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Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on The Penny Hoarder. Laura was a new employee, alone in the office of a flooring company. She got a call that the power bill hadn’t been paid and was about to be shut off. She was told to immediately go to a specific convenience store to pay the bill, with cash. She called her boss, and they quickly strategized how they would pay it.