Used Company Card for Groceries

[Anonymous]

Shame on you, Op. They should remove the card from you.

[Anonymous]

I accidentally used a work credit card that was loaded in my Uber account. I had forgotten to switch my default back to my cc after a work trip. I reported immediately and said I submitted a check to pay back the amount. I got a don’t ever let that happen again and that was it. I guess it was only about $10 as opposed to $180 that they didn’t make a bigger deal out of it. But I think the key here was that it was accidental use.

I would never even thought of using my work card the way OP did. It would be an instant fire-able offense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone I worked with as a Fed filled gas and was fired, immediately.

This is not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny story of why/how I left my first job: I was on travel for work and my corporate card was declined. I called up the person in charge of our cards at work and let them know. They casually said "oh yeah, CFO hasn't released funds for payment yet, sorry."

Awesome! K, so what do you suggest I do? I was told to use my personal card and submit for reimbursement. I was 22, fresh out of college all of 5 months, and only had a Discover card with a $1000 limit. The hotel that had to be switched to my card took up almost all of that availability as a hold. I was supposed to rent a car for a client meeting about 45 minutes away during day 3 of my trip. I was surviving off of hotel breakfast food that I hoarded up for the rest of the day and free snacks given out at the conference. I did not account for the fact that they needed to hold a larger deposit because I was under 25. I got to the rental place and my card wouldn't work. I was embarrassed af and ended up calling my boss instead of the lady in charge of the cards. I thought for sure he'd be sympathetic and maybe spur some action to get the corporate card working again, but no, he told me that it was pretty embarrassing to be an adult and only have one credit card to my name. He told me to figure it out.

I got off the phone and seriously sat in the middle of a sh!tty Budget rental place and cried. None of the employees knew what to do with me except give me pitying looks.

I ended up calling my mom who gave me her cc number over the phone to add to my Apple wallet. The car rental place wouldn't allow me to use it so I ended up taking Uber to and from the client meeting.

When I got back and submitted all my receipts for reimbursement, I got a quick email back that said nothing more than Rejected. Reason: personal cards not covered.

I went into a rage blackout. I don't even remember what I yelled or said to my boss. I know I quit and told them if I didn't have a check for the full amount before I was escorted out of the building, it would not be good for them.

That was apparently a threat. Who knew? I got escorted out and the police came. The one officer who dealt with me was SO nice. I thought for sure I was going to jail but I ended up only being trespassed from the office complex. He made sure I left with my reimbursement check, though. He also told me to not put that job on my resume. He said I was young enough and fresh enough that it wouldn't matter. He didn't believe I was an actual threat, just a dumb, broke kid.

I wish I knew you in person. We would have gone back to your office the next day and smeared dog poo under the handle of every Exec’s car doors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone I worked with as a Fed filled gas and was fired, immediately.

I don’t believe this. First, very few feds are fired immediately. There is a process. Also, mistakes do happen. If I DID get fired for a transgression as minor as this, I wouldn’t want to work at that agency.

At my agency, work travel cards are in the employee’s name and aren’t true corporate cards. We are responsible for the card. Of course, you aren’t allowed to use it for anything but official travel. If I mistakenly used my work card for gas, for my personal vehicle, I would own the mistake, pay the balance and that would be the end of it. If I used the work card by mistake multiple times, or for a trip to Hawaii, then that’s an issue.

[Anonymous]

Also, why on earth would you have your work CC in your wallet, but not your personal CC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, why on earth would you have your work CC in your wallet, but not your personal CC?

good one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, why on earth would you have your work CC in your wallet, but not your personal CC?

Yeah, I don't get this. Your story makes no sense. I would literally leave the stuff on the belt than use my work card.

I don't carry my work CC in my wallet unless I am on travel or know I will need to book travel soon. Mostly so I don't have to deal with the hassle if my wallet gets stolen.

[Anonymous]

I would consider myself lucky if I weren't fired for this.

[Anonymous]

You left your wallet home? What about your phone or watch? What are you doing in Target with out your red card?

[Anonymous]

I’m with you OP. I would have done the same thing and not given it much of a thought. Another poster mentioned an option to have expenses taken out of your paycheck. That’s been my experience. I was surprised by the reactions in this thread, but then again I’m not a Fed like most of the sanctimonious prior commenters seem to be.

[Anonymous]

You should have left and gotten your wallet or called someone. Never ever use a work credit card for personal. EVER.

[Anonymous]

What is wrong with all you people you who are such hard hearted black and white thinkers? I truly hope all of your children do something dumb and the consequences bite you in the ass and cost you a lot of money. I’m not the OP, but good god this thread epitomizes why people here are so rotten.

[Anonymous]

You would have been better off saying you swiped it by accident vs. knowingly having done it. You were dead wrong, and your entitlement is weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone I worked with as a Fed filled gas and was fired, immediately.

There is no such thing as a fed being fired immediately