U.S. Americans Need Better Math
Atlanta, GA
At a check-cashing business on Forsyth Street, a clerk said a man came in to cash a Georgia Department of Corrections resident account check for $11,584.79. The clerk said she went to the safe to get $10,000, but got $20,000 without realizing it. She said she gave the man $20,000, plus an additional $1,237.25. (Total: $21,237.25. For those of you who despise math: If she hadn’t given him the extra $10,000, the total would have been $11,237.25 — thus shorting him $347.54. Either way, her math skills appear seriously flawed.) The clerk said she didn’t realize she gave away the extra money until she counted the money in the safe later.
Found in Creative Loafing
October 13th, 2007 at 8:29 am
11 thou in an inmate spending account?! It seems to me that someone who had that much in his account would have a bank account outside the joint and would simply deposit the check and avoid paying the 3% ($347.54) fee. After all, how long would it take to save that much at 10 - 20 cents an hour?
October 14th, 2007 at 8:35 am
I’m headed to Georgia, I have a check to cash!
October 16th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
U.S. Americans? What other kind of American is there? Mexico Americans are ‘Mexicans’, Canada Americans are ‘Canadians’ and Chile Americans need to move out of Minnesota.