File this under “too contrived for any screenplay”:
Sunday night, Jamey went to King Soopers to purchase a $470 money order for rent. He bought the money order and dropped it in our manager’s night box. On Thursday, I find a Demand for Compliance or Possession posted to my door. I called my manager, and she tells me the money order I left was only for $45.00, and she can’t accept partial payment. She needed the full amount plus a late fee by Monday.
Jamey checks the money order stub, and sure enough, the money order was for $45. Only problem is he paid $470.25 for it. The clerk must have mis-entered the number. If so, her drawer would be way over that night, right? Jamey felt horrible about not checking the money order, but it could have happened to anyone. We went down to the store after class on Thursday and asked the manager to investigate. He seemed really sorry to tell us that the drawers all balanced on Sunday, and gave us the number for store security. The manager also gave us a copy of the transaction receipt. It stated the order was purchased with $50.00 dollars and the customer received $.50 in change. It also stated the transaction took place at 3:18 in the afternoon, hours before my sweet HTB received it. This was no mistake.
But this story has a happy ending. This morning Jamey spoke to the security officer, and after ID’ing Jamey on the security camera, we are issued a new money order for the balance we paid this very evening!
No offense, KS, but next time we are buying our money orders at the U.S. Post office. No postal worker is going to fcuk up their pension for a $400 payday…
So all’s well until the next untoward crisis.
October 13, 2008 at 6:16 pm |
and what about the chick who sold the money order, I assume she pocketed the money. I’m glad it all worked out in your favor!