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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Tipitina62 on 2025-04-09 13:20:42+00:00.
In a previous job we had 2 methods of purchasing: a credit card or a program called SAP. For credit card purchases, you had to turn in receipts once a month with a reconciled expense report. For the SAP program, you turned in receipts as received to be filed by our secretary.
I worked a 7 days on 7 days off schedule, and on returning to work I was admonished by my boss for not turning in receipts as soon as I received them. I reminded boss that I only make credit card purchases, and those receipts get turned in monthly, not immediately.
My boss told me I was wrong. We always turned in receipts immediately. Ok, whatever. I kept doing what I knew to be right.
We had this discussion at least 3 times over the course of 6 weeks. I even asked a coworker at one point, and he agreed that I am right and boss is wrong.
So I started making a copy of receipts when I got them and turned in the originals. Because the secretary worked at different locations, I rarely saw her. But when she got the first receipt, she put a note on it telling me you should not turn this in, it goes on an expense report. I left a note for her explaining boss’s insistence that I turn in receipts immediately.
Apparently the secretary has stroke I do not. The next week when I came into work my boss explained to me that I do not turn in receipts immediately, I save them for the expense report.
TLDR: boss kept advising me to do the opposite of loooong established policy. I finally did what he advised and secretary fixed boss’s understanding.