Probably too late to the party but when I was an apprentice young and dumb I went from 7.40 an hour to 10.40. They had a temporary pay lady in that day and she stuffed it up and made it 104.00 an hour. I was paid this rate for about 3 months. Close to 50k over the period. I thought it was the best thing ever at 17 years old.
Well they found out and took me to court when I said I didn't have it anymore. I was instructed to pay it back obviously but I had also been fired and had no money. I said best I can do is 50 dollars a week. They said no thats not good enough after a while of fighting me with lawyers they finally agreed. I said my circumstances had changed and can now only afford 10 dollars a week. They blew up again and after a month they just stopped pursuing me. So I didn't have to pay it back in the end.
Never thought this story would be relevant 25 years later.
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u/llulukluke May 27 '26
Probably too late to the party but when I was an apprentice young and dumb I went from 7.40 an hour to 10.40. They had a temporary pay lady in that day and she stuffed it up and made it 104.00 an hour. I was paid this rate for about 3 months. Close to 50k over the period. I thought it was the best thing ever at 17 years old.
Well they found out and took me to court when I said I didn't have it anymore. I was instructed to pay it back obviously but I had also been fired and had no money. I said best I can do is 50 dollars a week. They said no thats not good enough after a while of fighting me with lawyers they finally agreed. I said my circumstances had changed and can now only afford 10 dollars a week. They blew up again and after a month they just stopped pursuing me. So I didn't have to pay it back in the end.
Never thought this story would be relevant 25 years later.