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[Mr. Pickles]

SNL's "The Californians" reminds me a little of BRONG.

 

[cosjobs]

Longhorn game was fun. Great outcome for me. Ducks do not look like the 2nd best team in the country thus far. Come on Beavers!

These guys are performing worse than Romney in Wisconsn

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Longhorn game was fun. Great outcome for me. Ducks do not look like the 2nd best team in the country thus far. Come on Beavers!

These guys are performing worse than Romney in Wisconsn

I live in Wisconsin and I don't get it

 

[cosjobs]

Longhorn game was fun. Great outcome for me. Ducks do not look like the 2nd best team in the country thus far. Come on Beavers!

These guys are performing worse than Romney in Wisconsn

I live in Wisconsin and I don't get it

ROmney was leading in Wisc and picked up Ryan to clinch it and now he's about 10 points behind. He is performing extremely suckily, much like the Oregon Ducks.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Longhorn game was fun. Great outcome for me. Ducks do not look like the 2nd best team in the country thus far. Come on Beavers!

These guys are performing worse than Romney in Wisconsn

I live in Wisconsin and I don't get it

ROmney was leading in Wisc and picked up Ryan to clinch it and now he's about 10 points behind. He is performing extremely suckily, much like the Oregon Ducks.

Ok.Is there a Drunk Chat around?

 

[Frostillicus]

Heard back from PV. She can't get a hold of TRE either but reports he was HAMMERED (emphasis hers) earlier today so odds are good he mad ea date with me then passed out. Probably is not dead. Hold on Thropawishes.

 

[cosjobs]

Longhorn game was fun. Great outcome for me. Ducks do not look like the 2nd best team in the country thus far. Come on Beavers!

These guys are performing worse than Romney in Wisconsn

I live in Wisconsin and I don't get it

ROmney was leading in Wisc and picked up Ryan to clinch it and now he's about 10 points behind. He is performing extremely suckily, much like the Oregon Ducks.

Ok.Is there a Drunk Chat™ around?

sadly, I think this is itwhat are the packers going to do tomorrow after the 'incident' last monday? Come out strong and hard and cover or continue on like the weak and rudderless team that they are?

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Heard back from PV. She can't get a hold of TRE either but reports he was HAMMERED (emphasis hers) earlier today so odds are good he mad ea date with me then passed out. Probably is not dead. Hold on Thropawishes.

Pretty sure this is payback for you checking out from the Gopher game early.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Longhorn game was fun. Great outcome for me. Ducks do not look like the 2nd best team in the country thus far. Come on Beavers!

These guys are performing worse than Romney in Wisconsn

I live in Wisconsin and I don't get it

ROmney was leading in Wisc and picked up Ryan to clinch it and now he's about 10 points behind. He is performing extremely suckily, much like the Oregon Ducks.

Ok.Is there a Drunk Chat™ around?

sadly, I think this is itwhat are the packers going to do tomorrow after the 'incident' last monday? Come out strong and hard and cover or continue on like the weak and rudderless team that they are?

THe "Packer-fan" in me says they're going to be pissed off and run through the rest of their schedule. The realist in me says they're going to go 10-6 and probably lose on Sunday. Will they cover? I don't knowI had a boner for the Badger catching 12 1/2. Landed a nice parlay with the over. If I had a gun to my head on the Packers I would take the over. But I wouldn't touch NO +7.5 or GB -7.5

 

[shuke]

I need to find instances, preferably from public companies, of people going to strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses. I need to figure out if this is generally considered fine or is usually cause for termination. I figure this is as good a place as any for suggestions on (1) google searches that will get me this information, and (2) google searches that will get me this information without causing my computer to explode. Ideas?

Maybe my approach is too elementary, but wouldn't the company have a policy? I'm pretty sure I could get away with expensing a meal in a strip club (within our guidelines), but nothing else would be covered. Also, that would be stupid of me.We have reinsurance brokers with huge expense accounts (bottle service at clubs, finest wine and steak joints in Vegas, etc.) and I'm pretty sure that the only thing that is off limits for them is the strip club. Again, it's in their policy.

Assume that the dispute is whether the policy is clear on this. Assume also that you are talking about thousands of dollars at a time, which seems to be more than a meal.ETA: I'm asking for a friend.

Gotcha. Off to Google image search. I'll be back in a couple hours.

 

[shuke]

I need to find instances, preferably from public companies, of people going to strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses. I need to figure out if this is generally considered fine or is usually cause for termination. I figure this is as good a place as any for suggestions on (1) google searches that will get me this information, and (2) google searches that will get me this information without causing my computer to explode. Ideas?

Maybe my approach is too elementary, but wouldn't the company have a policy? I'm pretty sure I could get away with expensing a meal in a strip club (within our guidelines), but nothing else would be covered. Also, that would be stupid of me.We have reinsurance brokers with huge expense accounts (bottle service at clubs, finest wine and steak joints in Vegas, etc.) and I'm pretty sure that the only thing that is off limits for them is the strip club. Again, it's in their policy.

Assume that the dispute is whether the policy is clear on this. Assume also that you are talking about thousands of dollars at a time, which seems to be more than a meal.ETA: I'm asking for a friend.

Actually, I'm kind of curious what people think of this. Let's do an informal poll: do you think holding "business meetings" at strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses associated with these meetings, in the hundreds and thousands of dollars, is inappropriate? If inappropriate, why (e.g., theft)?

do the meetings result in business?I have a friend that owns a privately held company. many of his clients expect the strip club treatment, and they provide a ton of business. strip clubs aren't illegal, so I don't see the problem.

Figure approximately this scenario:Large public company--not just a company owned by some dudeThe "business meetings" are all internal--we're not talking about customer/client entertainment, for instanceLarge number of people involved, and junior people often made the charges (in violation of company policy) at the direction of their managers so that the managers could then approve the chargesCharges in the nature of, for instance, $6000 for 4 people put through as mealsIs this theft or anything else inappropriate?

Why is this even being questioned?

 

[shuke]

Great end to Cincy VT game

Oh, and thanks for the CDs. What do I owe you for shipping?

 

[cosjobs]

I need to find instances, preferably from public companies, of people going to strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses. I need to figure out if this is generally considered fine or is usually cause for termination. I figure this is as good a place as any for suggestions on (1) google searches that will get me this information, and (2) google searches that will get me this information without causing my computer to explode. Ideas?

Maybe my approach is too elementary, but wouldn't the company have a policy? I'm pretty sure I could get away with expensing a meal in a strip club (within our guidelines), but nothing else would be covered. Also, that would be stupid of me.We have reinsurance brokers with huge expense accounts (bottle service at clubs, finest wine and steak joints in Vegas, etc.) and I'm pretty sure that the only thing that is off limits for them is the strip club. Again, it's in their policy.

Assume that the dispute is whether the policy is clear on this. Assume also that you are talking about thousands of dollars at a time, which seems to be more than a meal.ETA: I'm asking for a friend.

Actually, I'm kind of curious what people think of this. Let's do an informal poll: do you think holding "business meetings" at strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses associated with these meetings, in the hundreds and thousands of dollars, is inappropriate? If inappropriate, why (e.g., theft)?

do the meetings result in business?I have a friend that owns a privately held company. many of his clients expect the strip club treatment, and they provide a ton of business. strip clubs aren't illegal, so I don't see the problem.

Figure approximately this scenario:Large public company--not just a company owned by some dudeThe "business meetings" are all internal--we're not talking about customer/client entertainment, for instanceLarge number of people involved, and junior people often made the charges (in violation of company policy) at the direction of their managers so that the managers could then approve the chargesCharges in the nature of, for instance, $6000 for 4 people put through as mealsIs this theft or anything else inappropriate?

Why is this even being questioned?

Because the managers are behaving like they're doing business in Havana circa 1959 and acting surprised that anyone would question it.

 

[kevzilla]

what are the packers going to do tomorrow after the 'incident' last monday? Come out strong and hard and cover or continue on like the weak and rudderless team that they are?

That's some stinky bait there, Uncle Cos.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

what are the packers going to do tomorrow after the 'incident' last monday? Come out strong and hard and cover or continue on like the weak and rudderless team that they are?

That's some stinky bait there, Uncle Cos.

I"m not Mr Pack. I was actually worried about him after Monday

 

[Frostillicus]

Heard back from PV. She can't get a hold of TRE either but reports he was HAMMERED (emphasis hers) earlier today so odds are good he mad ea date with me then passed out. Probably is not dead. Hold on Thropawishes.

Pretty sure this is payback for you checking out from the Gopher game early.

But we had no plans to meet that day.

 

[Thorn]

Low-Carb Diet vs Immodium ADLet the battle be joined.

Immodium AD getting laughed out of the stadium so far.I'll keep you guys updated.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Anyone excited for 1800?

 

[Thorn]

Got my package from Mr. O.Saurus this week. Wicked cool. Thanks man!

 

[Goat Herders]

Anyone excited for 1800?

Cj2k yards from scrimmage this year?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Anyone excited for 1800?

Cj2k yards from scrimmage this year?

Or the next page number of this thread

 

[kevzilla]

what are the packers going to do tomorrow after the 'incident' last monday? Come out strong and hard and cover or continue on like the weak and rudderless team that they are?

That's some stinky bait there, Uncle Cos.

I"m not Mr Pack. I was actually worried about him after Monday

I'm really glad nothing bad happened to Roger Goodell. I sent some texts that might have been incriminating.

 

[Guster]

I need to find instances, preferably from public companies, of people going to strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses. I need to figure out if this is generally considered fine or is usually cause for termination. I figure this is as good a place as any for suggestions on (1) google searches that will get me this information, and (2) google searches that will get me this information without causing my computer to explode. Ideas?

Maybe my approach is too elementary, but wouldn't the company have a policy? I'm pretty sure I could get away with expensing a meal in a strip club (within our guidelines), but nothing else would be covered. Also, that would be stupid of me.We have reinsurance brokers with huge expense accounts (bottle service at clubs, finest wine and steak joints in Vegas, etc.) and I'm pretty sure that the only thing that is off limits for them is the strip club. Again, it's in their policy.

Assume that the dispute is whether the policy is clear on this. Assume also that you are talking about thousands of dollars at a time, which seems to be more than a meal.ETA: I'm asking for a friend.

Actually, I'm kind of curious what people think of this. Let's do an informal poll: do you think holding "business meetings" at strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses associated with these meetings, in the hundreds and thousands of dollars, is inappropriate? If inappropriate, why (e.g., theft)?

do the meetings result in business?I have a friend that owns a privately held company. many of his clients expect the strip club treatment, and they provide a ton of business. strip clubs aren't illegal, so I don't see the problem.

Figure approximately this scenario:Large public company--not just a company owned by some dudeThe "business meetings" are all internal--we're not talking about customer/client entertainment, for instanceLarge number of people involved, and junior people often made the charges (in violation of company policy) at the direction of their managers so that the managers could then approve the chargesCharges in the nature of, for instance, $6000 for 4 people put through as mealsIs this theft or anything else inappropriate?

Pretty much everything about that is wrong. And done to clearly circumvent, if not violate, company policy.

OK, thanks. Sorry not to have been more specific at first.

Also seems like it could be playing with fire with regards to sexual harassment guidelines if they are claiming its a business setting

 

[Guster]

One week in Europe in the books, 5 more days to go. Been working my ### off - worked 8a to 1a several times this week, but got to spend the weekend in Paris on the company's dime, so that's not too bad

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

what are the packers going to do tomorrow after the 'incident' last monday? Come out strong and hard and cover or continue on like the weak and rudderless team that they are?

That's some stinky bait there, Uncle Cos.

I"m not Mr Pack. I was actually worried about him after Monday

I'm really glad nothing bad happened to Roger Goodell. I sent some texts that might have been incriminating.

You should start a class action lawsuit

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

I think Colin owes us a shot video

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Shop smart. Shop S-Mart

My link

THat was for thorn but I felt it was arapaho so yeah.....

Charles is a fantastic kid. I'm sure everyone has heard the line "I couldn't love something more than my child" And it's wierd but true. Quite possibly the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Unfortunately he was born with the cord around his neck so a few bad things happened. Nothing terrible, but essentially he has chomping on my wifes nipples while she was trying to feed himdue to a stiff jaw etc blah blah blah.... Turns out he needs a little physical therapy to stretch out his muscles and my wife is stuck laying down to feed him.

I don't know where I'm going with this, just kinda typing at 2am and hoping some of the fathers around here can relate.

#boobs

 

[Guster]

Shop smart. Shop S-Mart

My link

THat was for thorn but I felt it was arapaho so yeah.....

Charles is a fantastic kid. I'm sure everyone has heard the line "I couldn't love something more than my child" And it's wierd but true. Quite possibly the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Unfortunately he was born with the cord around his neck so a few bad things happened. Nothing terrible, but essentially he has chomping on my wifes nipples while she was trying to feed himdue to a stiff jaw etc blah blah blah.... Turns out he needs a little physical therapy to stretch out his muscles and my wife is stuck laying down to feed him.

I don't know where I'm going with this, just kinda typing at 2am and hoping some of the fathers around here can relate.

#boobs

It's amazing how many little things can go wrong. I remember that feeling of my daughter being born and just waiting for what felt like an eternity for her to cry as she took her first breath of air. It was probably only 5-10 seconds but it felt like time had stopped and was never going to catch back up.

It seems like nursing has a ton of challenges. My daughter wouldn't latch for a couple days and my ex was freaking out because she was super passionate about nursing over formula. It all sorted itself out in time and worked out, babies are resilient, that's for sure.

As for your wife's nipples, I'm sure they're like a partially chewed piece of steak. Lansinoh or something like that could help. Im sure she would see it as you being helpful if you frequently offered to help rub it in - for the health of her and your son, of course.

Good luck GB

 

[UniAlias]

is this the drunk thread? Strip clubs are evil. ####

 

[Osaurus]

Great end to Cincy VT game

Oh, and thanks for the CDs. What do I owe you for shipping?

Nada

 

[Osaurus]

Got my package from Mr. O.Saurus this week. Wicked cool. Thanks man!

 

[heckmanm]

Got my package from Mr. O.Saurus this week. Wicked cool. Thanks man!

Likewise. Thanks O! Very cool of you to do this.

 

[The_Man]

One week in Europe in the books, 5 more days to go. Been working my ### off - worked 8a to 1a several times this week, but got to spend the weekend in Paris on the company's dime, so that's not too bad

Just don't charge any strip club visits or your company's pesky legal counsel will be out to bring you down

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Heard back from PV. She can't get a hold of TRE either but reports he was HAMMERED (emphasis hers) earlier today so odds are good he mad ea date with me then passed out. Probably is not dead. Hold on Thropawishes.

Confirmed!

 

[Goat Herders]

I think Colin owes us a shot video

 

[Tecumseh]

Got my package from Mr. O.Saurus this week. Wicked cool. Thanks man!

Likewise. Thanks O! Very cool of you to do this.

Thanks, dude!

 

[YSR]

I think Colin owes us a shot video

See Tre's sig above for access to the shots video archive. Minus, probably, Thorn's contributions since his apartment smells of rich mahogany.

 

[Gadzooks]

At different moments in life I can be stupid, I can be drunk or I can be horny. On nights when I am all 3 of those things, well, lets just say that bad things happen. And last night was one of those nights.

It started at work as I was stuck in meetings all day. I have a female co-worker (we'll call her Liz to protect the innocent, though she's not really that innocent) Liz works in another office in another town but she was in these meetings with me yesterday. Now, a couple years ago, Liz and I "fooled around" a little bit after the company X-mas party but nothing else ever happened after that which is good, she is about 10 years younger than me. We talk and email from time to time and occasionally text. Sometimes we're a little flirty, but nothing to wild. While in the meetings yesterday, she texts me and asks if I want to get a beer after the meeting, I say yes. At this point of the day I am only stupid and horny. So we get out somewhat early around 4. We hit a bar and have a few beers. She says she has to get home and do an online test for some class she's taking. She asks me to go with her to help her with the test and then we can go out for another beer. Since I'm already stupid and horny and now on the verge of being drunk, I happily agree to go to her place.

Now, let me just say that I am usually totally against any work-place romance or hook ups. Nothing good can come from them. However, last night I was stupid and horny and beginning to get drunk. So I then decided that the work-place romance/hook up would actually be a good thing, sort of like a team-building activity. After about 5 minutes of looking at her online test, we said screw it and went to a bar. It was literally down the street from her apartment and we walked there. Seemed like a dirty little hole in the wall bar where only "regulars" went to. After a few beers and a couple shots, Liz was very drunk and very touchy-feely with me. And by "touchy-feely" I mean she kept grabbing my junk. Now Liz isn't a knockout or anything (definitely not Amanda H.) but she's fairly cute and may appear to be a little chubby. I was now stupid, horny and drunk. Liz could have looked like SLB and I give it a go. So while she stumbles to the ladies room (she tripped and fell twice) I decided to hangout with the "regulars" at the other end of the bar. I don't think they liked me at first since I was still dressed up from work. However, after telling them a dirty joke and buying a round of shots, they seemed to love me. Strangely enough, they were discussing Greek mythology and one of them referenced "Simpson" the guy who had all of his strength from his hair. Another guy interrupted him and said "I think you mean Sampson", then I interjected and said "I believe the man you are referring to with the hair is named Kevzilla". This then started a debate about Godzilla and Hercules. I really liked those guys.

Drunk Liz then came stumbling out of the ladies room and immediately began grabbing my crotch again. She began whispering things in my ear that made no sense at all, but I didn't really care. But then she pulled me close and whispered the following: "I want you to put your big manly parts in my little girly parts" (I smiled and thought of Homer) So we walk back to her place and before we go inside, she jumps in my car and wants to go get food. I told her no. So then we just started fooling around in the car. I kept telling her that we should go inside, but she refused and kept referring to herself as "baby" and kept saying "baby wants to stay in the car, vroom... vrooom..... vrooom... baby wants to go vroooom... vroom". She began biting my earlobe, like really biting it very roughly, to the point that it was more painful than pleasureable. Then she suddenly stopped and decided we should go inside now. She opened the car door and promptly fell out. She got up, swore at the car door and then looked at me and said "c'mon Baby, we're going in." Apparently now I was "Baby". So I said "vrooom...vroooooooom" and we went inside.

When she took her shoes off, I realized just how short she was. I'm guessing she's 4 foot 10 or maybe 4 foot 11 if she's lucky. She really seemed kinda midget-ish to me. Since I was stupid, drunk and horny, I found the "midget-ish-ness" to be intriguing. Now I am absolutely not tall at all, but next her I felt like I was Abraham Lincoln without the top hat. So we started really fooling around in the kitchen. I noticed the window over her sink was wide open and there was another apartment directly across from it, maybe 10 feet away. I wondered if anyone in that apartment was watching me and my drunk munchkin going at it. With her being midget-ish and me being kinda short, I figured if anyone was watching us at that exact moment, it must have looked like Spud Webb trying to box out John Stockton.

We moved into the bedroom and I found it cute how she seemed to burp just as much as she moaned. After we finished, I was completely exhausted and ready to pass out. Not my little munchkin though. She wanted to wrestle and attempted several times to put me in a figure-4 leg lock. Finally she settled down and seemed to fall asleep as she began snoring. I started to drift off to sleep only to be awakened by her pinching my nipple and biting my arm. She explained that they were love bites and she was ready for round 2. I knew I was not capable of round 2 and tried to hint that to her. But there was no stopping her. She was all over me, but I was literally spent and had nothing to contribute, knowing that I only had a few short hours to get some sleep before going to work. But she persisted and began slowing nibbling on my ear which then led to her biting my ear. I mean really biting and pulling it like she wanted to rip my ear off. She was like a pit bull gnawing on my ear like it was steak. I finally yelled out "QUIT IT" (totally sounded like Bobby Brady telling Peter Brady to stop picking on him) She asked why and I said "because it's starting to feel like your Mike Tyson and I'm a Miss America contestant" and she replied, "oh so you like it rough, ok, slap me in the face". I was confused, scared and starting to sober up and realize what a bad decision this night was. I convinced her to let me go use the bathroom and I literally hid out in there for about 20 minutes contemplating how I could escape from her apartment. I was too tired to do anything so I finally go back to the bedroom and she's totally passed out. I quietly got into bed and went to sleep, though I was worried at the thought of her possibly waking up and doing God knows what to my sleeping body.

We wake up and my only goal was to get out of dodge. She insisted on me staying in bed with her for awhile. I told her no and that I had to get home and get ready for work. She was ok with that and said how she had to get ready for work as well. So I got dressed and noticed I have several bite marks and bruises on my body. I'm wondering if they can perform a rape kit on a male? Maybe I should get checked out? Anyways, I got in my car and it had the worst smell ever. Like a dead skunk got set on fire and someone put out the fire with Moose urine. I have no idea what that's all about, but the stench is still there and seems to be getting stronger as the day goes on. So as I drive home with the windows open in the pouring rain,the crazy stalking begins. In all the time I've known her, she has never called my cell phone, we've texted here and there but never called. Within 10 minutes of me leaving, she called me. I didn't answer and figured I'd tell her I didn't have service when she called. She left a voicemail saying how fun the night was and we should do it again, but not mention it to anyone at work. She sent me 14 texts throughout the day today. A lot were just "wow, what a hangover today, what about you?" and stuff like that. But I will share with you a couple of crazy texts she sent:

"Hey, you farted in your sleep last night and you know what? I kinda liked the smell. Is that weird?"

"You left your T-shirt here. It smells like you, I think I'm gonna wear it to bed tonight."

"Instead of being at work, I wish I was still in bed canoodeling with you."

I think I'm gonna need Homer to come to New England do his "Aaron Rudnicki" shtick on this girl. Her last 2 texts were asking what I was doing tonight. You have no idea how badly I wish I would've stayed home, drank alone and posted in the drunk thread before making some chicken and catching a jerk to Cathouse.

Fish: Let me know if you and your bat-crazy chick wanna double date with me and the sexual munchkin deviant.

Hooked up with her again last night. I felt it was ok to do this since it's almost been a year. My penis hates me.

 

[Frostillicus]

Heard back from PV. She can't get a hold of TRE either but reports he was HAMMERED (emphasis hers) earlier today so odds are good he mad ea date with me then passed out. Probably is not dead. Hold on Thropawishes.

Confirmed!

I drank three beers and played chess on my phone.

 

[General Malaise]

1800!!!!

 

[Dark Matter]

1800!!!!

 

[General Malaise]

I'll try this one more time...

$19.37 ML Parlay - Pays $490.50

Giants +115

Redskins +110

Rams +120

Vikings +165

 

[cosjobs]

I'll try this one more time...

$19.37 ML Parlay - Pays $490.50

Giants +115

Redskins +110

Rams +120

Vikings +165

You should have bet 19.52 so you could have topped a $500 payout

 

[krista4]

I need to find instances, preferably from public companies, of people going to strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses. I need to figure out if this is generally considered fine or is usually cause for termination. I figure this is as good a place as any for suggestions on (1) google searches that will get me this information, and (2) google searches that will get me this information without causing my computer to explode. Ideas?

Maybe my approach is too elementary, but wouldn't the company have a policy? I'm pretty sure I could get away with expensing a meal in a strip club (within our guidelines), but nothing else would be covered. Also, that would be stupid of me.We have reinsurance brokers with huge expense accounts (bottle service at clubs, finest wine and steak joints in Vegas, etc.) and I'm pretty sure that the only thing that is off limits for them is the strip club. Again, it's in their policy.

Assume that the dispute is whether the policy is clear on this. Assume also that you are talking about thousands of dollars at a time, which seems to be more than a meal.ETA: I'm asking for a friend.

Actually, I'm kind of curious what people think of this. Let's do an informal poll: do you think holding "business meetings" at strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses associated with these meetings, in the hundreds and thousands of dollars, is inappropriate? If inappropriate, why (e.g., theft)?

do the meetings result in business?I have a friend that owns a privately held company. many of his clients expect the strip club treatment, and they provide a ton of business. strip clubs aren't illegal, so I don't see the problem.

Figure approximately this scenario:Large public company--not just a company owned by some dudeThe "business meetings" are all internal--we're not talking about customer/client entertainment, for instanceLarge number of people involved, and junior people often made the charges (in violation of company policy) at the direction of their managers so that the managers could then approve the chargesCharges in the nature of, for instance, $6000 for 4 people put through as mealsIs this theft or anything else inappropriate?

Why is this even being questioned?

Because the managers are behaving like they're doing business in Havana circa 1959 and acting surprised that anyone would question it.

Not exactly, but I do love the Havana imagery.

 

[krista4]

I need to find instances, preferably from public companies, of people going to strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses. I need to figure out if this is generally considered fine or is usually cause for termination. I figure this is as good a place as any for suggestions on (1) google searches that will get me this information, and (2) google searches that will get me this information without causing my computer to explode. Ideas?

Maybe my approach is too elementary, but wouldn't the company have a policy? I'm pretty sure I could get away with expensing a meal in a strip club (within our guidelines), but nothing else would be covered. Also, that would be stupid of me.We have reinsurance brokers with huge expense accounts (bottle service at clubs, finest wine and steak joints in Vegas, etc.) and I'm pretty sure that the only thing that is off limits for them is the strip club. Again, it's in their policy.

Assume that the dispute is whether the policy is clear on this. Assume also that you are talking about thousands of dollars at a time, which seems to be more than a meal.ETA: I'm asking for a friend.

Actually, I'm kind of curious what people think of this. Let's do an informal poll: do you think holding "business meetings" at strip clubs and charging the company for the expenses associated with these meetings, in the hundreds and thousands of dollars, is inappropriate? If inappropriate, why (e.g., theft)?

do the meetings result in business?I have a friend that owns a privately held company. many of his clients expect the strip club treatment, and they provide a ton of business. strip clubs aren't illegal, so I don't see the problem.

Figure approximately this scenario:Large public company--not just a company owned by some dudeThe "business meetings" are all internal--we're not talking about customer/client entertainment, for instanceLarge number of people involved, and junior people often made the charges (in violation of company policy) at the direction of their managers so that the managers could then approve the chargesCharges in the nature of, for instance, $6000 for 4 people put through as mealsIs this theft or anything else inappropriate?

Pretty much everything about that is wrong. And done to clearly circumvent, if not violate, company policy.

OK, thanks. Sorry not to have been more specific at first.

Also seems like it could be playing with fire with regards to sexual harassment guidelines if they are claiming its a business setting

Yep.

 

[krista4]

Sorry to get all sharky, but please choose a final flex player in PPR for me: Pierre Thomas at Green Bay, or wait and risk playing either Forte or Bush at Dallas on Monday? The helpful FBG projections show me three different answers depending upon whose I'm looking at. TIA, WNAY.

 

[cosjobs]

Sorry to get all sharky, but please choose a final flex player in PPR for me: Pierre Thomas at Green Bay, or wait and risk playing either Forte or Bush at Dallas on Monday? The helpful FBG projections show me three different answers depending upon whose I'm looking at. TIA, WNAY.

I'd wait and go with the Bears back, probably Bush, since I don't see Forte suiting up.If you like Thomas more than Bush, start him today.

 

[Radio Free Homer]

Sorry to get all sharky, but please choose a final flex player in PPR for me: Pierre Thomas at Green Bay, or wait and risk playing either Forte or Bush at Dallas on Monday? The helpful FBG projections show me three different answers depending upon whose I'm looking at. TIA, WNAY.

Da Bears.

 

[cosjobs]

If anyone has the time or inclination, I'd appreciate feedback on my Albert Oaks listing in Austin at www.bedandbreakfast.com

 

[General Malaise]

I'll try this one more time...

$19.37 ML Parlay - Pays $490.50

Giants +115

Redskins +110

Rams +120

Vikings +165

You should have bet 19.52 so you could have topped a $500 payout

I don't know why I do it the way I do it, but I like my account to read whole numbers in the balance, so I'll typically just round down to a whole number on these silly little parlays.Doesn't look too silly right now.