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1. joshstrange · 1789559085 · focus · HN ↗

   The craziest part of this story, for me, is it was on the dad’s _company_ credit card. Which might not be as surprising except the reason it was already on file is because the dad used his company’s (not _his_ company, the company he works for as an employee) credit card to buy Roblox for his son previously.

   Is this common? I’ve had access to company credit cards before on a one-off basis (never in my name). Do people legitimately make this mistake? “oops, I put it on the company cards”?

   1. TacticalCoder · 1789561665 · focus · HN ↗

      > Is this common? I’ve had access to company credit cards before on a one-off basis (never in my name). Do people legitimately make this mistake? “oops, I put it on the company cards”?

      A very good friend was in IT support... Clients were visiting the country and his boss couldn't take care of the clients (last minute family issue or something). Somehow he tasked my buddy to "entertain" the clients and gave him a company card.

      My friend went berzerk: restaurant, then too many drinks in pubs, then titties-club with champagne bottles etc.

      He hardly remembered a thing in the morning and he exploded the company credit card spendings (not $118 K but well into the 5 digits).

      The boss told him: "Oh well, at least the clients had fun". And my friend didn't get fired (which he thought he would).

      Don't know if it's common but I take it's not that rare.

      1. chasd00 · 1789562061 · focus · HN ↗

         titties-club is a little passé these days (in my industry anyway) but yeah if you're with a group that represents 7 digits then spending 5 to show them a good time is still pretty common.

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