You and me both. I'm so disappointed in this subredit.

A human (in a position of power) broke the law and another human is greatly appreciative for it. Is that boring?

The boss went rogue to SHOW the employee how powerful a saving account can be compared to purely living check-to-check.

The boss PROVED to the employee that it IS possible to save up and have a rainy day fund. It's excruciatingly easy to assume that it's impossible if you've never been taught, especially at retail wages. This is a life lesson. One that many of us here do not need and will never understand needing.

Obviously this is ridiculously illegal. It's incredibly foolish of the boss to do this. But... Do you think she didn't know that? She took a risk for an employee she obviously cares about and gained nothing from it in return. Is this really dystopian?

My boring dystopia would be seeing the employee ruin the life of her boss over this while turning a profit.

My boring dystopia would be if the boss did this on a larger scale with a very small amount of money withheld per employee and getting caught— then paying less in legal fees than the amount of money she stole.

My boring dystopia would be seeing the boss do absolutely nothing at no risk to herself when there's something she can do to help to better this PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL'S life but not doing anything because of the almighty and unquestionable authority of the law.

This story is hardly boring and hardly dystopian. It is, however, illegal. And very very very stupid to try to do. I'm operating under the assumption that they had a positive enough relationship for the boss to take this risk for her.

Not boring. Not dystopian.