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Thanks, I hadn't considered that. What about if you cross your fingers? My post was to point out the absurdity of the claim that a business account with UPS/F

• fennecfoxen 6y ago
  You're not giving legal advice, you're just... casting aspersions on the process of a business asking for you to file an expense report, for some reason, when it's a perfectly normal thing at many businesses (and one that I have performed hundreds of times myself, because ugh consulting.) Like, you could complain that the reimbursement process is a tedious paperwork-generator, maybe, if you think your other objections aren't enough already?
  • reificator 6y ago
    I really don't understand your position at all, but it seems like you're more upset than I would expect given the context. In good faith I will refrain from joking about expense reports in the future. I did not intend to cause offense, I just saw room for a joke I thought would lighten the mood of the post a bit by making it seem more childish. I'm not trying to demean people who file expense reports or something.
    • fennecfoxen 6y ago
      I was just taken aback by what seemed to be a vague and completely unnecessary “employers can never be trusted and employees are suckers” sentiment in the middle of coherent words. If it was a joke it undermined the serious points.
  • kaitai 6y ago
    If you have low-wage workers, it simply isn't practical to ask them to float you hundreds of dollars in shipping costs. It's great that as a consultant you can do that. It might be useful to realize that most Americans are in a very different financial position.