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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Select-Sample-9944 on 2025-06-02 08:09:38+00:00.
This happened many, many years ago when I was a systems administrator for a now defunct company. I was to go to training and I ended up going to Canada to train on some then-new systems. No biggie. I kept my receipts and ended up overspending a bit because, well, I got to see the sights and got to have some tasty food.
When I got back, I submitted my expense report. I wrote down the numbers and factored in the current exchange rate (Canadian dollars to US Dollars) and figured that was that. I mean, being honest, right? Well, OMG, my boss's boss went to my boss and complained that I couldn't even add anything up! You see, the amount I was showing they owed me was LESS than what the receipts showed. (Canadian dollars were maybe worth 65 cents of American dollars.) So, it got rejected and my boss's boss said make them match.
I looked at my boss and said, "You know, that's Canadian, right?" My boss just shrugged and said, "Make him happy and make the numbers add up."
Well, okay then. I added the Canadian dollars up and didn't factor in the exchange rate. So, instead of requesting a reimbursement of (for example--not the actual numbers) $650 USD, I put down $1000 (CAD).
They cheerily paid it. 🤦♀️ Only me and my boss knew, but it was so much more trouble trying to do the RIGHT thing. No one ever tried to correct it. On the plus side, it pretty much paid for the extras on the trip.