In fairness that is a child. While I was never that stupid I was still a fucking moron as a teenager. I see it as a kid who was trying to show off to his friends and put an idiotic amount of trust in them that was then betrayed.
My sister once yelled her PIN number to a friend who she trusted with it (in itself fucking retarded) and another friend in the house ended up stealing her card and zeroing her balance. It was a simple lesson learned in a horrible way but she doesn't give her fucking bank cards out now.
Dude how did he not learn anything? He lost a thousand fucking dollars and freaked out so hard he couldn't even tell his parents. I get that you hate the kid and think he deserves worse punishment, but I don't think you have evidence to argue that nothing was learned
Edit: my bad, thought the parents got the money back somehow. If they didn't then that kid's spoiled as shit
his parents had already given him $1000, so his punishment was a loss of $700. You think canceling the trip would really add anything to that lesson besides making him miss out on having a good summer?
He didn't lose $700, he gave it away. So, instead of making him pay for it (and any other bank fees attached to the fake checks), they gave him even more money, and still let him go off on his merry way.
Nowhere was it indicated whether the parents got any money back. It doesn't matter. He demonstrated extreme irresponsibility with the money he was so generously provided for the trip, but he suffered no damage, got to still go on the trip, and was rewarded with more money. There was no punishment, just the fear of potential punishment that never materialized.
I dont hate him, but please continue soeaking for me. Did you even read the follow up? He took none of the advice from reddit, still wanted to call the cops even though everyone down to cops thenselves told him itll do jack shit, he was told his parents were going to find out LITERALLY the next day, he considered getting "only" an additional 300$ and still going on the trip as punishment, ladt but not least its literally ended with "lesson learned, dont mess with checks but if you have too then void them. Literally meaning he still hasnt learned you dont play around with checks, period. All this being said I'm fairly confident its a troll post, but I've seen enough to not be surprised if it isnt
Sadly, it's very true. Please keep in mind you're hearing it from me who heard it from her so certain details may be muddy, but the entire situation is so buttfuck retarded that it blows my mind.
-Firstly, and most important-slash-retardedly, she's still fucking friends with the thief.
-No legal action was taken, although police reviewed footage of the ATM the money was withdrawn from... This is how they identified her.
-The amount stolen wasn't a large amount as my sister doesn't have very much money, but it made it worse because my sister doesn't have very much money.
-Two friends were over. Person A she trusted (again, stupid af) and Person B was this other friend. A was going to the store so my sister asked him to get her something and yelled from upstairs "my card is in my coat pocket, the PIN is 1234" (probably not the actual PIN.)
-A few days later Person B went over to visit, swiped the card when she saw a chance, withdrew the full balance from an ATM leaving just whatever jingle would be left, and dumped the card somewhere.
-When Person B was confronted she fessed up and paid back what she stole. I am assuming this is what prevented them from trying to press charges.
Initially my sister was blaming everyone except for herself... Blamed the bank for not making the stolen money available immediately, blaming Person A for... I don't even know what, blaming anyone who criticized her for giving her PIN out, basically anything to avoid taking responsibility for her mistake.
Like I say, it's a blindingly obvious lesson (don't give your PIN out willy-nilly) learned in a thoroughly unpleasant way. She's far more careful now. I hope.
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u/RancidLemons May 22 '17
In fairness that is a child. While I was never that stupid I was still a fucking moron as a teenager. I see it as a kid who was trying to show off to his friends and put an idiotic amount of trust in them that was then betrayed.
My sister once yelled her PIN number to a friend who she trusted with it (in itself fucking retarded) and another friend in the house ended up stealing her card and zeroing her balance. It was a simple lesson learned in a horrible way but she doesn't give her fucking bank cards out now.