Submitted by Gregory-al-Thor t3_ysjzyk in tifu
My kid was selling popcorn for scouts. 6 weeks ago the orders were due. All we had to do was snap a pic of our order form and send it in. I did that. He sold about $200 worth to a few neighbors and family.
Today I got the email the popcorn is in and we can pick it up and how much we owe. All of a sudden I realized I did not turn the payment in with the order! I have spent the last hour searching for the envelope with the checks. I must have recycled them weeks ago. Here’s the thing - I hate clutter and I am the often the person who cleans the house. I remember the order forms just sitting on the coffee table and I must have thrown them away, thinking with pics of the order forms they were no longer needed. But I completely forgot all the checks that people gave for the orders were in the envelope with the forms. In my vigor for less clutter, I threw $200 in checks away as well.
Though even as I type this, part of me hopes I wasn’t that stupid and the envelope will turn up.
Now I have a decision - do I ask the 7 people to write me new checks for their orders? That’s way too embarrassing. I think I’ll just pay it all out of my pocket, thus essentially gifting my family and neighbors popcorn. If any of them notice the check they wrote six weeks ago was never cashed, I’ll play dumb and say I turned the money in but the scouts lost it.
TL; DR my kid sold $200 worth of popcorn and I accidentally threw all the checks in the garbage.
RyuichiSakuma13 t1_ivzepzf wrote
I would apologize and then explain your goofup to those seven people and have them write new checks.
Otherwise, they will be waiting forever for the checks to be cashed and the money taken from their accounts. Plus, they were probably looking forward to the popcorn.
Edit: clarification