Made a mistake at the bank
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52144)
Staten Island, New York
March 25, 2021 8:18pm CST
I went to the bank today to deposit the $2800 stimulus check and the $12.50 in coins that I had saved up. On the way there I found a dime. 
It was actually close to my house. I picked it up and put it in my wallet. I walked a little further and found a penny but it was nasty so I left it on the ground.
At the bank, when I was filling out the deposit slip I wrote my total as $2800 instead of $2812.50 and didn't catch my mistake. Good thing that the bank teller caught it. She asked me to initial my deposit slip on the bottom by the total amount, which I've never have to do, and I found it odd. When I looked at the deposit slip I noticed that she had crossed out my total and put in the correct one. Oops. That's why she had me initial it.
It was actually close to my house. I picked it up and put it in my wallet. I walked a little further and found a penny but it was nasty so I left it on the ground.
At the bank, when I was filling out the deposit slip I wrote my total as $2800 instead of $2812.50 and didn't catch my mistake. Good thing that the bank teller caught it. She asked me to initial my deposit slip on the bottom by the total amount, which I've never have to do, and I found it odd. When I looked at the deposit slip I noticed that she had crossed out my total and put in the correct one. Oops. That's why she had me initial it.9 people like this
8 responses
@LindaOHio (222412)
• United States
26 Mar 21
A good bank teller. She would have caught her error in the evening when trying to balance her drawer if she hadn't already caught it when you were there.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Mar 21
I was lucky as she could’ve just processed the deposit as $2800 without realizing it and taken the $12.50 in coins.
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@RasmaSandra (98004)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Mar 21
Lucky it got caught in time, You found a lucky dime,
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Mar 21
If she didn't pay attention, she probably would've entered the deposit amount as $2800. I would've caught the mistake after checking the deposit receipt but still... Better that she caught it before she did anything.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Mar 21
A lucky dime has a nice ring to it.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
26 Mar 21
@lovebuglena It happens to the best of us my friend.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Mar 21
Yeah. Still can’t believe I forgot to add the amounts.
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@rakski (156481)
• Philippines
27 Mar 21
@lovebuglena true, that will be annoying
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Mar 21
Good thing for sure. I’d hate to have to deal with it after the deposit was processed if she hadn’t caught it before then.
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Mar 21
It's nice that she caught the mistake and corrected it. But shouldn't you have deposited $2812.60 instead of $2812.50, since you found an extra dime on the ground?
@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Mar 21
@lovebuglena Do you still roll your change? My bank has a change machine that you just dump all your coins in and it counts it up for you. When it prints out the receipt with the total, I just give it to the bank teller and ask for it to be deposited into my savings account.
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Mar 21
That one went into my wallet and will go into my roll of dimes. Need to feel that one up.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 21
@moffittjc My bank is Chase. No such thing there. I can go to a supermarket and deposit my coins at the coin counting machine but that charges you a fee. I remember years ago it was 8 cents per $1 it took away. No way do I want to lose my pennies. So, I fill up the rolls and bring to the bank for a deposit.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
26 Mar 21
Good thing they count it. Glad you got your stimulus Lena
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Mar 21
Thanks. Didn’t know it would be that much.
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