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There have been a fair share of strip club "expenses" on the american express... but the winner for me was paying for escorts in Vegas for my CEO. Found the hefty charge on my card a month later, but couldn't recall running up a 4 figure tab at a "Diner". Corporate cards and Vegas are a bad mix.
There have been a fair share of strip club "expenses" on the american express... but the winner for me was paying for escorts in Vegas for my CEO. Found the hefty charge on my card a month later, but couldn't recall running up a 4 figure tab at a "Diner". Corporate cards and Vegas are a bad mix.
steviebigv
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Took a client out one time for lunch and somehow along the way we ended up in a Adults Only store where he proceeded to pick up a few "videos" and "toys", took them to the cash register and then gave me the look to indicate that I was paying for theme...ummm can you say awkward. lol Doing up my expense report was hilarious because I had to be quite creative with the descriptions. 
A taxi ride to and from a Fry's during a west-coast business trip. Wanted to see what the fuss was about.
The craziest thing I ever expensed was a pack of toilet paper. I was driving on a road trip and stopped at gas station in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania in an "emergency" situation. The gas station bathroom was out of TP and when I told the attendant, he blew me off saying that he couldn't leave the register to get a roll from the back. So, when faced with adversity in a dire situation, I did what any desperate person would do- I bought a pack from the store than took it into the bathroom with me. I then submitted it on my expense report when I got back and it was duly paid... once I was forced to tell the story a dozen times to giggling coworkers.
dunn.brian
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My craziest has been $25 for my 2/GB plan plus 3 $10 overages from streaming TiPb Live Podcasts in a few nights.. You can never have enough TiPb.
ivan1.ruiz
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I used t work for one of the Cell phone companies here in the US as a Tech support manager for one of the call centers. And on one of the trips i had i was sent to a meeting in Mexico to talk about a contract closure. After the meeting and once the contract was signed I went out for drinks with few of the other colleagues that attended the meeting including my boss, who happens to be the site director, to celebrate the new contract. My boss decided it was fun to go wild in Mexico because it was far from home so he took us to a strip club, a bar, and then we went to the hotel and he had a "small party". The next day my boss told me to make sure i cover all the expenses in the report. It was so funny because the strip club was called "mis gatitas" which translates to " my kitties". I had to leave a detail report that we had to give a good donation to the "cats without a home foundation" to ensure the deal closure in Mexico. The receipt had the names of the girls that attended and said something like this:
gatita martha - $250
gatita rosa - $150
All in all it was fun but having t find out a way to cover it wasn't. lol
I used t work for one of the Cell phone companies here in the US as a Tech support manager for one of the call centers. And on one of the trips i had i was sent to a meeting in Mexico to talk about a contract closure. After the meeting and once the contract was signed I went out for drinks with few of the other colleagues that attended the meeting including my boss, who happens to be the site director, to celebrate the new contract. My boss decided it was fun to go wild in Mexico because it was far from home so he took us to a strip club, a bar, and then we went to the hotel and he had a "small party". The next day my boss told me to make sure i cover all the expenses in the report. It was so funny because the strip club was called "mis gatitas" which translates to " my kitties". I had to leave a detail report that we had to give a good donation to the "cats without a home foundation" to ensure the deal closure in Mexico. The receipt had the names of the girls that attended and said something like this:
gatita martha - $250
gatita rosa - $150
All in all it was fun but having t find out a way to cover it wasn't. lol
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I was hired as the Asst. marketing director of a consulting firm. at the same time a new CFO was hired. about 4 months into my job i was processing online orders when i noticed some suspicious transactions. it turns out that from the day he started the CFO had been embezzling money from the company. He had taken about $110,000. Different things such as trips with his BF to Vegas (i think two or three), BUYING AN IPHONE 3G, and throwing a party with over $1,000 of alcohol alone. looking back on it i feel involved because he offered to give me the left over alcohol valued at about $400. I didnt think twice at the time because I was under 21 and free alcohol was free alcohol. The CEO called him to ask about the charges instead of waiting until he came into the office. He claimed he didnt know he couldnt use the company card for his own use... the next day we received a fedex with his company cell phone in it. overnight with the companies account number. We never saw or heard from him again. It turns out he was also taking checks from clients and fedexing them directly to his e-trade account. I think the iphone was the best purchase he made! I feel like i expensed the alcohol, right....?
I was hired as the Asst. marketing director of a consulting firm. at the same time a new CFO was hired. about 4 months into my job i was processing online orders when i noticed some suspicious transactions. it turns out that from the day he started the CFO had been embezzling money from the company. He had taken about $110,000. Different things such as trips with his BF to Vegas (i think two or three), BUYING AN IPHONE 3G, and throwing a party with over $1,000 of alcohol alone. looking back on it i feel involved because he offered to give me the left over alcohol valued at about $400. I didnt think twice at the time because I was under 21 and free alcohol was free alcohol. The CEO called him to ask about the charges instead of waiting until he came into the office. He claimed he didnt know he couldnt use the company card for his own use... the next day we received a fedex with his company cell phone in it. overnight with the companies account number. We never saw or heard from him again. It turns out he was also taking checks from clients and fedexing them directly to his e-trade account. I think the iphone was the best purchase he made! I feel like i expensed the alcohol, right....?
I do not work where I have to fill out expense reports, so I have none to list in this post. I have enjoyed reading the other replies.
Dumbest Fee ever!!!
This happened about 5 minutes ago. I was sitting in class waiting for the bell to ring. It's my girlfriend's birthday and I wanted to take her to dinner tonight. I had $50 in my wallet just waiting to be spent, then suddenly I get called down to the office. I ran track this year so I was issued sweats and other equipment, but the bottom's to my sweats got STOLEN. I was expecting the fine to be about 10-15 dollars so I wasn't really worried. WRONG. My dumb ass coach said it cost $50 dollars!!! You see, if you have any outstanding fees or fines you can' walk the stage at graduation or participate in the end of the year senior field trip (that I already paid for). So my beautiful $50 had to go bye-bye on some **** that was way over priced. Now I have to go beg my parents for even more money and hope they show me some sympathy. The moral of this story is that life's a *****... and so are coaches.
This happened about 5 minutes ago. I was sitting in class waiting for the bell to ring. It's my girlfriend's birthday and I wanted to take her to dinner tonight. I had $50 in my wallet just waiting to be spent, then suddenly I get called down to the office. I ran track this year so I was issued sweats and other equipment, but the bottom's to my sweats got STOLEN. I was expecting the fine to be about 10-15 dollars so I wasn't really worried. WRONG. My dumb ass coach said it cost $50 dollars!!! You see, if you have any outstanding fees or fines you can' walk the stage at graduation or participate in the end of the year senior field trip (that I already paid for). So my beautiful $50 had to go bye-bye on some **** that was way over priced. Now I have to go beg my parents for even more money and hope they show me some sympathy. The moral of this story is that life's a *****... and so are coaches.
mgmiller68
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Craziest thing I ever expensed? Several years ago, when I was working for Avon Products as a Help Desk Analyst, we had a fierce snowstorm and so Avon paid for us to stay at a really nice golf resort called Doral Arrowwood in Purchase, NY. I worked very hard at Avon and on 1 of the 2 nights that I stayed at Arrowwood, I decided to treat myself to a fancy dinner at their really expensive restaurant. The food, the service, everything at this restaurant at Arrowwood was top notch, and my bill for just myself (I ate alone that night) came out to like $70.00. Well, again, I felt like I deserved a really nice, delicious dinner for all my hard work, and so I expensed it using my Avon corporate credit card, providing the receipt in my expense report. I submitted the expense report and luckily no one questioned me about it. I don't think I ever expensed a dinner for 1 person that was that high.
masseur listed under recreation expenses took the cake.
the reason listed was client stress relief.
the reason listed was client stress relief.
Buying a very nice non-stick calphalon cookie pan for drying gels in a chemistry lab. And then use a vegetable colander to wash it.
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