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Guy Received $295 From His Former Boss By Accident, Discovers How Much Of An Asshole He Really Is
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Guy Received $295 From His Former Boss By Accident, Discovers How Much Of An Asshole He Really Is

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These days most transactions between people take place online, with things like mobilepay, bank transfers and PayPal making life easier for all of us. Its pretty hard to mess it up and send money to the wrong person this way, but, as this guy proved, it can happen. If it ever does happen to you, he has given us a perfect example of how NOT to deal with it.

The guy in question is John Woodwork, the former boss of Imgur user Shhwing, AKA Stephen. “I did woodwork for him, aging wood and turning the wood into shelves,” Stephen told Bored Panda. “The reason I left was because he never turned on the ventilation to save money, so there was always sawdust in the air that I was breathing in. He only provided a paper face mask and I started to have respiratory issues.”

Stephen was out with a friend when he received a text from John, informing him that $294 was accidentally deposited in his PayPal account. John was polite in the beginning, but as soon as there was a slight hitch his true colors shone through!

As Stephen so succinctly put it, “lack of planning on your part does not make an emergency on my part.” Scroll down to marvel at John’s meltdown, which some people have pointed out may well have been part of a scam to make Stephen pay twice. He doesn’t think so though. “I don’t think he was trying to scam me, he didn’t seem like that type of person,” he told us. “I haven’t spoken with him since, I blocked his phone number because there’s no reason I’ll ever need to speak to him again/be bothered by him again.”

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Stephen now has a new job as a research coordinator, and has a much better work environment. “I have multiple new bosses here and they are all very cool,” he told Bored Panda. “They’re always teaching me new things daily and are willing to help when I’m struggling.”

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!

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    Daniel Sipes
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be honest, this is just another dumb story about the stubbornness of humanity.

    Wanda Queen
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. thank you. I was reading it and thinking.....ok tbh you both seem like d***s to me.

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    Claudia Machado
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    6 years ago

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    We don't know how long it took for him to respond to his boss.

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    Stille20
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I read it and now I am annoyed by something that has nothing to do with me, doesn't have any impact on my life and is not a great injustice to the person it happened to. Just... why?

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    Daniel Sipes
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be honest, this is just another dumb story about the stubbornness of humanity.

    Wanda Queen
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. thank you. I was reading it and thinking.....ok tbh you both seem like d***s to me.

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    Claudia Machado
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    6 years ago

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    We don't know how long it took for him to respond to his boss.

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    Stille20
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I read it and now I am annoyed by something that has nothing to do with me, doesn't have any impact on my life and is not a great injustice to the person it happened to. Just... why?

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