Ex-Notre Dame worker to repay much of $29,000 tip
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A woman mistakenly tipped $29,000 by the University of Notre Dame in her catering paycheck will return more than half of the money in $50 monthly payments over the next 28 years.
Notre Dame sued Sara Gaspar of Granger, Ind. to return the money because she should have been paid only $29.87 but a clerical error resulted in a check for $29,387 in April.
Under a settlement filed in St. Joseph Circuit Court, Gaspar agrees to pay back nearly $17,000 in the monthly increments. She put up as collateral a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta she bought with the money. Gaspar also agreed to pay Notre Dame’s attorney fees.
Gaspar has said she tried three times to tell Notre Dame about the overpayment but university staffers didn’t return her calls.
What's the rule about number of times you have to call until you have to keep the money? Is it three times? If not, it should be. How about we cut this poor woman a break? She's the best damn caterer in the Western Indiana region. She got a well deserved tip. She tried to inquire about it and got no response so she bought a Wolkswagon Jetta. No big deal. In actuality with only $50 payments per month she probably still got the better of this.
P.S. - I really only posted this story so I could rant more about the drunk Notre Dame fans at the Alamodome. One guy (in a Notre Dame hardhat) in the Club Lounge stole some old woman's scarf, wrapped it around his head and then accousted her husband (who was wearing a UT shirt) when he took the scarf back. This drunken Irish baffoon kept asserting that South Texas was "trashy." That's a hard pill to swallow coming from a guy drinking a Budwesier in a hard hat. You stay classy Notre Dame.
Seriously, every guy at this game reminded me of the "Wanna Fight About It" Guy from Family Guy.
She's coming out like a bandit on this deal. It seems to me she got a huge loan on which she doesn't have to pay interest on and only has to pay $50 per month. The money she's saving on interest alone is badass. In some cultures, the person who mistakingly gave her the overindulgent check would have to pay it off.
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