I get a phone call today at work; friendly lady on the other side. This is what I hear (In brackets is what was actually said – but I heard it wrong)
Friendly Lady: “Hi, I’m Friendly Lady phoning from the salaries department, Paarl (Payroll) ” {this is where the misunderstanding starts} “How are you today?”
Tracy: ” Fine. Sorry, do I know you? Have we met? ” {I worked at Paarl laboratory for about 2 weeks}
Friendly Lady: “No we haven’t met. We made an error with your salary this month. We paid you too much. 5000 hours overtime too much ” {this is about twice my annual salary}
Tracy: “… “
Friendly Lady: “Hello?? “
Tracy: “ROFLMAOPIMS“
Friendly Lady: “Can you help us fix this? “
Tracy: “How did my overtime claim get to you guys?”
Friendly Lady: “We do everyone’s claims “
Tracy: “In Paarl?! “
Friendly Lady: “Yes, in Paarl (Payroll) “
Tracy: “Funny, I didn’t know that. Now when did Paarl start doing salaries and admin and finance stuff “
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Ok, so it was one of those ‘had to be there’ moments. But the whole Paarl vs Payroll is hilarious as our HQ is in Johannesburg – 2000km away; I think Paarl Lab can probably fit in their lunchroom.
I still got to pay the money back – Wonder if I can apply for our home load using this pay slip? 
