Should Rebecca come clean about David's baguette?

SandC

We used to leave a bar or two of chocolate lying around for our boss at the weekends/evenings cos we knew he'd never bother eating if we didn't (despite vending machine upstairs).

kazzawilki

I would tell the boss at the end of the week when I hand him back the money saved. I am sure he will thank you and sometimes that is reward enough.

Arkwright

She has no obligation to tell her boss. He wants his lunch and gets his lunch. After all, her boss will be earning considerably more than she.

But,

On the other hand, he may know about the offer and is testing his employee's honesty, but she can say she doesn't know about the offer providing the newspaper is disposed of before entering the office.

Melly31

I'm sorry but I thought this forum/website was called MSE (money saving expert?)
So let's save that extra few pence eh?
N if boss is intelligent enuf to test worker (he/she would b sure to see an employee that could potentially save the company thousands if not millions!!!
If it was me/my company, I'd promote Rebecca to the accounts department asap!

trackaccessgirl

I'd use the voucher and keep the change as my tip. In my experience the "Boss" wouldn't appreciate the money saved and I WOULD! I had a situation once where my boss bought a dodgy product and just threw it away. I wrote a letter on his behalf and the company wrote back with a cheque refund for him...he didn't even bother cashing it, I saw it lying in his tray months later. I didn't even have to spend 2 secinds answering this question...come clean my a**e

jager66

come clean!!!

debtworrier

SandC wrote: »

If it was a bad boss then I would just pay the normal top whack price for the sarnie and smile to myself that if he'd have been a nicer bloke he would have made a saving.

Then treat myself to the voucher myself instead of my usual sarnies packed at home.

Too right! Basically if you've got a good relationship with a decent boss, not only is it not worth jeopardising that trust, but you don't want to anyway.

If you've got a bad relationship with a bad boss, there's no trust there to start with, so not only does he pay top whack, but you don't give him the receipt with the baguette, you keep it, and give himthe change and receipts formally, at the end of the week. In this case, don't waste your time, energy and initiative on messing about with vouchers, expend it on looking for a better job!

RedBooties_2

shellsuit wrote: »

If he's a decent boss, I would get it for £1 and give him the £5 change.

Wow. Will you start buying my lunch please? I can make a fiver a week off you

trackaccessgirl wrote: »

I'd use the voucher and keep the change as my tip. In my experience the "Boss" wouldn't appreciate the money saved and I WOULD! I had a situation once where my boss bought a dodgy product and just threw it away. I wrote a letter on his behalf and the company wrote back with a cheque refund for him...he didn't even bother cashing it, I saw it lying in his tray months later.

I think this is a very good point actually. If there person is the wasteful sort then why not be a receptacle for the more useful things they throw away?

Personally for somebody like the boss described here I'd do as another poster suggested and buy it full price knowing that he could have gotten it cheaper if he had gone himself.

If it was someone I respected (you know like all the bosses I've had...) I'd buy it cheaper and give them the change.

I'd see buying it cheaper and keeping the difference too much like theft for me to do that. Just my opinion.

trackaccessgirl wrote: »

come clean my a**e

urmm.... I'm not really into that sort of thing. (I think the comma is your friend there .)

kazzie-ann

RedBooties wrote: »

Wow. Will you start buying my lunch please? I can make a fiver a week off you



I think this is a very good point actually. If there person is the wasteful sort then why not be a receptacle for the more useful things they throw away?

Personally for somebody like the boss described here I'd do as another poster suggested and buy it full price knowing that he could have gotten it cheaper if he had gone himself.

If it was someone I respected (you know like all the bosses I've had...) I'd buy it cheaper and give them the change.

I'd see buying it cheaper and keeping the difference too much like theft for me to do that. Just my opinion.



urmm.... I'm not really into that sort of thing. (I think the comma is your friend there .)

I would say something, call me stupid but if he found out, he may think its dishonest and if you've not told him about that what else arn't you telling him. It could ruin the trust of the working relationship, and he may not be all well off, appearences can be decieving.

RedBooties_2

kazzie-ann wrote: »

if you've not told him about that what else arn't you telling him.

Certainly not the mountain of office equipment at my house that I'm... looking after for a friend, that's for sure.


Seriously though just claim ignorance. Why should Rebecca be his personal money saver. I don't think failing to tell him about an offer in a sandwich shop is in the same league as secretly pocketing his money (which I've already said is theft to me).