A coworker wrote me a hot check for an external harddrive

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: notfred
Where do you work that both of you are within the cost of a hard drive from overdrawing your accounts, yet you're still buying hard drives? McDonalds?

Seriously, is this for 4 500GB drives? HD these days don't go for that much.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Glendor

Originally posted by: preslove
Not to be pedantic, but doesn't a "hot check" mean that it's stolen?

No, when you write a hot check, you have written a check for money that is not in your account.

No, that's a "rubber check." A "hot check" would be stolen. Which is entirely different from "kited checks."

- M4H

 

[Kishan]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Glendor

Originally posted by: preslove
Not to be pedantic, but doesn't a "hot check" mean that it's stolen?

No, when you write a hot check, you have written a check for money that is not in your account.

No, that's a "rubber check." A "hot check" would be stolen. Which is entirely different from "kited checks."

- M4H

Bravo!

:beer:

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: JoeKing
just tell the local office gossip this and she'll take care of the rest.

 

[Yossarian]

I hope you're asking him to cover your bank fees.

 

[ragazzo]

when selling something, you give the buyer 1 shot at your goods.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: mflacy
Pee in his trash can.

Twice!

 

[kranky]

I figure if you demand the drive back you will get stiffed for your NSF fees, so that's no good.

I would just say casually, "Hey, just reminding you that when you give me the $X for that drive to add the $15 bank fees I got stuck with."

That makes it sound as if you know he's going to cover it without calling him names. And if he's going to object, you'll know now and you have time to work on it before the money is due.

 

[Vic]

You need to talk with HR. Technically, your co-worker has committed a crime against you (theft and check fraud).

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Glendor

Originally posted by: preslove
Not to be pedantic, but doesn't a "hot check" mean that it's stolen?

No, when you write a hot check, you have written a check for money that is not in your account.

No, that's a "rubber check." A "hot check" would be stolen. Which is entirely different from "kited checks."

- M4H

Actually a hot check is also a check that is written for money that is not in your account as well.

 

[richardycc]

Originally posted by: Vic
You need to talk with HR. Technically, your co-worker has committed a crime against you (theft and check fraud).

yeah while on company property.

 

[Kelemvor]

Could either tell him to give it back, or could go to the police and report Stolen Property since that's technically what it is if he didn't pay you what you asked for it. Same thing if you went to Best Buy and wrote them a bad check.

 

[tami]

what happened? he just gave it to you? cash?

 

[tami]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, are we never gonna find out how you made him pay?