Why So Slow?Here's a brief story of holiday cheer. For seven years a waitress served a mean old man, but a very loyal customer, and when he died he left her $50,000 and a car. She learned about the gift a few days before Christmas, making this an aww-isn't-that-nice holiday story. I seldom write about aww-isn't-that-nice things — for better or worse — and yes I do have something to complain about, here. The old man died in July. Why did it take five months for her to be notified about the gift? Who was dragging their feet, and why? Unless it was the dead man's instructions to deliver the gift during the holiday season, I smell something foul. The linked story is very short and doesn't address this angle. I searched for more details but only found reworded versions of the same short article. Am I the only one who thinks the long delay is more newsworthy than the gift itself?
© Kyle Markley
— Posted 2007-12-29 23:33:11 UTC —
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If the old man had any heirs, they might have been contesting the bequest. That could account for some (or all) of the delay, no?
I would expect a contest to delay payment, but not notification. Then again I don't know how this stuff works in the first place. Maybe this is just me being incredulous that a normally-functioning system could work [sic] this way.
Hmm. Maybe there was a problem in locating and sorting through his will. Or in locating the waitress. Or, as you say, he might have wanted it saved for the holidays. Otherwise, you're right about that being suspiciously long.
Any time someone leaves money or property to someone in a will, it takes the lawyers a while to go through the process of probate first... This may be a reason for the delay also..
just a thought..:)
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