San Francisco has a check with Steve Jobs’ name on it.
It’s for a piddling amount — a $174 refund for overpaid parking tickets — and Jobs’ estate has only until March 3 to claim it.
It’s part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority’s plan to give back a total of $6 million in overpaid parking fines dating back as far as 1995 (before Jobs had even rejoined Apple). If Jobs’ estate doesn’t claim the $174, the money will be gobbled up by SFMTA.
The overpayments come from the 1.5 million tickets per year written by San Francisco meter maids. And Jobs isn’t the only tech guru on the list: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick can claim $510 for four tickets.
“This is their money and they’re due a refund if they want it,” said SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose.
Jobs’ estate was worth $11 billion at the time of his death in 2011, so I doubt his family needs the money. Then again, Jobs was famously one of the “$1 a year” CEOs. By those numbers, $174 is close to two centuries’ worth of work on his part!
Source: NBC Bay Area
Via: Gizmodo
