In what is both “dudes rock” and “extremely illegal” energy, a man in Chile who was accidentally paid a stonking AU$260,244 instead of his usual AU$787 has quit his job and run off with the money.
We do not condone theft but in this economy, can you blame the fella? We’re on the verge of developing scurvy thanks to skyrocketing vegetable prices and don’t even get me started on not being able to afford to drive from A to B at the moment.
The bloke, who worked at Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos, did do the right thing and told his manager about the big ol’ overpayment, who then flagged it with HR.
Per Fortune magazine