What should stepson do?

[HeXen]

Stepson (lets call him bob) 19yrs old, used to work at Dollar General. Was a good employee for about a year and even was asked for a management position but he didnt have the time for it.

One day some guy walked up the register with a bottle of something which was half empty. For some odd reason and lack of details in info to me, "Bob" sold this guy the bottle for half price since it was half empty. Well apparently that is a huge no no.
Manager fired his ass right then and there. He has been jobless ever since but has been looking (yeah i know:whiste anyway.

A couple months later if that, he gets a bill from Dollar General for like $20 for that bottle. Must have been some killer stuff whatever it was.
"Bob" ignored it thinking it was stupid. Later he got another bill for i think around $300 then later another for like $500.

Now both him and his mom are apparently retarded, cause i told them he needs to call them and talk to someone. They just throw back this "for what, its stupid charges blah blah" attitude.
I'm thinking the last 2 bills may be Lawyer fee's, but i have not seen them so i don't know. I told them that attitude is immature and retarded, call fuking someone but they think the whole situation is stupid and i guess they must think if they ignore it, it will go away.

The situation is stupid, he lost his job, they got half their money for the stupid bottle from his sale, that is enough imo. But them ignoring the bills could get worse if they are what i think they are.

So what's your guy's take on the situation, he has no money, no job. what should he do and why is Dollar General being such dicks about it?

 

[sourceninja]

Sounds like he has bigger problems then just Dollar General. He needs a whole life adjustment.

 

[z1ggy]

lol @ loser stepson.

 

[PottedMeat]

One day some guy walked up the register with a bottle of something which was half empty. For some odd reason and lack of details in info to me, "Bob" sold this guy the bottle for half price since it was half empty.

can a non manager even do that? need more info.

 

[LookBehindYou]

Stepson is loser who works at dollar store frequented by losers. Tell him to use the contra code, kill himself, then start over. If he doesnt get it right the second try, he'll have 28 more tries to be successful.

 

[HeXen]

Sounds like he has bigger problems then just Dollar General. He needs a whole life adjustment.

well no shit. most young men do and most do eventually. But obviously part of that life adjustment is taking care of this problem which could worsen don't ya think?

can a non manager even do that? need more info.

obviously not. :whiste:

lol @ loser stepson.

yeah, but putting him down doesnt really help anyone. He wants a job, he's just being too picky and the way he lost his job doesnt really make him a loser, i've seen people lose jobs for more legit reasons.

But i take it you have a workable solution to how he should deal with Dollar General?

 

[HeXen]

Stepson is loser who works at dollar store frequented by losers. Tell him to use the contra code, kill himself, then start over. If he doesnt get it right the second try, he'll have 28 more tries to be successful.

i'm talking about the money he owes DG. you know, the freaking bills they keep sending that go up and up. or did you not read that.
But like McD workers, at least its an honest job...would you rather him deal dope? He's 19 yrs old, what kind of job do you expect him to get.

btw he does attend college. he's only 19. the loser comments are a bit immature. not sure how him trying at life makes him a loser. What did you do at 19? did you run a business or something great?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Getting fired for something he shouldn't have done is a legitimate enough reason... sure he could have got a warning but is it an "at will state"?

Sorry non-US...

 

[sourceninja]

But i take it you have a workable solution to how he should deal with Dollar General?

Pay them. But it won't solve the real problem.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

As for the bill. Yes he needs to talk to someone about it. What does it cover? Was the full bottle worth $20 or $40?

Though if he is on the hook for the full price when the store got paid for defective merchandise then it's worth arguing...

If not he might be able to get it down to the original $20 - at which point he should probably take the offer, better than being on the hook for hundreds of dollars... but it might be too late.

 

[oynaz]

Pay them for what, exactly?

 

[LookBehindYou]

i'm talking about the money he owes DG. you know, the freaking bills they keep sending that go up and up. or did you not read that.
But like McD workers, at least its an honest job...would you rather him deal dope? He's 19 yrs old, what kind of job do you expect him to get.

btw he does attend college. he's only 19. the loser comments are a bit immature. not sure how him trying at life makes him a loser. What did you do at 19? did you run a business or something great?

At 19 I was in the Air Force. I call him a loser because he apparently doesnt pay his bills and makes up his own rules when he works somewhere (derf, bottle half full, its half price, derf).

Seriously, you start a thread asking what he should do when it's pretty fucking obvious. Pay the bill and keep trying to find a job.

 

[HeXen]

At 19 I was in the Air Force. I call him a loser because he apparently doesnt pay his bills and makes up his own rules when he works somewhere (derf, bottle half full, its half price, derf).

Seriously, you start a thread asking what he should do when it's pretty fucking obvious. Pay the bill and keep trying to find a job.

what was obvious is the fact i mentioned he has NO MONEY. NO JOB EQUALS NO MONEY.
So that's $820.00 for a half empty bottle. I can understand why anyone would not want to pay them after getting fired, $820.00 for a half bottle worth no more than $5 that they made half their money off of on his sale to begin with.

I never said he does not pay his bills. Actually he does when he has money, but it takes money to pay bills. That does not make him a loser, he tries but ATM he thinks this is stupid and he is ignoring it since he can't pay.

So lets recap for those who can't read. DG made half of their asking price for half bottle of something they really coulndt otherwise sell. So them asking him for half is reasonable. Asking for a total of $820.00 after like 4 months i think is not so reasonable. I told him he needs to call, but you know, he's going to have that attitude then he's going to have to lay in the bed he makes. I'm not defending his actions, but the other comments are getting stupid. Obviously paying them $820.00 would make it go away, maybe.

i still think DG's being dicks about it. half the bottle price is a no brainer, even full bottle price is a no brainer but DG's first bill was way more than cost of bottle and now its silly prices.
Frankly i don't give a crap how he deals this, just gathering reasonable input. But its not unreasonable to see how someone would not want to pay their asking price....now if they didn't fire him, then i can see some fee's being reasonable in order to kee his job but their getting a bit extreme and they can do what they want.

 

[LookBehindYou]

Sounds like $20 would've been a lot better than $820.

 

[sourceninja]

what was obvious is the fact i mentioned he has NO MONEY. NO JOB EQUALS NO MONEY.
So that's $820.00 for a half empty bottle. I can understand why anyone would not want to pay them after getting fired, $820.00 for a half bottle worth no more than $5 that they made half their money off of on his sale to begin with.

I never said he does not pay his bills. Actually he does when he has money, but it takes money to pay bills. That does not make him a loser, he tries but ATM he thinks this is stupid and he is ignoring it since he can't pay.

Well then, the solution is to call them, work something out, get a job, then pay them.

Or if he can't work something out, then get a job and pay them.

Or if he can't get a job, ignore them.

 

[z1ggy]

My solution is that he pays the bill(s). It's like if you got a really bad speeding ticket and you got a lawyer to defend you. It was his dumb ass fault for getting fired. No pity for him. Pay the fines/fees assosiated with his lack of IQ. Why is this kid not in college? You never mentioned that.

 

[pcgeek11]

To go from 20 to 820 in 4 months is retarded and I would not pay it either based on the facts above.

He does however need to talk to someone in management. There are a lot of missing pieces in this puzzle I think...

This doesn't sound right to me. There is no logical reason for a store chain to do this. Maybe you should call and talk to the manager to see what the REAL Story is.

I think he is jacking you off.

 

[olds]

i'm talking about the money he owes DG. you know, the freaking bills they keep sending that go up and up. or did you not read that.
But like McD workers, at least its an honest job...would you rather him deal dope? He's 19 yrs old, what kind of job do you expect him to get.

btw he does attend college. he's only 19. the loser comments are a bit immature. not sure how him trying at life makes him a loser. What did you do at 19? did you run a business or something great?

Every time you respond to a troll, God kills a kitten.

 

[HeXen]

To go from 20 to 820 in 4 months is retarded and I would not pay it either based on the facts above.

He does however need to talk to someone in management. There are a lot of missing pieces in this puzzle I think...

This doesn't sound right to me. There is no logical reason for a store chain to do this. Maybe you should call and talk to the manager to see what the REAL Story is.

I think he is jacking you off.

i agree and have thought this myself. Just the confirmation i was looking for. But ya know, i told his mom there has to be more to it than just that, cause well it is illogical. BUT there's nothing to go on other than the bills and what he says happened.

However he is the type that does not care to hide anything. he tells us everything else we don't want to know oddly enough. lol.
But the bills are there, they did go up long after he was fired...why i don't know. for what none of us know. They more or less say the same thing. bill for a bottle and each time it went up. Lawyer fee's maybe? that's all i can think of.

but definitley he needs to call. i can't tell him nothing though, to him i'm just his mom's B/F and he's at that age where he just picks and choose what to care about or not.
I'm more interested in how it plays out from DG's end...i'm guessing court.
Sure he needs to grow up faster than have that mentality and just call them but really most kids his age are like that. more irresponsible with money than they should be

 

[HeXen]

Every time you respond to a troll, God kills a kitten.

omg....i...i killed a kitten? :'(
i forgot. i'm....oh god i.....

 

[pcgeek11]

i agree and have thought this myself. Just the confirmation i was looking for. But ya know, i told his mom there has to be more to it than just that, cause well it is illogical. BUT there's nothing to go on other than the bills and what he says happened.

However he is the type that does not care to hide anything. he tells us everything else we don't want to know oddly enough. lol.
But the bills are there, they did go up long after he was fired...why i don't know. for what none of us know. They more or less say the same thing. bill for a bottle and each time it went up. Lawyer fee's maybe? that's all i can think of.

but definitley he needs to call. i can't tell him nothing though, to him i'm just his mom's B/F and he's at that age where he just picks and choose what to care about or not.
I'm more interested in how it plays out from DG's end...i'm guessing court.
Sure he needs to grow up faster than have that mentality and just call them but really most kids his age are like that. more irresponsible with money than they should be

I would call myself If it was my son... regardless of what he thinks or does. If you feel otherwise let it go. He will learn to sink or swim.

 

[SunnyD]

So what, EXACTLY, are the $300 and $500 bills for? Answer THAT, and we can give you an answer.

 

[nanette1985]

Congrats to you for not recognizing this - means you pay your own bills. He's got a bill from his former employer, and the lawyers/bill collectors are just adding on fees. If he continues to ignore it, the fees will escalate, they'll sue, he won't respond, they'll get a judgment, and that judgment will stay with him forever (or until he pays it). That's how a tiny little bill can turn into a judgment for thousands.

Doesn't matter if the kid is inexperienced and flaky, or if he's Einstein - if he doesn't deal with it, he's got a mess on his hands. It also doesn't matter if the bill is legit, or if it's ridiculous - it exists, and he's not responding, so by not responding, he's telling the courts that it's a legitimate bill. Bad move.

What to do - head over to creditboards dot com where there are thousands of people who've been through this.

Don't ignore it. Don't whine. Don't call - write letters, he needs a record of his responses.

Welcome to the real world. Good luck.

 

[PingSpike]

Anyone else think that anyone getting a lawyer to collect a $20 bill is vindictive beyond logic or that the letters probably are in fact bullshit?

 

[rudder]

Does the employee manual say that if you screw up at the register you are responsible? if not, keep throwing the bill in the trash.