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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been traveling around the country for 2 weeks.  I'm 300 miles from home and stopped to get gas...only to have my debit card declined at the gas pump.  Apparently I used my card at a store that had some sort of security breach.  My bank canceled my card as a precaution.  They sent a notice to my home...but I didn't get it, as I've been out of state.
I have no cash, no credit card of my own (I live debt-free) and Western Union doesn't open here until 10am.  My employers gave me a credit card for work purposes.  Would it be weird or out of line for me to ask permission to use the card to put gas in my car to get home?
I've been with them for a year and a half and we have a fantastic relationship.
It's that or hang out in McDonalds or in my car for the next 11.5 hours.
I can pay them back as soon as I get home.  Please be nice-I have plenty of money for my trip.. I just ran into a road-block (haha!).
MBs-would you be ok with your nanny asking this?[/quote]

Not sure how old you are but traveling around on a roadtrip with only one debit or credit card without first notifying your bank is absolutely asking for it to be turned off.  It looks like unusual, fraudulent activity, and they do not "cancel" your card because of that, they put a "hold" on it and call and email you. They do not mail you a letter. You get a voicemail a day.

Please update your contact info with your financial institutions and please pay back your employer immediately via check in the mail tomorrow.

If you were my nanny or office employee I'd think you were a dunce.   
Maybe if you were 21 I'd rack it up as a "learning the hard way" episode, but I would question your common sense and judgment. On vacation the week before Xmas? interesting as well. [/quote]

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