The Plausible Deniability Typo

I owed a friend £22.91 for an Uber. I transferred them £22.19 by accident. They never brought it up. Nobody would bring up 72p. I did it on purpose. I've been doing it for years. Every time I have to transfer someone money, I "accidentally" leave off a bit. I call it the Plausible Deniability Typo. £24.37 instead of £24.73. £9.38 instead of £9.83. £3.46 instead of £3.64. Sometimes if I'm feeling really risky, I'll do £18.54 instead of £19.54. They'd look like a complete tool to quibble over this. Instead, they are a tool in a different way. A tool for me to get to the top. I've probably made £100 over 5 years.

A social media text post describes deliberately transferring slightly less money than owed, relying on the recipient being too embarrassed to complain about a small difference. The joke is that this petty scheme has supposedly earned the writer £100 over five years, with “plausible deniability” making the typo seem accidental. EN: A social media text post describes deliberately transferring slightly less money than owed, relying on the recipient being too embarrassed to complain about a small difference. The joke is that this petty scheme has supposedly earned the writer £100 over five years, with “plausible deniability” making the typo seem accidental.

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