Posted on 04/01/2021 6:50:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Andreas Flaten’s former employer dumped at least 90,000 pennies on his driveway last month as a form of final payment for his work at an auto shop, he said.
When Bellevue, Washington-based Coinstar heard about his predicament, they decided that change was needed.
They picked up Flaten’s coins on Thursday and rounded up the amount to give him a $1,000 check.
They also made donations to two charities of Flaten’s choosing: two animal shelters.
Flaten said his former employer — A OK Walker Autoworks in Peachtree City — owed him $915 after he left his job there in November.
He finally got his pay earlier this month in the form of thousands of oil- or grease-covered pennies dumped at the end of his driveway...
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That was the best outcome given the circumstances.
Coinstar should make an advertisment from the story.
Imagine having a boss that childish and that petty.
“Well, he was paid in full, right?”
His boss denied doing it, so I would demand a check for my back pay. If his boss admits to doing it, sue him for the cleanup costs of having oil and grease leak into your yard.
I guess people went to Google and Yelp and started leaving negative feedback.
Way cool Coinstar! A good deed AND a fantastic publicity stunt. Win-Win.
I always made them count it out, and it was always at least a dollar short.
I told them their pizza would be at the store if they could come up with the rest of the money, but I'm not wasting my time coming back out here.
At what point was the oil and grease deliberately ruining the currency?
https://www.livescience.com/34286-legal-or-illegal-to-destroy-coins-paper-money.html
According to Title 18, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code, which sets out crimes related to coins and currency, anyone who “alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens” coins can face fines or prison time.
A OK Walker Autoworks got some publicity out of this. Not the good kind though.
Coinstar got a mountain of publicity not to mention a lot of wheatbacks and other pure copper coins.
If an employer did it, then yeah, it was a d!ck move. That said, when folks to it to a utility or collection agent, other folks cheer it on. Maybe it’s a d!ck move all the time.
With all the electric cars, charging stations, and such that SlowJoe is pouring 100s of billions into, copper gotta be in demand, right?
Either taking petty to a whole new level.
Or Walker does this routinely to former employees.
Kids always put coins on the tracks.
By my count, about 1% wheatbacks, and 17% copper coins. It would be a chore going through them.
My kids did that back in the 70s in the Boston area.......needless to say I was not pleased.
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He has fruit trees in his backyard and a freshwater creek just about 100 feet away. He said he was concerned the oil would slide down his driveway and make its way into the water.
If Flaten files a hazardous waste complaint with the Georgia EPA claiming his old boss authorized the dumping of the mess, it can result in costing A OK Walker Autoworks a helluva lot more than $915--and cost the dirt-bag manager of that shop his job.
Well played, Coinstar.
Did he? How do you know? If you don't remember dropping them off then you probably did not do it. But that means you did not pay him and you still owe him a final paycheck for $915.
I checked Yelp right after this was reported and the biz was getting hammered.
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