Curse of the Corporate Credit Card
Those of us who have pledged to our respective consulting fraternities know that one of the most coveted perks is the Corporate Credit Card. For those not familiar with this, anytime we are on travel, we pretty much expense all meals and transport. I used to feel priviledged to wield the power of the card. That with one confident swipe I would free myself of the shackles of thrifty dinning and enter a world where every meal has three courses. Lavish, gluttonous and sluggish I am painfully aware that the CCC is more of a shackle than my previous confines. It is a constant reminder that while I care-freely dine away, my soul drains into the abyss. Yet like a junkie, I am unable to say no to dessert - often finding myself sampling multiple dessert just because I can. And yes I, even I, Mr. Pit of Fire, find my metabolism slowing, my stomach churning and the faint hint of pudginess invading into me. In defiance and mainly denial - I sporadically go to the hotel gyms but only to give in then to dessert buffet. Exhausted from work and the stress of travel - I justify every meal and morsel that enters my being. I deserve this. Perhaps I do - but not as treat but rather an affliction.
To those that have not yet succumbed to curse - save yourselves, for the CCC will let you treat yourself like royalty while it slowly devours you from within. Too much hyperbole? Perhaps - but all this talk of food is making me hungry....SWIPE
Grr of the Day:
AMEX has threatened to cancel my CCC after I refused to provide a receipt for my zero dollar expense report. I accidentally charged my card and then credited it and sent in the expense report to consolidate the charge. Unfortuneately, there is no filter that deletes zero dollar expense reports and I am somehow supposed to produce a phantom receipt. The automated angry mailer daemon has already contacted my manager, my interim approver, my credit score and threatens to call a collection agency to collect the zero dollars. Let them collect, I stand firm - they are getting nothing from me.
To those that have not yet succumbed to curse - save yourselves, for the CCC will let you treat yourself like royalty while it slowly devours you from within. Too much hyperbole? Perhaps - but all this talk of food is making me hungry....SWIPE
Grr of the Day:
AMEX has threatened to cancel my CCC after I refused to provide a receipt for my zero dollar expense report. I accidentally charged my card and then credited it and sent in the expense report to consolidate the charge. Unfortuneately, there is no filter that deletes zero dollar expense reports and I am somehow supposed to produce a phantom receipt. The automated angry mailer daemon has already contacted my manager, my interim approver, my credit score and threatens to call a collection agency to collect the zero dollars. Let them collect, I stand firm - they are getting nothing from me.
posted by Megalomaniac at 4:57 PM
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