They are both stupid and I dont feel sorry for either of them

i feel sorry for both of them becouse Sara Gaspar probibly diserved the money and the school probibly needs the money

Having worked as a waitress and doing catering work I say most likely she has earned it. If it had of been me I would have contacted them also and if I didn't hear back would have spent it also. Their screw up her lucky day.
If you have never done the work it takes try it sometime. It's hard,thankless work. Most people think you earn it in your paycheck. My first job as a waitress was making was only tips as pay, than I moved up to $.75 an hour plus tips.

The waitress should have saved the money untill told otherwise by the school. It seems shady to say you tryed to give it back but somehow ended up spending it.

Since the check was typed, whoever wrote the check should be disciplined and the high paying supervisor who signed it should be fired!!! If it was a catered event it was probably the tip for the whole wait staff/bartenders. We need more info. before we judge!!!

Too bad the big school made the mistake. Let the waitrees keep it. What is 29,000 for a big institution? There is a lesson learned here. Let the guy who signed the check pay for the mistake. Don't go back to the poor woman and make her life a nightmare.

This a very simple legal matter that has occurred thousands of times, with well established legal presidence it's called "undue enrichment". It simple means you can't take what isn't yours. The school will sue and she will lose.

I am a waiter. It can be a thankless task, with rude and impatient customers abusing you because you are the only conduit between them and the kitchen. They seem to think you are super-human and can tolerate any level of punishment.
And more importantly, they don't have the balls to talk to the chef, because everyone knows chefs are "insane" and have large knives.

Thinking of what an angry chef would do to an abusive customer never fails to make me smile, and I'm going to start treating the unruly customers the way they deserve to be treated.
It's not my fault the prices are too high or the food is not great.

I'll need to start administering beatings.

WHO EVER WROTE AND SIGNED THE CHECK IS RESPONSIBLE!

I TRIED TO CONTACT AND HIRE SOMEONE TO DO A WEB SITE AT TWO LOCAL UNIVERSITIES THIS SUMMER IN JUNE.
I LEFT SEVERAL MESSAGES IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AT BOTH,NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHICH DEPARTMENT COULD HELP ME.

IT IS NOW SEPTEMBER...

ONE OF THE UNIVERSITIES HAS YET TO CALL.. THE OTHER RESPONDED THE SAME DAY AND GUESS WHAT.. WEB SITE DONE!

SOOOO I BELIEVE SHE TRIED AND JUDGING BY MY OWN EXPERIENCE... SOME KNUCKLEHEADS ANSWERING PHONES AT NOTRE DAME JUST LET IT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS!

how much was the bill that Sara felt for one minute $29,000 was appropriate tip

i dont think that they should sue her for the fact they made a mistake. Its' their fault that gave her the tip. Instead of suing her they need to learn from it and move on, it's their fault that they gave the wrong tip.

It was a typo the tip should have been 29.00 So the person that sined the check is responsible If you go to walmart and write a check and sine it YOU are responsible for that check being good So I feel that its there mistake and leave the girl have the money and go after the person that sined the check.

I hope ND buries the bitch. She knew the tip was a mistake and spent the money anyway (on a new car). How damn dishonest.

Typos happen all the time (just look at the spelling errors in the comments on this blog). She doesn't have any right to run with the money. I hope she goes through hell and still has to pay back the money.

A $29,000 tip...for what?! The woman knows the tip was a mistake and if she had any integrity, she'd give it back. To those of you who think she should keep it because Notre Dame has deep pockets, your disgusting attitude is reflective of the immorality that's been tearing this country apart and driving costs up for everyone. What you're basically supporting is theft...plain and simple. Gad, what a bunch of cockroaches!!!

Obviously we have too little information. But, based on what we do have, two things are obvious.

One, the person who signed the check should definitely be disciplined, at the minimum receive several days to a week off with NO pay, or in a perfect world would be fired. He or she obviously does not take the job seriously enough to pay attention to details.

Two, Ms. Gaspar knew that the check was an error as evidenced by her attempts to contact the school. She chose to cash the check anyway! In my book, that is theft. Regardless of how hard she works as a waitress or how badly she needs or needed the money, she does not have the right to take something that is not hers.
In hindsight, she should have taken the check back to the school and confronted whomever was responsible for her payment.

come on Notre Dame!!How ridiculous, the university is in the news not for achieving great things but for acting so cheap, the whole world is reading the news and thinking how cheap a university this is! One of the richest universities in the world going after a poor lady. Where is your practicing what you preach and forgiving your brother teachings? now it is time to show your christianity and forgive the lady and the person who signed that check for their mistakes.
Do unto others what you want them do unto you. Act as the bigger brother and in the name of God forgive this poor lady.
the law of the universe that God created assures you that you will get more than that amount f you forgive. It would not surprise me if within the next 12 months you get an unexpected huge amount - or then you may lose the gift you are expecting.

The cost of Sara Gaspar catering job - $ 29.87
The check to Sara Gaspar for the catering job - $29,387.00

A mistake was made BUT we know who is in the wrong here.

I am laughing not at this womens great fortune or lack there of. But at the ignorance of the people responding. She deserves a 29K tip, what if you were the one who made the error? Secondly she has no case in court, the attorney will claim undue enrichment and the court will order that she pay back the money. She will then based on her character will file Bankruptcy and never repay a dime. Its a shame.

She should have not cashed in this check. That was not most likely her first work with ND. She must have known that the tips are not 2000% of the job value. How about putting the check back in the mail, rahter than calling ND.
Furthermore, unles the check was cashed there was not way for ND to realize their mistake, thus the sudden reaction after the check was cashed. Ms. Gaspar pretty much stolen this money since she clearly knew it was too large of a check for the work done.

i feel sorry for both of them becouse Sara Gaspar probibly diserved the money and the school probibly needs the money.

This comment really makes me laugh. Probibly, diserved, becouse, the only thing that could have made it funnier to me would be if it said BOFF of em. These are the people that voted OBAMA :(

Great point Julia. Until the bank statement was reconciled the error would not have been found.

The poor lady,is one greedy bitch

At the age of 16 I too got a paycheck for more than I was expecting, about $400 more. Even at the age of 16 I knew there was an error and this was not my money. I took the check directly to someone in payroll and they corrected the error. My conscience was clear, was hers?

She is not entitled to the tip and she knows it.Tips are generally 10%, unless the bill was 290,000.00 she knew it was a mistake.Checqes are printed by computers and make mistakes.To all the people who think she should keep it,what if you went to purchase an item for$ 29.00 and wrote a checque for $29,000.00 by mistake,and the store cashed and spent it.That would be acceptable to tou because you made the mistake.I didnt think so.Lets try and get rid of the scammers in the world, not feel sorry for them.

She should be sued!

This wasn't Leo DiCaprio or someone. This was a school. Common sense would lead one to believe that the tip was a mistake. That being said, she claims to have contacted them about the error and received no response. If she didn't get any response, she should have waited for one. More than likely the entire event wasn't 29k so unless ND has gotten into the habit of throwing their student's tuition away, I doubt that the event would have merited a 29K tip.

A 29.00 tip is fabulous in the food service industry!

It was obviously an error and this woman is dishonest. She was hoping that a big college like Notre Dame would not notice the error. Who, realistically, gets a 29000 dollar tip; no one!. The same short sightedness that has her working under poor arrangements is evidenced in her judgement about money. Now everyone knows she is a dishonest person. It will just be that much harder for her to make a living whether she gets to keep the money or not.

Wow, 29.00 tip! the catering service should be happy with such a wonderful tip. I mean they worked all night catering food and providing a service, give them back their money and stop catering to Catholic schools.

If you did a catering job for $29.00
would you get a tip for $29,000.00? No, so she
knew ND had made an error and still cash the money?
That's downright dishonest!

Jason, what the heck does that have to do with PRESIDENT OBAMA. GETOVER IT WE HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT

Jason, what the heck does that have to do with PRESIDENT OBAMA. GETOVER IT WE HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT

Just another thief... and it is a big suprise how many people comment in favor of her... it looks like we have many potential thieves. What happened to honor, honesty and other basics values?

She should return the money knowing that no one in their right mind will give a $29,000 tip.
She should have hold on to the money, until she heard from them.

Alright, let me tell you one of my life stories... when I was around 18 or 19 years old, I was a porter for a major chain hotel. Nothing fancy, just a decent 3 star one. Getting paid minimum wage (which I believe was $3.75 at the time) tips were a nice addition for the hard work I put in. I remember once a lousy tip I got as I helped an old man and his wife move several large pieces of luggage; including a fairly heavy steamer trunk, (I kid you not) to their room. After helping with what felt like 300 pounds of "junk" up to the 4th floor (yeah I used the stairs because the elevator was more towards the back of the hotel and the stairs were next to the lobby and their room was 4 places down from the stairwell. Plus, I was young, health, strong and stupid....). I even helped them settle in and put the luggage where ever they wished it to be. The old man turned around and proceeded to tip me a lovely shiney new quarter.... I thought it was a joke or worst... some sort TV producers idea of funny to see what my reaction would be for the hidden camera. I just walked away and couldn't even afford to buy a soda for the sweat I worked up.

Then on another day, a beauty saloon school rented a few banquet halls for one of their seminars. At the time of day they came, most of the over-nighters had already checked out. So, as much to help as to spend time not beign bored till the end of my shift, I really busted my hump helping them check in, unload their gear and even helped them set up a bit. I must have impressed the instructor/leader and she asked if I wanted a free haircut and high-lights if I would "volunteer" to be one of her hair models. Well... since I had shaggy shoulder lenght hair, I said sure, just so long as I could do it right after my shift ended. So, I thought a free haircut and lights were a nice tip for the work I did. Afterwards, when I got out of the chair and was about to go home, she stopped me again. She wanted to thank me personally again for all the hard work and even helping model for her. She then proceeded to pull out her wallet and tip me a $100 bill. I was shocked. I'm sure my eyes must have popped out and my jaw hang open at the time. She just shook my hand and then walked back to the seminar. Maybe she meant to give me a $10 but she knew what she was doing and it made my year for sure.

Also, for those people out there thinking a $29k tip is outragous for a caterer, you obviously don't know what they do. You're talking about a MAJOR univeristy wanting a catering job, that often includes menus, table placings, food and their peperation, plus staff to cook and serve the food. Hell, my mother caters wedding cakes. She bakes the cake, decorates it, and sets it up. For just that, she often makes $400-600 for the job, and it's usually close friends or people that know her so she's not ripping them off. If you're talking about a huge dinner with 500 people showing up, depending on the details put in, the job alone would cost $20-40k. Maybe she really busted her tail off, maybe she made a seating arrangment that put all the right people next to the people they needed to interact with. She might have known about a person's food allergies and made it "just right" for that person. She may have even put fine detail into her work like little irish guys and ND legos on all the food and placeware. Also, if it was a huge job, she might not have just kept all the money for herself, she could have split some of it with her staff.

However, in a case like this, I would have called too and if I didn't get a response, wait 6 months before spending it. Honestly, there HAS to be someone in charge of the payroll that goes "oh wait, this isn't right" at the end of the month. If people are sueing you a year or 6 years later for their monitary mistake, well screw them. Suddenly, there's a large flack of protests from share holders and supports for over spending and huge benefits, then suddenly they start looking to little people and start pointing fingers at. Personally, I'm pretty sure it was a mistake... it takes A LOT of "oops" to sign a check "twenty-nine THOUSAND dollars and no cents" then "twenty-nine dollars and no cents". Don't blame the lady, blame the person cutting the check.

I'm really quite confused. There is no doubt the moneys should be repayed, however legal fees for the University to recover there funds should run no less than in the area of $40,000.
It would only seem prudent to work with this lady and come to a deal that would serve all involved, even if they do not recover all the funds.
The scales of economics work much the same as the scales of Justice and to only look at legal side of this issue is to ignore the economic issue, which should be the most important in this case.
All parties involved are at fault and all should be held responsible for their actions or lack of.
Simply spoken, if you give, get or take something that is not yours, it is stealing.

In a world full of immorality, this is just another example of someone trying to get away with something they know is wrong. In Kindergarten we all learned that it was wrong to take something that didn't belong to you. shame on her, she should know better. I feel sorry for the person that made the mistake as there should be some type of action taken against them, but as for the waitress keeping the money?...She should give it back and both sides should apologize to the other!

Idiots! I see a great deal of judgement being passed without knowing all the facts. Such a disappointment. I'd like to point a few things out though. The report says she was a caterer. So, not knowing what the cost of the event was, or the circumstances behind any of it except the school saying,"[it was a mistake]." and the caterer's statement that she tried to contract them, we should refraim from judgement.

Having waited tables, and a number of thankless jobs while in college and immediately thereafter, as a rule I tip heavily for great service; whether its from a caterer, waitress, gardner or the guy shining shoes. I occasionally have tipped more than the value of the service.

I once noted on my AMEX bill that an establishment did not add the tip to the check when they processed the charge. I later inquired about it on a return visit and was informed they assumed it was a mistake given the generous amount.

I can understand the misunderstanding all the way around and would hope they come to some ammicable resolution.

As a few have noted the food service industry is overall a thankless job and the customer's angst is often mis-directed.

BTW, I am still not certain how you can typo 29.00 to 29,000.00. Perhaps 2900.00. But again, I stress being on the outside looking in you can not truly judge this or any other item reported in the news without knowing all the facts. So please show the world why the US is such a great land by being free thinkers who make "well informed" decisions and not the land of idiots who react with extremism and malice.

So get beyond what you think you know and let the facts playout.

Stop the bashing of this woman. And perhaps ND should considering showing some understanding.

I now yield the soapbox to the next commenter.

Who would keep that? That is the most dishonest thing I've ever heard. She should sell the car and the other crap she bought and give the money back. Hello. Have you ever heard of morals?

it saddens me to see so many ppl passing judgement and discoarse with only reading articles that are written by someone not at all involved. shame on all of us who have never walked in either of their shoes. how many occurances in life have left you saying..."but you don't know the whole story"...realizing all the while that your side has never been fully heard?(or ever will) we need to get our own lives and not be so concerned with the fortunes, or misfortunes of others.

I'm surprised there is even a question here. First of all, we have no idea of whether this woman was a server, the person who organized a special event, or whether she was tipped to provide some additional special service we don't know about. In any case, that would have had to have been quite some special service for the lady to knowingly accept such a gracious gift, even from such a fine institution as the University of Notre Dame.

Has the woman claimed any of the above? It has not been disclosed. So, I think we really can't have much of an opinion on the incident.

I once helped cater a Notre Dame event. It was the hardest work I've ever done. Both my pal and I were Ill by the end of the night. If the facts of what we know, are taken at face value, then while the woman's hard work may have, in fact, deserved much greater pay than what she normally recieves, certainly such an act of justice would not have taken place in such an underhanded manner.

Accepting an outrageous tip without any additional confirmation would be either extremely dense, irresponsible or unconscionable. If Notre Dame is smart, which I suspect they are, they will settle the incident through some direct mediation out of court.

On the other hand, we don't know the facts, we are on the outside looking in, so what we think, doesn't much matter.

if it was a black person who got this money they would have arrested that person long time after the typo . So its not fare for her to get away with this crime .

I have to agree with some of the comments.
No one in their right mind would have said a tip for 29,000.00 that has to be a mistake.

As far as the school not answering her back, it seems to me if she was truely honest she would have kept trying until some one did get back to her. So the fact that she spent the money that is unacceptible. She knew in her hearts of hearts it was an error I am sure. Everyone involve needs to be held responsibile.

$29,000 for a tip? She had to know it was a mistake. Whoever made the checks and whoever signed the checks should be written up for their part in this debacle.

OK. all you waiters and waitresses out there please shut up about your jobs being thankless if you don't like it do something else. lots more jobs out there that are harder and pay less. wether your job is thankless or not you dont get to keep mistakes. yes i have waited tables and am now a bartender. something that bothers me besides her keeping the money is the fact the school didn't call her and ask for the money before suing her. and also how much does it cost to sue someone for 29k?

I find it hard to believe that the person writing the check could "accidently" put 3 zeros after the 29. Zeros have nothing to do with a 2 or a 9 so how could that be a typo? It would make more sense to call it a typo if it had been $229 or $299. I also find it hard to believe that the lady tried contacting the school to tell them about it. Any normal person who received a tip from that large of an institution would think it was real. I don't feel sorry for either one of them. I think it's just a big way of getting some attention in the media.

The check was signed. If direct deposit the OK key was press and DO YOU AGREE THAT INFO is CORRECT was checked.

Just hope she saved enough to pay the income tax on that amount or it will be much more than ND after her

Good call JB, irs will have a field day with this. and JimChis your logic is heavily flawed dude.

The caterer said she called several times, but did she ever go to the accounts payable department at Notre Dame? She must have known where the school is, She catered for them! She could have driven by and asked a question on her way to spending the $29,000. It seems that a compromise is in order. Perhaps they should split the tip, because, in fact, Notre Dame did make a careless mistake. But the caterer knew it was more than her lucky day. She has probably been in the business long enough and knew the amount of the bill and what would be the customary tip amount. In other stories on the internet about this case, Notre Dame has indicated that the tip should have been $29.00. The caterer does not deny it. Is this greed worth her future business as a caterer? I wouldn't hire her after this.

I own a small business and write an average of 400 checks a week. My accountant had me change the software I was using which among other differences, did not put the decimel point in automatically. I ended up writing a check that should have been 100.00 for 10000.00 and mailed it. Thank God the person receiving was honest and sent check back. I am not a stupid person--justover worked sometimes.

What would a resonable person do? Based on a 10% tip, which is low, she alone whould have had to have served $290,000 worth of food... Even at $29 per plate, that's 10,000 people. Expand that over one year, that's more than 27 people per day, every day - including holidays... Possible? Yes. But what of the other tips she received - which must be excluded...

She fucked up. Pay it back.

HI

If the tip was a typo why did it take so long for the university to notice. If she even can prove she tried to contact them one time and they did not respond that is their fault.

Not very many analytical minds in these comments. The typo is obvious...on a 10-key system, 29.87 and 29,387 is the difference beween hitting the 3 instead of the decimal point. By never hitting the decimal, the default would be whole dollars. An hoest mistake by a hard-working employee.

Why has she not sold her new car and returned that much of the money? A good faith gesture like that could win her some points with the University and make the lawsuit not worth their financial effort. Apparently she is under the impression that the public will side with the "little man" and pressure ND to drop the case.

We have no idea what the original bill was ... she was the waitress not the contractor/caterer ..
she realized it was a gross mistake and she did not earn $29,000 whichis why she called ND. Next step - approach Payables and turn the check in.
Buying a car and saying too bad to the school is like stealing. It's going to be a nasty ending.

Lets not be stupid here people, we all know darn well that tip was not meant to be $29 grand. Although catering can be a hard and thankless job and we all would like to see her keep it. Even she knew it was incorrect. hence; tried to contact them several time for confirmation!!!

Yes it was a mistake, but where is the audit work of the person signing the check and if in deed Sara tried to contact them it fell through the cracks. She should have sent it back to acknowledge the mistake. When you own or work with a company your representation should be above board how big or small the company you do work with.

Jason--I get the Obama comment---wanting something for free. She thinks she deserves it for doing virtually nothing. Taking money from someone elses pocket and not thinking twice. That's high way robbery any way you slice it!!

Jason, what the heck does that have to do with PRESIDENT OBAMA. GETOVER IT WE HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT

Posted by: cutie at September 20, 2009 1:11 PM

Two things:

First of all, Cutie, not everyone that thinks that Obama is not doing a good job thinks that it's because he is black. Just because you're not in love with one black person doesn't mean that you have something against the entire race. You're the one that apparently feels the need to focus on color

Secondly, to John Smith, average tips haven't been 10% for a looooong time. Granted, they aren't 2000% but you might want to adjust your number to 15 to 20

Jason, what the heck does that have to do with PRESIDENT OBAMA. GETOVER IT WE HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT

Posted by: cutie at September 20, 2009 1:11 PM

Two things:

First of all, Cutie, not everyone that thinks that Obama is not doing a good job thinks that it's because he is black. Just because you're not in love with one black person doesn't mean that you have something against the entire race. You're the one that apparently feels the need to focus on color

Secondly, to John Smith, average tips haven't been 10% for a looooong time. Granted, they aren't 2000% but you might want to adjust your number to 15 to 20

Twenty nine______________________________dollars or Twenty nine thousand__________________dollars Even $29.00 or $29,000.00 either way,their is no explaination for that kind of mistake.

Mistakes happen every day, but you must use common sense. I work at a loan company and have had a customer get funds deposited to his account by mistake. When we caught this same day called him, before we can transfer back money is removed and spent. If it's not yours use common sense. Oh I know now days common sense isn't so common. Nicely ask to return then take legal action if you need to. Too bad everyone is looking for a free ride now days.

This is for all the posters who are unable to spell English words properly: Qui non intelligit aut discat aut taceat.

This is for all the posters who are unable to spell English words properly: Qui non intelligit aut discat aut taceat.

She probably has an IQ of 60 if she thinks that they intentionally tipped her $29,000. If she really was interested in whether or not Notre Dame meant to give her so much, she shouldn't have spent it all before finding out the real scoop.

this is my first time ever commenting on a blog like this but i feel like i have to.......she should've spent the money because wiether or not it was purposly done it still was on a check with her name on it....how can they sue her for something they did?? temper tantrum maybe??

Sorry, the University is not as smart as you would think. Usually when checks are written by school organizations, they are signed by 2 people and when you sign a check, the signers make sure the amount is correct, now if they didn't check the amount, then, they better get someone else to sign and issue checks here on. No I don't think she should give it back and they should be embarrassed to ask. Chalk it up to a stupid and careless move on the Universities part.

If I were picking up on a side walk a bag with $29,000.00 in it.
Someone please tell me what would be the consequence when:

1/ Call the local police to report about the found, then:
a/ Nobody reported lost of money
b/ Someone come out with proven lost of money

2/ Just spend the money as mine
a/ Police later know that I’ve got the money
b/ Nobody ever found out (I already knew this one: my conscience are OK if it’s from a big company; ok if it’s from a rich person; NOT OK hence my best to repay to a poor person)

(Positively NOT OK and return RIGHT AWAY if it’s a signed check from anybody to me! Just because I’m not stupid enough to think that I could get away with that!)

That is bull-$hit the dumb zfuck who wrote the check should have to pay, not the girl

Actually!! this is amazing!!
one, I thought any company or institution should have a spending limit to any check, 29,000 is not little money to write to an individual, unless if it is a company!!

Secondly!! The amount on the check, is written in Both words and figures!! how can it be a typo!! when the words correspond with the figures?????
This might have been a game!

In response to jamkay: you are correct about one thing many companies do have a limit on checks that require only one signature. Many times more than one signiture is required at a certain threshold. Second your response about the words and figures is inaccurate as many modern accounting systems automatically print both the amount and the words on the checks, so incorrectly typing the amount on a 10 key as stated above would result in both words and figures printing incorrectly.

And a response to everyone that says that this check signer is at fault, if it was actually signed by someone I would say yes, but again, many times even the signature is printed by a computer. Take a look at your payroll check next time you get paid, but to all you saying she should keep it, you probably don't have jobs, so I guess you cant.

Too many unanswered questions here how many ppl did she cater for? 29 seems like a low nummber for such a big institution. Whoever signed made out that payroll and signed it is accountable. I will bet they make good money doing that payroll and such a big mistake like that should have lost their job for not rechecking the math. Books need to balance somewhere they didnt balance and it went unoticed? Come on whose isnt doing their job. A bank teller has to balance at end of day an accountant doing books has too balance. If she truely made those calls then its their problem and they need better accountability.

Too many unanswered questions here how many ppl did she cater for? 29 seems like a low nummber for such a big institution. Whoever signed made out that payroll and signed it is accountable. I will bet they make good money doing that payroll and such a big mistake like that should have lost their job for not rechecking the math. Books need to balance somewhere they didnt balance and it went unoticed? Come on whose isnt doing their job. A bank teller has to balance at end of day an accountant doing books has too balance. If she truely made those calls then its their problem and they need better accountability.

I think she is stupid for spending the money. I am in the military and know that is I receive money I didn't know was coming, it is probably an error and the Army will take it back in full as soon as they notice the error. On the other hand if she catered an event for the University of Notre Dame and they were only going to give her a $29 tip then Notre Dame is messed up for jipping her. They are a pretty prestigious school and I am sure the spread was elaborate, and to only get a $29 tip. I am also sure they can afford to drop $29000. Also to accidently put three zero's on the end that is a major typo. I mean they pay for an overrated coach and he make millions. I'm sure Charlie could pay for it, I mean he probably ate it all anyway.

Too many unanswered questions here how many ppl did she cater for? 29 seems like a low nummber for such a big institution. Whoever signed made out that payroll and signed it is accountable. I will bet they make good money doing that payroll and such a big mistake like that should have lost their job for not rechecking the math. Books need to balance somewhere they didnt balance and it went unoticed? Come on whose isnt doing their job. A bank teller has to balance at end of day an accountant doing books has too balance. If she truely made those calls then its their problem and they need better accountability.

She knew it was a damn mistake that's why she hurried up to spend that bitch. But she will probably loose, more than she gainded. For her own sake she should have just held onto it and verified it before spending it. How the hell did she spend $29,000 that fast anyway.

I once got tipped $100, no mistake, for doing $100 worth of computer services (and yes they paid prior).

For all those saying she knew it was a mistake, without knowing ANY of the details, my question is.. where's the line between "mistake" and "intentional"?

My customer paid $100 and then tipped me $100. I've actually had that happen twice, by the way, though the second time they paid $160 in services I think.

Further...

What's the 'time limit' between letting the money sit idle in your checking account and actually using it? How much effort should she expend trying to find out ND's side of the situation (again, we don't KNOW the details beyond "she tried to contact them")?

I love seeing everyone cast stones as if they were flawless.