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Old 04-01-2013, 03:02 PM
 
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Buying lunch for myself and one other employee during a conference last weekend.

Came out to $20 combined, and turned that in with my expense report.

Just got chewed out by my boss for spending too much money on the company's dime.

Seriously?




Seriously?


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Old 04-01-2013, 03:08 PM
 
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Be glad it's your boss and not your spouse. You'd be stuck eating at home for the rest of your life.

He probably is too cheap to go to restaurants and he thinks prices are like 1985 when he last got a blue plate special .
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Old 04-01-2013, 03:32 PM
 
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You're sure he knows it was for two?
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Old 04-01-2013, 03:44 PM
 
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What's the official corporate expense policy? Ten bucks is getting off cheap for a lunch. That's more of a fast food lunch. Any sit down place would have been $15-$20 each (including tip).

Sounds like you have a cheapskate for a boss. Sorry.
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Old 04-01-2013, 03:59 PM
 
Location: Seattle, Washington
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I always got a good laugh from my former boss when he complained about us working OT...

... but then approves the corporate IT guy to fly to the dozen various company locations in the US and Europe to aid in the MS Office 2010 upgrade.

I wonder what that cost?
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Old 04-01-2013, 04:10 PM
 
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What's the official corporate expense policy? Ten bucks is getting off cheap for a lunch. That's more of a fast food lunch. Any sit down place would have been $15-$20 each (including tip).

Sounds like you have a cheapskate for a boss. Sorry.
Our company policy is you buy lunch for yourself, always. Only exception is if you are taking out a client. I guess their logic is that you'll buy your own lunch if you are at work, so you can buy it on the road.
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Old 04-01-2013, 04:21 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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Buying lunch for myself and one other employee during a conference last weekend.

Came out to $20 combined, and turned that in with my expense report.

Just got chewed out by my boss for spending too much money on the company's dime.

Seriously?




Seriously?



Lesson learned. Just don't do it again
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Old 04-01-2013, 05:02 PM
 
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What's the official corporate expense policy? Ten bucks is getting off cheap for a lunch. That's more of a fast food lunch. Any sit down place would have been $15-$20 each (including tip).

Sounds like you have a cheapskate for a boss. Sorry.
I'd like to know what they ate. Two McValue meals and two napkins?!
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Old 04-01-2013, 05:33 PM
 
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I bet he's one of those hypocritical bosses, what an a******. I'm sure he expenses $10 lunches all the time.
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Old 04-01-2013, 05:34 PM
 
Location: in here, out there
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I didn't even know that you could get lunch for less than 10$, anymore.
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