You do have to have SOME kind of proof....

[Mark Healey]

She probably wasn't a scammer. I'm allowed to sign on the checking account at work and there is nothing printed on the checks to reflect that. They've always been honored.

[Primer]

She probably wasn't a scammer. I'm allowed to sign on the checking account at work and there is nothing printed on the checks to reflect that. They've always been honored.

Business checks are generally handled a bit differently than personal checks. They have the name of the business, and not an individual person, for starters.

Back in my retail days, if the signor's name was not on the check, I'd not accept it unless I was able to contact the bank and verify that the person really was authorized. If the bank was closed, or otherwise could not verify, then Tough Stuff. The sale got canceled.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

A friend of mine was hired as a manager at a large chain store. He got fired two months later, evidently because he sided with the company on most policies and wouldn't bend over backwards enough for his customers.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Throwing a bullshit flag on this play. I had power of attorney for my husband, and the briefing we were given was quite clear that I *had* to have the letter with me when I used my power of attorney.

My mom went through similar when she had my late aunt's POA for the last 16 months she was alive (my aunt, that is - Mom's still living).

Not only did my Mom have a copy of the POA paperwork, but also opened up a checking account with both her and my aunt's names on the account. And both names were PRINTED on the checks themselves, with POA right beside my mom's name.

That SC doesn't know what she's talking about at all.

[Jester]

I try to think of some way we could actually prove she's on the account, just to get her away from me.

Strike one. This gambit cannot possibly work. Seriously, why would you even bother to try to help her cash this check when it goes against policy and you have already told her she can't? I am sorry, but that is a big swing and a miss on your part.

I call the manager on duty...

And THAT is strike two. Why? Because you knew how the manager was:

Being the stupid pansy that he is, he tells me to just take the check.

And THAT, my friends, is strike three, though to Sexiphatchick's credit, strike three is on her lameass spineless manager, not her. What a fuck trout.

Sexiphatchick, let this be a lesson to you to always stick by your guns. Remember, "I can't take this check" should mean "I can't take this check," NOT "We'll find some way to take this check for you even though it completely violates company policy, just because you are being an obnoxious annoying sea cow."

Just saying.

And once again I have to thank the powers that be that the management that I work for freakin' rocks, and backs us up!

[sexiphatchick]

All very true, but as I said, our customers KNOW that if we try to stick to the policies, all they have to do is demand to talk to a manager. The managers always give them what they want. I can only be firm to a point, eventually they'll want to talk to a manager and the manager gives it to them, and they leave with a smug look on their face.

I've even had customers come in and ask to see the manager before even talking to anyone else...because they know we'll attempt to hold up the policies, so they just go right over our heads.

[Jester]

And that's all well and good, darlin', but hell, make THEM ask for the manager. For all you know, this humanoid impersonator didn't know that, and perhaps if you had stuck to your guns, she wouldn't have asked for a manager. But why help them out in being an ass reamer? I mean, I could kind of understand it if you worked in a restaurant and were working for whatever tip this turd goblin might leave you, but you work on hourly, not tips, so fuck that shit, right?

Just my three shillings.....

[sexiphatchick]

Well, I guess....I mean, if you want to be LOGICAL about it...

[PepperElf]

My mom went through similar when she had my late aunt's POA for the last 16 months she was alive (my aunt, that is - Mom's still living).

my mom did the same thing for her sister. i don't think she had a poa tough... but since her sister put everything "in trust" for mom & named her executor of the will, it gave pretty much the same rights... the right to pay my aunt's bills for her & settle her finances before and after her death.

[draftermatt]

Throwing a bullshit flag on this play. I had power of attorney for my husband, and the briefing we were given was quite clear that I *had* to have the letter with me when I used my power of attorney.

Yup.

My mother is going through all kinds of problems right now because my grandmother has been deemed "medically incompetent" meaning she can't make any decisions for herself anymore.

My mother has been my grandmother's POA since 1987, and had letters from a few banks stating that. However, they've never been able to find letters from an attorney making her POA, just the banks.

Now only the banks that wrote the letters will accept them, so they have to petition a judge for guardianship.

This is my mother's and grandmother's fault (and why I'm making my parents make me their POA now and having them give me the paperwork, so it's done while we're all young).

My point is that my mother hasn't been allowed to do much of anything since she doesn't have the letter. This woman was off her nut.

[AriRashkae]

Shouldn't the lawyer who drew up the papers have a copy/the original? My father is my grandmother's POA, and he had to get another copy from the lawyer because that was the only piece of paper we couldn't find (Will, living will, etc) when they wanted to open a CD for her with the SSI corrections.

[protege]

For the past few years, my grandmother always handled her own affairs. Then she started losing her vision...and had difficulty even paying the bills. The text on some of them was so small, it sometimes gave her a headache. Since I'm an accountant, I told her that I'd take care of it. I'd fill out the checks, she'd sign them, and all was good. That was, until she had to move into an assisted-living place. By then, she simply couldn't take care of herself--not only was her eyesight deteriorating, but her mind was starting to go too Mom got a POA, since Grandma wasn't in the right mind then.

[draftermatt]

Shouldn't the lawyer who drew up the papers have a copy/the original? My father is my grandmother's POA, and he had to get another copy from the lawyer because that was the only piece of paper we couldn't find (Will, living will, etc) when they wanted to open a CD for her with the SSI corrections.

Yes he should...

The original lawyer died a few years ago (he was old in 1987 my mom said) so they called the lawyer who took over the practice.

"Oh, I destroyed all the records that were that old"

[Bosch]

Yes he should...

The original lawyer died a few years ago (he was old in 1987 my mom said) so they called the lawyer who took over the practice.

"Oh, I destroyed all the records that were that old"

You might want to look at what the new laywer has to do with documents, you can't just destroy them cause they are old. There has to be legal standards. Say like IRS which I think is 7 years then they can be destroyed.. Look into it..


And no I won't take the check and yes my manager says that we should but he is going to do the transaction since I refuse to take it since its against company policy. This will just take a moment. Yes I have done that to our spineless managers. You do the transaction since I don't want that shit coming back at me.

[draftermatt]

You might want to look at what the new laywer has to do with documents, you can't just destroy them cause they are old. There has to be legal standards. Say like IRS which I think is 7 years then they can be destroyed.. Look into it..

Keep in mind he took over the practice a good 15+ years after the papers were signed.

It's not my fight, but when I mentioned to my mother that she should look into if he's allowed to do that or not, she just has no fight in her to do it.