Apparently, I'm Quite Obedient

kradical said post a Douglas Adams quote. So I am.

Arthur: I wonder what happens if you press this button.
Ford: I wouldn't.
Arthur: Oh!
Ford: What happened?
Arthur: A sign lit up saying please don't press this button again.

Identity Theft, Anyone?

When I arrived at work today, our office manager was in a mood. It was a few hours before she finally let us know what about - seems someone has been forging checks on our business account. It gets better - our manager found more checks that had been forged as the morning went on, and they all came from the same place: my paycheck. Someone had taken my paycheck, replaced my name with theirs via Photoshop, updated the dates as needed and printed out the result on check paper. She then took 3 of these checks to three different cashing places, claimed to be an employee of our office and had her 'paycheck' cashed. On the day I received it, I took that check directly to the bank and deposited it with the teller personally, and only my manager, myself and the teller laid hands on it. So either the teller was in on it, or someone in the bank's check processing unit was, and as that unit is not Maryland and the crook is, it's likely someone in the branch did this. And whoever this person is, has my bank account number as well as the office's. Terrific. Just terrific.

(I have closed that account and ordered new checks, and I'll have to find a different branch to cash my checks. Dammit.)