• rumba@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    If I have a charge for 7 cents on my work CC and no receipt, I have to go through the seven layers of hell to beg for clemency.

    I once spent over an hour trying to get a receipt for a refund that was higher than expected. (error in our companies favor)

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      17 hours ago

      You should take it. Especially nowadays. You’ll never know when you might need a solid alibi.

      How could I have been getting an abortion? I was across town getting a donut. Jen L was the cashier. She saw me.

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    Do you remember a time where the receipt had the name of the store, the time and date of the purchase, an itemized list of what you bought, and the tax you paid and nothing else?

    Nowadays there’s also a transaction id, a qr code, a coupon for your next purchase, a quote of the day, a novel, and some ads printed on there. My last order of french fries came with a piece of paper that is longer than my forearm. Ikea spits out half a metre of thermal paper when I order 2 hot dogs. Whyyyu?

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      11 hours ago

      What you guys doing over there? Ours are just itemised lists, payment method, and the transaction details etc. And usually a “how did we do” link.

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    2 days ago

    The actual answer is for reimbursement, for example if you’re buying them for a work meeting or something.

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    2 days ago

    Most receipts contain a time stamp. I could imagine a scenario where someone claimed Mitch (if he was still here) was involved in a crime and he could use the donut receipt as proof of innocence.

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      Man, I wish that was the case at places I worked at. My last company would give you stipends for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Try to spend that stipend at a convenience store because you don’t eat breakfast and just want some coffee and a snack for later? Screw you, we’re deducting from your paycheck for that.

      I had a coworker who got caught on the wrong side of that policy. Since then, he’d always max out his stipend at every meal. Apps, desserts, etc. He’d get a second entree just to take back to his hotel as long as it wouldn’t put him over the limit.

      He probably cost the company hundreds extra because they wouldn’t reimburse him for a bag of chips one time.