But Andreas Flaten said he was shocked to see his final payment: 90,000 oil or grease covered pennies, at the end of his driveway earlier this month, news outlets reported. Atop the pile was an envelope with Flaten’s final paystub and an explicit parting message.
yeah the dude might be a wienie but the nasty penny thing is a straight up dick move... unless your forced to pay the government then its encouraged
ReplyDeleteThe employee had borrowed money from the employer and refused to pay it back, or so I was told.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what else may lie behind it. Three sides to every story - his, theirs, and the truth somewhere in between.
DeleteNot so sure I'd be all that upset once I thought about it. Pain in the arse? Sure, but also a potential treasure trove. If I got tired of going through them, I might scoop 'em up in small containers and auction them in bulk on ebay. Post a pdf of a news story with the description.
ReplyDeletePennies aren't considered legal tender. He didn't have to accept them.
ReplyDeleteNickels are considered legal and could've been used and would be considered settlement of the debt.
This is a letter I wrote last year May, paying a medical provider with 148 pennies after it took them EIGHT years to bill me:
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To: xxxxxxxxx
From: xxxxxxxx
Re: Your invoice dated March 31, 2020
Thank you for giving me the time to scrounge up the money needed to pay off my debt to you.
My son has all healed up from his rugby injury during his junior year in high school; he has since, now already three years ago, graduated from college.
Thank you for taking so good care of him.
Included you’ll find my payment of one dollar 48 cents.
Henk.
PS: If you would have billed me eight years ago I would have gladly sent you a check, but this invoice just was too silly to not have some fun with it.
Call the EPA for the hazmat, get them to ruin the asshat owner.
ReplyDeleteYeah, go ahead and call me a dick.. I don't care...but.
ReplyDeleteI have my taxes calculated so that I never owe, or get back, more than a few dollars. This year, my state tax bill is being paid by a bank check for $3.00. I want the government employee that processes my payment to understand that I spent $10 on the check to pay a $3 bill.
You think that: 1) they would even notice that; and 2) if they did, they would even remotely care?
DeleteThis is called doing your taxes right! I always thought it was funny that people were so happy to get back thousands during tax returns. It just means you loaned the fed that much money, interest free, when you could have been doing something with that money to grow your wealth... ya know, like invest it.
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