An obviously tired German bank employee fell asleep on his keyboard and accidentally transformed a minor transfer into a 222 million euro ($293 million) order, a court heard Monday.
The Hessen labour court heard that the man was supposed to transfer just 62.40 euros from a bank account belonging to a retiree, but instead “fell asleep for an instant, while pushing onto the number 2 key on the keyboard” — making it a huge 222,222,222.22 euro order.
The bank discovered the mistake shortly afterwards and corrected the error.
The case was taken to court by the man’s 48-year-old colleague who was fired for letting the mistake slip
through when verifying the order.
The court ruled that the plaintiff should be reinstated in his job.
Popopo
June 12, 2013 at 9:26 am
Remove Air-cons in offices the cool atmosphere you enjoy can really make you sleep. Nganinebo l should asked for compensation for arousing my adrenaline thats alot of cash in my account l can make them pay for damages to my brain.
isaac
June 12, 2013 at 9:36 am
This is what happens when employees are given less time to rest. Energy can only be obtained when one has taken a full sleep. Its good that the guy will be reinstated because it was not his intention but the work load or may be lack of proper sleep.
SISTER
June 12, 2013 at 10:03 am
wish it had been transferred to my account…..kekekeke
bufi
June 12, 2013 at 11:23 am
TELL THAT TO YOUR UNDER FIVE KIDS. e – transfers have safegurds.
truthful
June 12, 2013 at 3:49 pm
ummnn!
Attacker
June 12, 2013 at 3:50 pm
How possible?
Wisi Boyi
June 12, 2013 at 4:00 pm
yeah, sounds like a storyline out of a Nigerain movie plot.
Gaddafi
June 13, 2013 at 12:30 am
Who verified the tranfer 3 times for it to go through ?
419 story !
John kasanga
June 13, 2013 at 6:42 am
Learnt take some rest
Kip Kip
June 13, 2013 at 7:21 am
and u espect me to blive dat??
Kip Kip
June 13, 2013 at 7:22 am
and u espect me to blive dat?? bullshit
baxed up
June 13, 2013 at 8:24 am
For real its happened coz infact this happened to be my account.
The Observer
June 13, 2013 at 8:41 am
== Good questn. Who verified 3 times? May the guy who verified also slept on the keyboard and verifed, kekeke
The Observer
June 13, 2013 at 8:43 am
=== Good questn. Who verified 3 times? Maybe the guy who verified also slept on the keyboard and verified accidentally, kekekeke.