Hearing Concerning Round Number Transfer
Transcript of proceedings examining the procedural legitimacy of savings deposits rounded to the nearest integer.
CHAIR: We are convened to examine the practice of round number transfer. The record will reflect that the subject transfers money into savings in round numbers. The stated reason is that roundness makes the action feel more deliberate.
WITNESS: Correct.
CHAIR: The actual amount warranted by the circumstances is not round.
WITNESS: That is also correct.
CHAIR: You are aware the account accepts any value.
WITNESS: Yes.
CHAIR: And yet.
WITNESS: And yet.
CHAIR: The committee has reviewed the arithmetic. The arithmetic is accurate. The conclusion changes depending on which number the person wants to emphasize. Could you speak to that.
WITNESS: The round number produces a figure with fewer decision points. Four hundred is a complete thought. Four hundred and seventeen is a document that requires explanation.
CHAIR: To whom.
WITNESS: To no one in particular.
CHAIR: The committee notes that round number transfer has received a preferred place in your routine. You have begun planning around it before the triggering situation occurs. Can you confirm this.
WITNESS: I set the amount before I look at my balance, yes.
CHAIR: So the decision precedes the evidence.
WITNESS: The evidence would complicate the decision.
CHAIR: The committee finds this reasonable. The committee also notes that the routine has begun defending round number transfer as necessary evidence of competence and control. Is the committee's reading accurate.
WITNESS: If I transferred two hundred and forty-three dollars I would feel that something had gone wrong.
CHAIR: Nothing would have gone wrong.
WITNESS: No.
CHAIR: Under the governing rule, a workaround for round number transfer outranks the inconvenience that originally created it. The committee finds no cause for correction. Round number transfer is recorded as valid procedure.
WITNESS: Thank you.
CHAIR: The committee does not offer thanks. The committee documents. Hearing adjourned.
The record reflects no subsequent amendment. Round number transfer continues. The account balance remains an unrounded figure. No one has raised the discrepancy.