Today, within a year of inheriting the family business from me so I could retire, my daughter claimed she had found a way to increase profits that was "way too complicated" for me to understand. Well today, police showed up. Whatever her method was, apparently it counts as fraud. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I discovered that when business is slow at my family-owned store, my daughter and another employee make a habit of sneaking away to the back room. I have literally been paying this kid to screw around with my daughter. FML
Today, I showed my daughter video footage from a security camera that showed her using her employee key to enter the store I own, disarming the alarm, and stealing several very valuable items. Her defense? That someone had "photoshopped" the video. We'll see how that goes down in court. FML
Today, my daughter's idea of a prank was taking all of our money and getting herself arrested. FML
Today, my daughter used her spare key to get into my house while I was at work, then took and pawned off all of my jewelry. She only confessed when I confronted her with video camera footage. Her defense was that I told her I'd leave her everything in my will. Honey, I'm not dead yet. FML
Today, I was fired from my job at a local family-ran restaurant. The Reason? The owner's daughter has been stealing money from the register little by little and has blamed me for all the lost money. The boss is still convinced it's me, though, because his daughter would "never tell a lie". FML
Today, I learned that my daughter pocketed the money I'd paid so she could go to college. FML
Today, my daughter, whom I consigned a credit card for, told me she was in a bit of financial trouble. It turns out that she was trying to pay off her credit card with the same credit card her bill was for, and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. FML
Today, as a tax preparer, I had to deliver the bad news that a lady owed a very large sum in taxes. I even had my supervisor check my work as this was serious. Apparently she has been claiming exemptions she doesn't qualify for for years by going to another local tax office that closed down last year, due to fraud. FML
Today, I found out my mother-in-law sold a precious family heirloom and gambled away the money. FML
Today, I realised I’d raised an idiot when my daughter confidently told me she discovered an infinite money glitch by just using one of her credit cards to pay off her other credit card, then swapping them over every month. This is why she’s 28 and still living in her childhood bedroom. FML
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Chazzster 32
It was your business originally and you just accepted the “way too complicated” line? I really hope you have a way to economically survive if Daughter’s fraud causes massive losses or closing of the business. If someone cannot explain something to me in a way I can understand, either they don’t understand it themselves or they are attempting to commit fraud. OP, I feel for the betrayal in this and for having an adult child who committed legal fraud. Be very careful not to throw good money after bad trying to defend your adult child. Unfortunately this is the worst case scenario in the transitioning of a family business to the next generation. Children do not automatically turn out to be good or honest business operators. Do you have a more competent and honest adult relative who could run the business if the business survives? By the way there may be more bad news to come - Daughter might have a drug or gambling problem that led her to a desperate need of money.
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RichardPencil 32
I guess she's not bribing them as much as you did.
Chazzster 32
It was your business originally and you just accepted the “way too complicated” line? I really hope you have a way to economically survive if Daughter’s fraud causes massive losses or closing of the business. If someone cannot explain something to me in a way I can understand, either they don’t understand it themselves or they are attempting to commit fraud. OP, I feel for the betrayal in this and for having an adult child who committed legal fraud. Be very careful not to throw good money after bad trying to defend your adult child. Unfortunately this is the worst case scenario in the transitioning of a family business to the next generation. Children do not automatically turn out to be good or honest business operators. Do you have a more competent and honest adult relative who could run the business if the business survives? By the way there may be more bad news to come - Daughter might have a drug or gambling problem that led her to a desperate need of money.