lisarea
01-05-2005, 10:59 PM
So, a couple of weeks ago, I got some dumbassed spam from some private company saying I had unclaimed money that they could retrieve for me for a fee or something. Naturally, I didn't even consider it, but I did go look at the state treasury department website to see if there was really money sitting there I'd forgotten.
Indeed, somehow, some previous employer had underpaid me at some point, and there was, like, five hundred bucks they owed me, sitting there. So I filed a claim.
Now, there are a few different versions of my name, including misspellings and stuff, so I looked them up, too, while I was there. Oops! There I was again! So I submitted a claim for that, too, and got the form back, saying that Roche Laboratories owed me over $4000 in back wages. Except I don't remember working for Roche Laboratories. So I called to confirm. Yep! Same SSN, same address! Roche Laboratories owes me money! I still don't remember working for them, but I guess I did! (Or some subsidiary, or a company they bought or something.) And THEN, while I was on the phone with the guy there, I had him check one more, which was my last name and first and middle initials. THAT WAS ME TOO! It was a bank account I'd closed like ten years ago because they fucked up and stuck an extra zero on an automatic withdrawal, causing me to bounce a bunch of checks. I just got pissed at them and cleaned out my account, so I can only assume they figured out their mistake or something and reimbursed me the money at some point!
THREE! THREE! I HAD THREE PILES OF LOST MONEY! HOORAY FOR ME!
Also: There was a fourth one, which I didn't notice until later, where it's just my first initial and my last name, so I went ahead and asked for a claim on that one, too, just in case. I suspect it's probably about $50 million dollars I forgot I had or something. Yeah, that's probably it.
Oh, man. I am going to buy SO MUCH RAMEN.
You guys should all go check your unclaimed property divisions at your local treasuries. I so never imagined that I was one of those idiots who accidentally left piles of money lying all around the place, BUT I AM.
HOORAY FOR ME BEING REALLY STUPID.
Indeed, somehow, some previous employer had underpaid me at some point, and there was, like, five hundred bucks they owed me, sitting there. So I filed a claim.
Now, there are a few different versions of my name, including misspellings and stuff, so I looked them up, too, while I was there. Oops! There I was again! So I submitted a claim for that, too, and got the form back, saying that Roche Laboratories owed me over $4000 in back wages. Except I don't remember working for Roche Laboratories. So I called to confirm. Yep! Same SSN, same address! Roche Laboratories owes me money! I still don't remember working for them, but I guess I did! (Or some subsidiary, or a company they bought or something.) And THEN, while I was on the phone with the guy there, I had him check one more, which was my last name and first and middle initials. THAT WAS ME TOO! It was a bank account I'd closed like ten years ago because they fucked up and stuck an extra zero on an automatic withdrawal, causing me to bounce a bunch of checks. I just got pissed at them and cleaned out my account, so I can only assume they figured out their mistake or something and reimbursed me the money at some point!
THREE! THREE! I HAD THREE PILES OF LOST MONEY! HOORAY FOR ME!
Also: There was a fourth one, which I didn't notice until later, where it's just my first initial and my last name, so I went ahead and asked for a claim on that one, too, just in case. I suspect it's probably about $50 million dollars I forgot I had or something. Yeah, that's probably it.
Oh, man. I am going to buy SO MUCH RAMEN.
You guys should all go check your unclaimed property divisions at your local treasuries. I so never imagined that I was one of those idiots who accidentally left piles of money lying all around the place, BUT I AM.
HOORAY FOR ME BEING REALLY STUPID.