Money in limbo

UGH! The company I work my side job for, got their bank account info stolen. Apparently, someone in Florida printed out checks with their information and tried to cash a check for about $2,000. The banks fraud dept. caught it, but the company had to close out their bank account and open a new account. This was last Friday.  Last Thursday, at the end of the month, I deposited my check from them for my February work. Tuesday morning I see in my bank account, online, a debit for the same amount as my check I deposited last Thursday.

Great, now I am short the money, until a replacement check can be done. I have company checks, but of course now they are no good, and the company CFO is in the process of getting new checks (and will mail me some). But, it could be a week until I get them. She still doesn't even have new checks, yet, I guess.

At least, I have enough in my checking to cover it, thank goodness, but it's close, with all the expenses related to building I have been paying out, our cash flow is wonky.

I emailed the CFO to ask her how soon she thinks new checks will get to me (plus I still haven't received a new signature card to fill out, as I am also a signer on the checking account).  I also asked her if all the checks she had written/sent out prior to the breach, and haven't cleared yet, are going to bounce on the recipients? What a total pain!

Just as I'm typing this out I got an email from their banker, sending me the signature cards to sign.  Then the CFO emailed me back that the banker has been presenting her with checks to make sure they are legit and ok to just clear through the new account, but she said mine wasn't one of them. Well, somehow it got declined. I had deposited the check via mobile phone app. Yesterday I received a "legal" copy in the mail from my bank. The company's banker said to re-deposit it. I did that yesterday afternoon late. This morning I get an email from my bank saying it's declined as it's a duplicate deposit. I emailed back explaining what is going on and someone called me back and said to mobile deposit it again and they will watch for it to ok it.  Now, I just gotta hope it goes through on the other bank's end this time.

You have to laugh at the logic of people in this day and age of instant information. I follow a Facebook page for our town, where people post things for sale, news about town, etc. It's a teeny tiny town. Someone just posted a question asking where the library is and what are it's hours. If you have the time to sit and type that out, why don't you just type the same thing in google and find out yourself?! LOL.

We thought the tape and texture guy was going to push DH off the deep end? Nope, it's going to be this painter lady. Now we find out that SHE told the building supply guy who is handling our stuff (doors, windows, etc) when to deliver them....delaying it (they were ready 2 weeks before) so she can delay and work her partial days, most likely. She's been told by the contractor and DH she has the 1000 sf garage for all her work area and to store the stuff until ready to install doors and trim. Nope. she tells DH she really needs to move the doors back in the house (they smell so strong with stain and lacquer!) because  they will dry better in the house. DH tells her it's actually the same exact temp (well, garage is actually 1 degree warmer) in the garage as house. But, ok, fine, but put them in the dining room area, not the kitchen, as supposedly cabinets are supposed to come this week and we don't need to move the doors again....she wants to argue about that too! DH says "it's 3 extra steps from the kitchen to the dining room". She says all snotty "is it really? is it really just 3 steps?" (ok, it's FOUR steps!) OMG. She is just too much. Then it turns out that she wants to wear a respirator while the stuff is still in the garage (it really is bad, I can see why) and so DH told her - there are people working in the house every day now....flooring, electricians, soon the cabinet people. They can't wear respirators! DH told our contractor this is exactly why he did not want to be building in the winter time! It's a total pain in the butt. If this was warm weather, doors and windows could be left open. The garage and house would not need to be kept heated so they can paint and stain and lacquer. Her only saving grace is that she does do good work (just as all the subs have done). Now, we know why the outside stone mason guy quit part way through doing the shop. He was fine, until she showed up to paint. She was most likely being herself towards him, he got put in his super crabby mood and was arguing with everyone, including DH, so DH got blamed for him  leaving. It all makes sense now. All of these subs working here around her and just shaking their heads.

But, our doors are turning out beautiful. They are knotty alder. DH called up the building supply guy, just to tell him thanks for doing such a great job helping us pick all that out and that we really appreciated him.  DH is like that's all I'm calling about, LOL. The guy was like "really?! In 25 years I can count on one hand the number of customers who called just to say thank you."  Then somehow he brought up the painter lady....he doesn't like her either. Said she acts like this on all the jobs and he hates going to job sites if she is there. So, I guess in some ways that made DH feel better -  it's not just him she can't get along with.