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posted December 02, 2003 05:48 PM
I used to travel more often than not for business. I would be home less than 1 week every month. The thing I hated most about this type of job was that everyone had the wrong idea about what went on when you went away on business. I usually worked a lot harder when I was away from home. Working until 10pm was the norm.
But, when you get back to the office, everyone thinks that you were practically on vacation while you were away.
  
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jonwright
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posted December 02, 2003 05:52 PM
Yup. 'cept I usually don't work anyway.  But while you are rotting in a hotel room - might as well work. Shit. Ain't nuthin good on the boob toob and the large bar tabs get noticed by accounting - unless you just invent a client. But hell - then I might as well order a hooker and then I just might as well....wait a minute. I just need to shut up before my company catches on to what I REALLY do on bidness trips.....
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wannabe
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posted December 02, 2003 06:02 PM
Yeah, you just go back to work with foreign reciepts that nobody in the office can read, and go,"Yeah, this was dinner....yeah, that's it." The whole time convincing everyone that matters that it is impossible to get a meal for less than $80 in Japan. 
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posted December 02, 2003 08:26 PM
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cause after wannabe was done with the place, there wasnt much left to visit.
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posted December 03, 2003 01:04 AM
airport, taxi (rental car), office, some restaraunt, bar, hotel. Repeat
everyone thinks that you were practically on vacation
the large bar tabs get noticed by accounting
foreign reciepts that nobody in the office can read
I just need to shut up before my company catches on to what I REALLY do on bidness trips.....
Damn!!!!!... it seems we work for the same company!
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MadMike
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posted December 03, 2003 06:04 AM
Damn maybe I need to do something like that, Mine is like 80 bucks lets see we give you 20 so the 40 is out of your own pocket......... crazy. and I Dont even put the bar tab on there!!
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entropy
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posted December 03, 2003 08:35 AM
Mike: bar tab = "meals" 
BUT, it is not always possible to make that work.
3 weeks ago I was with some buds in a London topless joint and the bar tab got away from us; seriously away from us... We split the HUGE bill 3 ways and got 3 receips, thinking that at least one of us would be able to claim it. WRONG!
Although this joint had an innocuous name: "?something? Lodge", the bill had itemized line items for "drinks", "companions", "individual dances", and food (zero in our case). WHOA! can't turn in that receipt...  So we all just re-learned hard lesson.
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jonwright
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posted December 03, 2003 12:25 PM
Ouch. One guy in my company got a call from accounting when they figured out the innocuous name that showed up on the receipt was really a strip joint. So then they went back and totaled it up.
The call went something like this:
"We know that 'Bananna Joe's is really a strip club. Reimbursement for this type of expense are not allowed per our business rules. Please submit a check for $3,856 by next week."
They wound up taking it out of his next commission check so that his wife wouldn't know. OUCH!
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entropy
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posted December 04, 2003 12:36 AM
"We know that 'Bananna Joe's is really a strip club. Reimbursement for this type of expense are not allowed per our business rules. Please submit a check for $3,856 by next week."
They wound up taking it out of his next commission check so that his wife wouldn't know. OUCH!
Banana Joe's???? hmmmmm.... sounds like a swanky restaurant
At least the Accounting Dept kept his wife in the dark
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posted December 04, 2003 05:02 AM
ouch!! but oh well he knew the chance he took by doing that. He is probably lucky that they did not slam him harder. even though the thought of turning in the recipts to the "lumberyard" LOL.... man I would get in so much trouble....
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jonwright
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posted December 04, 2003 07:14 AM
Well...not sure about the name they used but it was somethng rather 'innocent' - you know - it DIDN'T say "Tulsa Big Tittie Barn' or anything like that - you'd just assume it was a restaurant by the name.
I'm thinking my company gets a list of strip joints and their 'billing' names from someone....
hmmmmm....that might be a good business to be in....lots of research...
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posted December 04, 2003 07:44 AM
Im actually quite impressed with the hotel room im in this week in Austin. I have 80+ channels..with HBO.
and free wireless internet
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posted December 04, 2003 09:39 AM
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Im actually quite impressed with the hotel room im in this week in Austin. I have 80+ channels..with HBO.
and free wireless internet
YCIS,
you oughta go visit JohnnyCheese, he's close to Austin (10mi?)
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