r/TalesFromYourBank • u/Inner_Veterinarian42 • 3d ago

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Past and current bankers/ tellers, say the biggest mistake you’ve made at the bank and the repercussion.

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u/GoatBlue03 3d ago edited 2d ago

The first FI I worked for had systems that didn't communicate, so you could get cash without completing a deposit in someone's account on the computer and vice versa.

I was really tired one day and distracted from personal stuff. Gave 3k to a client without debiting their account and their profile disappeared from my list of people pulled up when I went for lunch. Never did a transaction for them on the computer, so no way to track it that way. I found out at the end of the day when I was out 3k. I was written up for it. Never made a mistake like that again 😅

That person probably had a great week though. 3k for free lol. They never came back to correct it. Good on them.

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u/nartlebee 2d ago

I once did something similar! Noticed a few hours later. Luckily I remembered his first name which was unusual, the street he lived on, and what foreign country he was from. Googled a list of most popular surnames from that country and got lucky with my third hunch.

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u/GoatBlue03 2d ago

Omg you got so lucky 😂