Appreciation post: that random teller who caught a wire transfer typo

Honestly, last Tuesday I was setting up a wire transfer from my small biz account at Chase to move 12k into our Fidelity brokerage for a quarterly payout. I typed the account number wrong by one digit and hit submit without double checking because I was in a rush. The teller called me 10 minutes later saying the name on the account didn't match and held it for verification. I drove back and fixed it, and the money landed the next day without any fees. Has anyone else had a bank employee save them from a costly mistake like that?

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lilyb273mo ago

Id probably still be finding that mistake in my sleep three years later.

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ryan9523mo ago

The "three years later" part hits home. What helped me was writing down exactly what I did wrong and the correct way in a notebook I kept in my desk. I also started doing a quick review of any mistake I made right after it happened, even if it stung. After a couple months of that, the same old error just stopped popping up in my head at 3am.

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