Everyday Randomness

Human Error Does Still Happen

My sister in law wrote a blog post today that reminded me exactly why it’s so important to keep an eye on our bank accounts.

My mother in law found out her account was $300 overdrawn, and it wasn’t because she spent more than she had or because her identity was stolen.  It was a simple human error when a cashier typed in the atm card number wrong.  If she hadn’t checked her account, the bank would probably have never seen the error.
I have two bank accounts, a savings account and a checking account, and I keep a very watchful eye over them.

I login to my savings account at least once every couple days even if I haven’t made any transactions, and even though I mainly only deposit larger amounts of cash when I’m paying bills, I login to my checking account daily.

This just goes to show just because we use computers for almost everything these days, human error can still screw you up!