the depository bank is sending a check to my bank, for my account. mary and i aren't sure if that means they'll debit her account* or if they'll eat it because their teller made the mistake**.
*if they debit her account, then she'll know sooner or later that i caught her and she no longer has my money. any number of things can happen at this point. she can say whoops, my bad, i'll just forget it now. she can come after me for the money and i can tell her to eat it and or stuff it in her deal. she can go to her insurance company and they can fix it and put up her premium. she could go to the police, which i'd love because there's all kinds of proof i acted in good faith and she broke the law. and i guess she could go to small claims court but i point to the latter with the good faith thing.
**if they eat it because the teller shouldn't have allowed that deposit, she might never know about it. but this is unlikely. that's rather alot of money to eat, even if it was the teller's fault. but it's hard to know how another bank would handle it.

mary and i have decided it's quite the learning experience all around. and we're fascinated to find out how the other bank will handle it. i guess we'll find out if i get a call from that girl, or if a baseball bat has a run in with the honda.