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carson
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The wrong paycheck
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Jun 26 22:13 UTC 1994 |
(Your paycheck has come in the mail. You open it and notice that it is off
by a couple of zeroes... in your favor! The computer program that takes
care of payroll apparently paid you for 8000 hours instead of 80!)
(do you cash the check?)
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scg
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response 1 of 26:
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Jun 27 05:26 UTC 1994 |
It's not as if the accounting department isn't going to notice eventually,
and they'd probably want an explanation as to why I hadn't told them.
Maybe I'm too honest, but I'd return the check.
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park
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response 2 of 26:
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Jun 27 08:35 UTC 1994 |
I cash it and run
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jwp
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response 3 of 26:
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Jun 27 08:38 UTC 1994 |
No I'm sure they'd figure out sooner or later...especially with my luck...
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dang
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response 4 of 26:
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Jun 27 17:13 UTC 1994 |
yah, i'd have to turn it in.
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omni
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response 5 of 26:
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Jun 27 19:52 UTC 1994 |
no. Call whom ever issued the check and ask them to issue a correct
check.
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gidget
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response 6 of 26:
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Jun 27 20:08 UTC 1994 |
I'd rip my shirt and roll around in the dirt to make it look like I HAD
worked for 8000 hours.
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scg
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response 7 of 26:
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Jun 27 20:23 UTC 1994 |
Considering that working 8000 hours is equivelant to working almost 22
hours a day for a year, good luck convincing anybody that you had done
that in two or three weeks, no matter how dirty you were.
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gidget
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response 8 of 26:
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Jun 27 23:09 UTC 1994 |
It was a JOKE. :)
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kimba
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response 9 of 26:
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Jun 29 04:08 UTC 1994 |
I'd cash it, no prob. This happened in a smaller case not too long ago. I
cashed my husband's check for him, so I didn't know he'd been paid too much!
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popcorn
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response 10 of 26:
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Jul 1 12:13 UTC 1994 |
This response has been erased.
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kimba
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response 11 of 26:
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Jul 1 17:50 UTC 1994 |
I agree, it definately depends upon the company.
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gracel
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response 12 of 26:
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Jul 3 18:53 UTC 1994 |
I'd call the payroll department, after I stopped laughing -- I might
call the local newspaper, too.
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mta
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response 13 of 26:
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Jul 5 02:00 UTC 1994 |
Given how close to the edge I am financially all the time, I'd probably
cash it and have a cahier's check for the difference made out to my company
at the same time. It's their error, they aren't gonna make *me* wait to weeks
to cut another check. They can wait while the new ones clears.
But, no, I wouldn't keep the extra.
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carson
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response 14 of 26:
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Jul 6 03:50 UTC 1994 |
re #6: (I laughed. I didn't even need to see the smiley to know you were
joking...)
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jamie
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response 15 of 26:
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Jul 9 02:28 UTC 1994 |
I'd give it back...if I didn't I'd probably gret caught sooner or later.
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turtle
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response 16 of 26:
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Jul 13 17:23 UTC 1994 |
Give it back. U of M would definitly notice that in the budget.
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y
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response 17 of 26:
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Aug 5 06:04 UTC 1994 |
yes
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bonita
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response 18 of 26:
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Nov 14 05:04 UTC 1994 |
Even though I've been gipped $17 before, I woul probably tell 'em.
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cindy
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response 19 of 26:
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Feb 16 12:27 UTC 1995 |
I'd give it back simply because I'm not that lucky and some how I'd have to pay
it back or, probably so to jail for cashing it.
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nephi
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response 20 of 26:
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Mar 6 07:59 UTC 1995 |
*Would* you go to jail for cashing it? It was their mistake. They *gave*
you the money. It doesn't even seem like they would even have any grounds
for asking for the money back.
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amoco
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response 21 of 26:
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Mar 8 01:49 UTC 1995 |
I *believe* you wouldn't get thrown in jail. You know the old "if it comes to
your door, it's yours" rule? I believe it applies here. So not only can you
take the check, but you can tell the accountants they made a mistake and laugh
at them about it!
Anyways, I don't work, so they wouldn't catch me. Hold on mails
here...
look! a check! for--
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ewhisam
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response 22 of 26:
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Dec 27 22:46 UTC 1995 |
Illegal enrichment is illegal, also your boss can be a valuable reference for
your future. Treat all such cases as if they are a test of your character and
you will go far. Do the right thing. Your boss might be in the Mafia.
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diviniti
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response 23 of 26:
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Oct 4 05:47 UTC 1996 |
I'd have to give the check back to payroll. Maybe if the difference was a
little smaller, I'd try to get away with it, but for something as major as
8000 hours, they'd catch up to the mistake. QUICKLY!!!
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diznave
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response 24 of 26:
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Nov 9 06:34 UTC 1997 |
I'd cash it, and buy as many lottery tickets as I could. That or give it to
Scientology. Or put it all into _Thigh Master_@ stock.
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