The "developed country problem" thread

[Queen Victoria]

Why not use a debit card instead? I do. And I've saved up almost half a grand. Which I'm going to spend on the lab. I want to try and build an ion-trap mass spec. Using fourier-transform cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and using a Penning trap or orbitrap magnetic confinement setup for the ion packets to be analyzed.

It can be a long while (up to 8 weeks) before the payment is due.  Since it's probably a company credit card, odeon isn't out of pocket at any time. 

[Jack]

The transaction log mercifully does not mention the alcoholic beverages.

The itemized receipt would note drinks; any company that cares about not paying for alcohol with meals will require the itemized receipt, or simply use an expense cap.

[odeon]

The transaction log mercifully does not mention the alcoholic beverages.

The itemized receipt would note drinks; any company that cares about not paying for alcohol with meals will require the itemized receipt, or simply use an expense cap.

I asked my boss and he's fine with the paperwork I do provide.

[Jack]

The transaction log mercifully does not mention the alcoholic beverages.

The itemized receipt would note drinks; any company that cares about not paying for alcohol with meals will require the itemized receipt, or simply use an expense cap.

I asked my boss and he's fine with the paperwork I do provide.

Submit a hundred dollar dinner tab for one person and see what he says. The system we use is really good; it's an online reporting system so no paperwork involved. Users submit scans of receipts, or upload a photo of it by phone ap. Though the requirement of itemized meal receipts has been something new in the past year or so.

[odeon]

The transaction log mercifully does not mention the alcoholic beverages.

The itemized receipt would note drinks; any company that cares about not paying for alcohol with meals will require the itemized receipt, or simply use an expense cap.

I asked my boss and he's fine with the paperwork I do provide.

Submit a hundred dollar dinner tab for one person and see what he says. The system we use is really good; it's an online reporting system so no paperwork involved. Users submit scans of receipts, or upload a photo of it by phone ap. Though the requirement of itemized meal receipts has been something new in the past year or so.

I *am* my boss.

[FourAceDeal]

Not sure what to do for my second foreign holiday of the year.  Spain or Portugal?  Dear me, life is so tough.

["couldbecousin"]

  I have some cardboard boxes to cut up and put in my windows to fill space next to my
  air conditioners, but cutting them to size is work, and I might have to overlap some pieces. 

["couldbecousin"]

My car is 4 years old.

  My smartphone is 4.5 years old, and my computer is 8 years old. 

["couldbecousin"]

  My air conditioner was making me chilly, so I had to turn it down.  Manually. 

[odeon]

  My air conditioner was making me chilly, so I had to turn it down.  Manually. 

How awful.

["couldbecousin"]

  My air conditioner was making me chilly, so I had to turn it down.  Manually. 

How awful.

  As if that weren't bad enough ... I had to pause the song I was listening to on my computer
  so I could get out of my chair to turn the air conditioner back on.  Who can live this way? 

[odeon]

You had to get out of your chair? That's horrible.

It reminds me of my everyday struggles with the satellite receiver remote. You know, I have to angle it in a specific way to make contact with the receiver, and it's so uncomfortable.

["couldbecousin"]

You had to get out of your chair? That's horrible.

It reminds me of my everyday struggles with the satellite receiver remote. You know, I have to angle it in a specific way to make contact with the receiver, and it's so uncomfortable.

  Sometimes I try to use the cable remote and it won't work because something on the table is in the way.
  Therefore I am forced to move things out of the way, which can disrupt my dinner.  It's just so wrong. 

[odeon]

Yesterday, the TV wouldn't connect to the WiFi and I couldn't watch Netflix. I had to reconfigure the connection using the remote.

[renaeden]

When I got to the classroom at college this morning, I found that someone had already taken the chair that I like. I had to make do and sit in another chair.