‘My boss said I over tipped servers, so I tripled the cost of my work trips’: Employee costs company thousands of dollars after boss's reprisal over corporate tipping policy

Traveling to customer sites to analyze defective products means traversing under a corporate travel policy. In this case, OP was given a certain allowance according to his company's corporate travel policy, which he followed vigorously. OP actually skimped out on expenses as much as possible to make sure he didn't cost the company too much money, so he didn't even max out his allowance. That is until his boss called him into his office for a proper scolding after he had allegedly 'overtipped' servers when eating at a restaurant. The amount in question was $20, including the meal itself. OP remembered the meal quite well, as OP had been super

OP was already having a pretty tough time at his job, and this was the last straw. The servers had been genuinely helpful on one of the worst days of his working life, and they deserved the big tip they had gotten. So OP hatched a plan, deciding to maliciously comply with the corporate travel policy down to every last cent. What ensued was a series of expenses the company hadn't foreseen, as OP tripled the amount he spent on said trips.

Scroll down to read what happened next. For more stories like this, here is a Karen who flew off the handle when she found out her name was mentioned in passing in a local newspaper.

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