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09 Sep 2011, 7:10 pm
09 Sep 2011, 8:10 pm
09 Sep 2011, 9:00 pm
Chronos wrote:
wcoltd wrote:
A man from Worchester Pennsylvannia might have been the luckiest man alive.
For the last 21 years due to a glitch in the United-Mutual Bank's automated banking system he's been drawing from a bottomless bank account.
"One day I just checked the ATM and it said $999,999 and when I withdrew money, it stayed that way. What was I to do? I mean what would you do, if you discovered there was all this free money? I quit my job, of course. I didn't have to work anymore."
Hewett-Johnson, an accounting firm based in Hartford Conneticut spotted the anomoly just three weeks ago during a comprehensive audit of the bank's financials.
"It's just one of those things. Someone was editing accounts and they forgot to specify an amount, the system just automatically put $999,999."
The Worchester man, who decided to remain anonomous. has been aquitted of any responsiblity. The bank had made the error, and so far it seems this lucky man will get off without having to refund the money.
"I just wish I bought more stuff. Now that's all coming to an end. I guess I have to work now. I think I might write a book about it."
Ballard Publishing House has already bought the rights to the book, and hopes to have it on sale sometime next year.
For the last 21 years due to a glitch in the United-Mutual Bank's automated banking system he's been drawing from a bottomless bank account.
"One day I just checked the ATM and it said $999,999 and when I withdrew money, it stayed that way. What was I to do? I mean what would you do, if you discovered there was all this free money? I quit my job, of course. I didn't have to work anymore."
Hewett-Johnson, an accounting firm based in Hartford Conneticut spotted the anomoly just three weeks ago during a comprehensive audit of the bank's financials.
"It's just one of those things. Someone was editing accounts and they forgot to specify an amount, the system just automatically put $999,999."
The Worchester man, who decided to remain anonomous. has been aquitted of any responsiblity. The bank had made the error, and so far it seems this lucky man will get off without having to refund the money.
"I just wish I bought more stuff. Now that's all coming to an end. I guess I have to work now. I think I might write a book about it."
Ballard Publishing House has already bought the rights to the book, and hopes to have it on sale sometime next year.
Very good. You should write for "The Onion". It's a satirical news website.
Thanks! Though the Onion doesn't accept submissions. 
Thanks for the compliment! I love the Onion, funniest fake news paper ever!
The three stories "The Man Who Eats Everything", "The Bottomless Bank Account", and "The Man Who Never Sleeps" are the only three stories I have written in this format. 'The Man Who Eats Everything" is by far my favorite.
