She used her company lunch card at her sister's café every day.

She swears she did nothing wrong. The reply thread strongly disagrees.

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Anonymous

Did I do something wrong?이거 내가 잘못한거야?

Lunch's on the company card,점심 법인카드로 먹을 수 있는데

capped at 20,000 won a day.1일 2만원 내에서 먹으라길래

I charged that amount daily at my sister's café.집 근처에 있는 친언니 카페에서 매일 2만원씩 긁었거든?

(Working from home.)(재택근무중)

Accounting called and chewed me out —회계팀 전화와서 혼내는데

I don't see what I did wrong.내가 뭘잘못했는지 모르겠어

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The company raised it to 20,000,회사에서 2만원으로 책정해준건

since average meal prices hit 13k,최근 식대 평균이 1.3만원 수준으로 올랐고

sometimes even more depending on the menu.메뉴에 따라 그 이상이 될수 있는데

So no one skips a good meal over pocket change.1~2천원 때문에 아쉬운 선택을 안했으면 하는

That was the whole 'consideration.''배려차원' 이었을거임

Everyone else pays roughly one meal's cost,그런데 남들은 항상 한끼 식사만큼 결제하고

grateful, averaging 14-15k a month —그 배려에 감사하면서 1개월 평균 식대가

while one person, uniquely,1.4~1.5 만원 수준인데 비해

hits 20k every month.독보적인 존재 하나가 매월 2만원을 찍고있으면

You didn't take it as a courtesy.넌 그걸 배려로 받은게 아님

You took it as owed.고마운줄도 모르는거고

Now everyone pays for your mistake:이제 너 하나 때문에 모든 직원에게 규율이 생길거임

meal cap's 15k, card's pulled.식대는 1.5만원 법카회수

It's like the company not marking you late마치 교통 사정에따라

if you clock in by 9:30 —9시반까지 와도 지각처리 안하겠다는배려를

and you repay it by clocking in at 9:29, daily.매일 9:29 출근도장으로 보답하는거임

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💡 Why does one person's lunch habit trigger a company-wide crackdown?
In Korean workplaces, one employee bending a rule often gets punished by tightening that rule for everyone, not just them.vs. like one worker expensing lunch at a relative's diner tanking everyone's per-diemKlore note

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  1. 78 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    There's more to this. She had her sister's shop create a special $20 menu item just so she could max out the card every single day. That's calculated fraud, not accident.

    저거 뒷내용 더 있는데 회사돈 2만원 매일 빼먹으려고 가족(친언니)경영 매장에서 2만원짜리 메뉴를 따로 만들어서 매일 그걸로 결제함 그냥 2만원 꽉 채워서 먹은것도 아니고 구체적이고 계획적인 횡령임

  2. 165 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    She funneled company money into a business run by her relative. That's literally the definition of embezzlement.

    친족관계에 있는 사업체에 회사 자금을 집행.

  3. 134 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Right, they raised the meal budget to $20 out of consideration, but now it's getting slashed back to $15 because of strict rule enforcement. Limits always shrink because someone tests them to the max.

    그니까 기껏 '식대 배려좀 해주세요' 하고 전에서 2만원으로 올려뒀던게 님 말대로 개빡빡하게 사규 적용해서 만오천원으로 깎였잖음 보통 선 그어놓으면 선 가까이로 안 가 선이 좁아지는 이유는 꼭 선 위에서 간 보는 애들 때문이지

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  1. 75 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    This is exactly like a boss making his wife a strawman owner to funnel contracts to her. It's embezzlement, plain and simple.

    사장이 마누라 바지사장으로 세워놓고 일감 몰아주기 하는거랑 똑같은데 뭐가 문제긴 횡령이야

  2. 143 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Policy's probably gonna change now because of this. Also charging exactly $20 every time at her sister's cafe looks like she was basically cashing out the card.

    그래서 앞으로 그렇게 바뀔 가능성이 큼 근데 애초에 언니 카페에서 2만원 딱 맞춰 끊었다는건 현금깡 하는걸로 보였을것 같은데

  3. 142 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    If she just spent it at some random unrelated shop with no kickback, that'd be fine. But spending it regularly at a place tied to her own interests is embezzlement.

    단순하게 상관관계 없는 가게에서 긁고 페이백을 안받았다면 횡령이 아니지만 사적 이해관계가 얽혀있는 곳에서 주기적으로 긁었다면 횡령임

  4. 103 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The whole point was 'just use it with common sense,' but apparently plenty of people here have zero conscience too.

    양심껏 하라는 소리인데 여기도 양심 없는 놈들이 많구먼

  5. 89 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The fact that she can't even understand the explanation up there tells you everything you need to know.

    위에서 설명하는 내용을 못알아먹는걸 보아하니 확실하구만

  6. 91 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    So THESE are the type of people who resell office snacks on secondhand apps....

    탕비실 간식 당근거래 하는 애들이 이런 애들이구나....

  7. 68 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Wow! What a transparently deserved downvote!

    와우! 투명한 1비추!

  8. 89 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    'Well, understanding depends on your level' — yeah, no kidding.

    “이해하는건 수준에 다라 다르겠지”

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