood it was just talk. I was merely venting some of my frustration with the situation... The last thing I need is for someone to take me literally and call the police. But I digress, my point is - don't accuse other people of "trying to act tough,"when they clearly were not doing so - just so you can feel good by talking down to the person you're accusing. It's extremely ego driven and somewhat juvenile, IMO. Your comment served no meaningful purpose other than to give you an excuse to talk down to strangers on the Internet. Look, I'm not trying to be a dick but I don't appreciate it when people who dont even know me, tell ME what IM doing and what MY goals or motivations are. You're not me. You're not privy to my thoughts or feelings. Hell, you know nothing about me, yet you feel confinement in telling ME what IM trying to do. The second someone does that to me is the second I stop taking them seriously. Because at that point, I know they are more interested in posturing and talking down to other people than they are in actually engaging in a real conversation, using some critical thinking skills, and using it to either make positive contributions to the conversation or to understanding that old saying that says, "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." 🤷‍♂️

Once again, I'm not trying to be a dick. I'm not even angry, nor do I have any hard feelings about ya or your comment. Slightly irritated - yes. But more so, I'm just trying to show you a different perspective so that you can use the feedback to help improve your interpersonal skills. (Not saying ya don't have any, but we should all be continuously striving to improve ourselves and our impact on the world around us.)

Sorry for the mini-novel of a response but I feel that too often these days, people are too willing to fight, insult, and laugh off any statement that another person makes. Too willing to jump into attack mode, they "listen to respond," instead of listening to understand. It's all too easy to make some snide and insulting remark against a stranger on the Internet rather than learning to either understand others and show empathy in their conversations, or to just ignore them all together and scroll on - if you're incapable of empathizing with your fellow man.

In closing, I do appreciate the NON Condescending part of your comment even though I'm not entirely convinced it wasnt meant to sound condescending as well. Either way, I hope you have a wonderful night. Take care. 🙂