'It cost the company $10,000': Thrifty salesman scores luxurious business trips after the beancounters nitpick his travel choices

Sensible employees are burdened by sensible choices. It's the compulsory reaction of the working class to choose an affordable option versus an expensive one, so when a traveling salesman is faced with a frugal travel choice and a lavish one, they're most likely to pick the cheaper option. However, because company policy isn't always so practical, sometimes the rule-following beancounters come after you for the most reasonable of choices.

Blindly following the rules doesn't always save the company money…

In this case, a traveling salesman– who was frugal and thoughtful of the company's cash when planning his business trips –was faced with the troubling accusations from his accounting department after they reviewed his expense reports. Although he was allotted an allowance each month for a company vehicle to drive to the 26 states in his territory, sometimes it didn't make sense for OP to hop in the car for 8 hours. The cheaper option was obviously a quick turnaround trip via airplane where he could surgically approach his business meetings and save the company on overtime hours, gas expenses, and expensed meals. 

Naturally, accounting didn't see it that way. Scroll for the full story on how a traveling salesman went against his working class nature, following company rules to a tee and scoring luxuriously expensive business trips as a result. Next, read about this summer camp student who lived our her main character moment, while her inner rebellion took hold after a teacher wrongly accused her of being tardy.

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