New employee cashes several wrong paychecks, is dismayed when her 'paycheck [is] ripped from her hands'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 1, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Who is responsible when writing a paycheck goes wrong? This person, u/Fair_Blueberry_4706, told a story of a woman she knows. They met through an online community, and the OP was surprised to see "Kevina" asking for donations. Why? She was apparently paid several paychecks that weren't hers. Instead of returning it to her employer, this Kevina decided to take advantage of the situation.

Apparently, she also didn't consider what would happen if her newfound paychecks got taken from her. So now she's had the rug pulled out from under her, and needs to ask online for money. The OP is rolling their eyes at how goofy this mistake was, and people in the comments were split on who actually is to blame in a scenario like this. 

After you scroll through this Kevina's nightmare, check out how this guy dealt with an inconsiderate neighbor during a snow storm. 

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  • 01
    Font - 35875639 B DAAAAAA She cashed [her paycheck] anyway and spent it on anime merchandise, phone bills, etc. 100 B4 AAAAA
    via Giorgio Trovato
  • 02
    Font - r/StoriesAbout Kevin Posted by u/Fair_Blueberry_4706 Kevina gets "her" paycheck ripped from her hands M Kevina (27F) is in the same online hobby community as me. It's a small community so word gets around fast. I woke up to a post of her asking for donations because "the state royally screwed her over" and she was -$71 in the hole. Of course, courtesy of her PUBLIC Instagram posts the day before, we know what actually happened.
    via u/Fair_Blueberry_4706
  • 03
    Font - Kevina had started a new job. She got a paycheck of $400 earlier than she expected, and it was in someone else's name. She cashed it anyway and spent it on anime merchandise, phone bills, etc. Then, this week she got her actual first paycheck, as well as another paycheck for the other person. She decides to tell her boss about this and the last paycheck, and is surprised when the funds are reversed out of her account.
    via u/Fair_Blueberry_4706
  • 04
    Font - Even her parents said she shouldn't have spent someone else's money, and she still claims that she shouldn't have been punished for telling the truth, or that the funds shouldn't have been removed all at once. "I got my paycheck ripped from my hands and I want to go home."
    via u/Fair_Blueberry_4706
  • 05
    Font - Girl. It wasn't your paycheck. The part that makes this double stupid is that she openly posted all of this and still wants people to donate to her since she believes it wasn't her fault. What did she expect to happen?
    via u/Fair_Blueberry_4706
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    Font - Edit: Info - Apparently she blamed "the state" because she works for the STATE GOVERNMENT. Which makes this story worse on many levels.
    via u/Fair_Blueberry_4706
  • 07
    Font - other_usernames_gone I didn't even know you could cache a paycheck in someone else's name, I assumed the bank would stop you. Or was this literal cash and not a cheque?
    via u/other_ usernames_gone
  • 08
    Font - Fair_Blueberry_4706 OP Honestly me too, still trying to figure out how Kevina achieved this. Edit: I don't think it was cash because she did say paycheck, but I have no idea what her job is
    via u/Fair_Blueberry_4706
  • 09
    Font - Em4 Tango It was probably a banking app that just scans the check and only gets checked by a person if there's a problem.
    via u/Em4Tango
  • 10
    Font - mere_iguana Whatever bank she uses, I would make sure it's not the same one you use. Cause that's sketchy as f. Or if it was one of those "Payday Loan/check cashing" places, straight up report them to every letter agency that you could possibly imagine giving a f Those places are predatory as f and deserve whatever hammer gets dropped on them.
    via u/mere_iguana
  • 11
    Font - MicaLoves Hangul OK even if she DID get screwed by her company for getting the paycheck that wasn't meant for her reversed, why on earth should we donate to her? It's not like she's lost money. And sure she might have spent more than otherwise, but it'll probably take 1-2 months for that to equal out anyway lol. The way I see it, she's both an idiot and selfish.
    via u/MicaLovesHangul
  • 12
    Font - Wild-Resource-4675 How stupid is she??? Did she really think that things wouldn't get reversed after she brought it up?? It's someone else's money, she doesn't get to keep money that isn't hers wtf
    via u/Wild-Resource-4675
  • 13
    Font - LadyMRedd She probably thought she'd get to keep the one she'd already deposited and they'd just care about the new one she told her boss about. Remember what sub you're on. I can totally see her not thinking that they'd research the last one once she brought this one to light. After all she was dumb enough to think it would work to begin with. Eventually they were going to figure it out, whether she told her boss or not. The person who was missing checks would tell payroll, payroll would
    via u/LadvMRedd
  • 14
    Font - steven-daniels One could call that theft by deception. Four bills is probably into at least Theft 2 range, and the penalties aren't nothing.
    via u/steven-daniels
  • 15
    Font - Brento Gara Maybe Kevina should sue The State for Theft by Deception... they did decieve her by putting someone else's name on her paychecks ;p ...and then they stole that money back from her!
    via u/BrentOGara
  • 16
    Font - -saraelizabeth- The person whose paycheck didn't go to them and let the whole next pay period pass by without getting it corrected is the hidden Kevin in this tale.
    via u/-saraelizabeth-
  • 17
    Font - Mammoth-Ideal-2734 its honestly sad but these things do happen
    via u/Mammoth-Ideal-2734
  • 18
    Font - I don't think anyone who gets overpaid accidentally should ever have to pay it back. The onus of getting the paycheck right is on the payer completely.
    via r/StoriesAboutKevin

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