Awesome story, kml! It's amazing some of the great stuff people will just give away. Makes me feel like I'm cheating the system or something.
Bit of a mishap today. I was supposed to have been credited $10 from my work for some items I bought early last month but hadn't seen anything deposited to my bank account. Upon some investigation, I found out that the back office had sent the money to the bank account that they had on file rather than the one that I had specifically put down on the compensation voucher. That means that they sent the money to my W's account, not mine. (We both used to be on hers.)
This was a somewhat annoying development, as the person helping me research it made it sound like it was my fault for "not marking on my voucher that the account # listed was a new account." (Then what was the point of putting it down at all?) In any case, they updated the account number, so it won't happen again.
But the matter of the $10 itself remains. It may not be a large amount, but every bit helps me out and, blast it, it's my money. I sent my W this e-mail:
By any chance, was there a mysterious deposit into your checking account for $10.93 around the 8th of December? Sadly, there was a goof-up at my work, and they sent that amount to your account instead of mine, not realizing that I am no longer attached to it. If there was, could you transfer that amount back to me? I would really appreciate it and apologize for the inconvenience. If you transfer it by phone, I'm sure that it would take less than five minutes. I have ironed things out at work, so it won't happen again.
Also, since I'm already mentioning finance, I thought I'd let you know that I was able to refinance the loan into just my name with no problems. Thanks so much for your help in the matter!
--WCF
We'll see what happens. I feel apprehensive and dread any kind of attempt she might make at using this to play her power games. If it turns out that way, to heck with it. It's just ten bucks.
I find it strange that she hasn't mentioned anything about it, as she is usually very meticulous about keeping her check book balanced. (It's something about her that rubbed off onto me.)
