2026-01-03 13:05:24

I owed a friend $26.91 for an Uber.

I transferred them $26.19 by accident.

They never brought it up.

Nobody would bring up 72 cents.

I did it on purpose.

I've been doing it for years.

Every time I have to transfer someone money, I "accidentally" leave off a bit.

I call it the Plausible Deniability Typo.

$22.37 instead of $22.73.
$8.38 instead of $8.83.
$4.46 instead of $4.64.

Sometimes if I'm feeling really risky, I'll do $17.54 instead of $18.54.

They'd look like a complete tool to quibble over this.

Instead, they are a tool in a different way.

A tool for me to get to the top.

I've probably made $100 over 5 years.

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