Guy Overcharges His Own Company 5 cents, Pays In Installments

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    Font - r r/MaliciousCompliance - Posted by u/Username614855713 1 day ago O 6 4 3 11 Eat fresher oc S This one happened a few years ago when I worked in corporate for a large sub chain that has currently seen better days. They had purchased a taco concept and part of my job consisted of going around the country to help open up these new restaurants. Now, this sub chain is not known for corporate luxuries, so I didn't bat an eye at the daily food expense allowance when traveling, which was $42 per
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    Font - Breakfast: $8 Lunch: $14 Dinner: $20 So you couldn't even scrimp on breakfast and lunch to get yourself an alright meal. But ok, I usually stayed in hotels that had a complimentary breakfast buffet and I often skip lunch and work straight through the day so my expenses we regularly less that $20 per day. Now the problem comes, when
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    Font - during one of these trips my dinner came out to be $20.05 (before a cash tip mind you that I paid out of my own pocket and didn't expense). I didn't think much of it because hey, it's a nickel and I didn't go over my daily spending allotment. Cut to the end of the month after submitting my expense report, I get a call from accounting that went like this: Accountant: I'm looking at your July expenses. How did you want to handle this? Me: Umm..I did handle it, I submitted.
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    Font - Accountant: No, you went over on one of your dinners. Would you like to send payment in or have it taken from your payroll? Me: I'm sorry... what total are we talking about? Accountant: You spent $20.05 on dinner xyz, which is a 5 cent overage. Silence.... Me: Ok, so I owe 5 cents? Accountant: Yes.
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    Font - Me: You can take that out of my payroll, but please do it over the next 5 pay periods. I'd like to split up the payments for budgeting purposes. Accountant: Are you serious? Me: Are you? Following her true nature, she took a penny out of the next 5 checks.. and I made a point of spending as close to $42 a day as humanely possible for every other trip I ever took with that company.
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    Font - HKatzOnline · 1d When I had clients like this, even if I had an included hotel breakfast, I would purchase less perishable items I could have later, ie fruit or other. If they require it be spent at a certain time of day, so be it. Additionally, I had many an 11:30 am "breakfast". 1.8k Reply Share ... Username614855713 OP - 1d Haha yes! That's exactly what I started doing to hit my daily maximum after this incident. Grocery shopping and stuffing my suitcase with things to take home after
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    Font - really4got - 1d Having worked in payroll I guarantee it cost them more than 1 cent to process that payment... good job 3.5k Reply Share Username614855713 OP - 1d Thanks! That was my hope!
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    Font - kitkat7502 · 23h · edited 19h I once had a doctor's office send me a bill for 5 cents. They spent 5 times as much for the stamp. The next month they sent me another bill, but now it was up to 10 cents for the late fee. So I complained about the 100% late fee. Next time I was at the doctor a few weeks later and handed them a dime. The guy in billing got a kick out of calling me to thank me for the dime personally.

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