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Adventurer
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 Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:41 am Post subject: $128,000 for pizza: Frivolous or valid? NDP asks |
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$128,000 for pizza: Frivolous or valid? NDP asks
Wed Jul 18, 12:17 PM
VANCOUVER (CBC) - The B.C. government spent $128,000 for takeout pizza, nearly $19,000 for doughnuts and more than $51,000 for Starbucks coffee last year, the NDP says.
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It's all there, New Democrat MLA Guy Gentner said Tuesday, in the list of credit card billings released last week as part of the government's public accounts.
"So you look at these expenses," Gentner said. "Are they frivolous expenses? Are they part of business? Perhaps."
The 1,221 page list includes charges for fast food and fine dining, flowers, balloons, greeting cards, even some liquor. And page after page of travel bookings.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/18072007/3/canada-128-000-pizza-frivolous-valid-ndp-asks.html |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| If salaried people work late, it's not uncommon to provide dinner. You get 3 or 4 hours of extra labor from highly paid people for the price of 4 slices of pizza. Alternatively, don't provide them pizza and pay them over time. See the bill then. |
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in_seoul_2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| If salaried people work late, it's not uncommon to provide dinner. You get 3 or 4 hours of extra labor from highly paid people for the price of 4 slices of pizza. Alternatively, don't provide them pizza and pay them over time. See the bill then. |
And the Starbucks coffee? Maxwell House or Nescafe or Folgers or No Name wouldn't do? We're talking about a savings of $50,000 on Coffee alone. |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:36 am Post subject: |
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| in_seoul_2003 wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| If salaried people work late, it's not uncommon to provide dinner. You get 3 or 4 hours of extra labor from highly paid people for the price of 4 slices of pizza. Alternatively, don't provide them pizza and pay them over time. See the bill then. |
And the Starbucks coffee? Maxwell House or Nescafe or Folgers or No Name wouldn't do? We're talking about a savings of $50,000 on Coffee alone. |
You want them to work late promising Folgers? No way. |
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Nowhere Man
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:12 am Post subject: ... |
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| fast food and fine dining, flowers, balloons, greeting cards, even some liquor |
You wanna see people happily work triple overtime? Offer them free balloons. |
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