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That seems like the perfect department slush fund. Free cookies every friday! Bigger christmas party!
We were allowed to do that w/ scrap cabling/metal and such. But like everything someone had to push it and start recycling new wire to keep the pizzas flowing. Bean counters noticed the spike in cable being purchased. Asked the bosses why so much going out w/ no new projects. Bosses figured out who it was and they were fired. The bean counters we had watched all the numbers like hawks. I got questioned on why the mowing company was billing 20% than last year w/ no contract increase. We are talking maybe a couple grand. I had to put the mowers on a schedule to keep the costs where they wanted regardless of the rain/growth.
ffs, someone always has to ruin a good thing.