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Bosses demand worker pick up item with 2-hour car ride, employee maliciously complies: '2 hours that I would normally spend doing work, I am now spending in my car'

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    Employee drives car down highway.
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    If you won't ship to me because my drive is less than an hour, then I'll make it in an hour

    I work from home, for a company that makes software for mobile devices. Of course, a lot of the work I do requires having the physical devices. If I needed
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    a specific one, I'd put in a request and they'd ship it to me.
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    However, recently one of my requests to ship it was denied, and I was told I'd have to pick it up. Their reasoning? I live
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    within an hour of the office, so I'm expected to come in to get them myself. The problem is, if you look up the drive on Google
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    Maps, it does take under an hour, just barely- but only if you look it up at like 2 in the afternoon, or in the middle of the night when no
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    one is driving. If you look it up during normal commuting time, it's never less. than that. I'm writing this at 7 AM and it's at 1:15. In 30-45
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    minutes, it's gonna be even worse. I asked if I could just pay for shipping myself, since it would be cheaper for me to do than
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    pay for gas and parking. Nope. Gotta come in. So now I come in. I take lunch, and then head in, at 1 in the
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    afternoon. I get what I need and immediately leave. It takes me just under 2 hours total, and because I'm only running in for a few
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    minutes, I can leave my car in front of the building and not have to buy parking. 2 hours that I would normally spend doing work, I am
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    now spending in my car. For some reason, I'm now back on the approved list for shipping.
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    People were quite amused by the boss's wasteful mindset

    nee... A phrase comes to mind: "Penny wise, pound foolish"
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    Great idea!

    KyverX Now expense claim the kilometres for your personal vehicle use
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    Organizat... Corporate logic is honestly a fever dream sometimes. Like oh no we can't spend five dollars on a label but we'll gladly pay your
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    hourly rate for you to sit in traffic? Makes total sense guys.
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    Fast_Vehi... I hope you put in mileage and meal claims for it.
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    Worker driving to get an item.

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