I believe helping one another is the primary goal of this site.Your quite welcome Armin.
Holy Cow, why didn't I ever think of this scam until now? Oh yea, maybe because its not worth ruining my name for $40 bux.
Just curious: how much would be worth it?
If you can't see who the hoodlins are from the honest workers, maybe you shouldn't be giving out your fuel card so easily.
Give him a break, Mac - if the cons were that easy to spot, no one would get cheated....
Whenever I feel dumb for having been fooled by someone, I remember Ann Rule: a policewoman who volunteered for a suicide hotline, and became pretty fond of the guy in the next chair over: Ted Bundy. And even when he confessed to killing women, she didn't believe it for a long time!
The only ones who never get fooled are the ones who are always expecting it, because it's what they do themselves.
Holy Cow, why didn't I ever think of this scam until now? Oh yea, maybe because its not worth ruining my name for $40 bux.
Just curious: how much would be worth it?
That's a good question because any amount that would make it worthwhile would carry legal ramifications that wouldn't make it worthwhile. But also, I don't think you could steal enough to make it worthwhile. You have to be a real tool or hate your boss to do it.
The only way it would be worthwhile is if you did a small amount for years but that wouldn't be worth it either but that is the only way you could steal a significant amount without getting caught. Its just not worth it.
If you can't see who the hoodlins are from the honest workers, maybe you shouldn't be giving out your fuel card so easily.
Give him a break, Mac - if the cons were that easy to spot, no one would get cheated....
Whenever I feel dumb for having been fooled by someone, I remember Ann Rule: a policewoman who volunteered for a suicide hotline, and became pretty fond of the guy in the next chair over: Ted Bundy. And even when he confessed to killing women, she didn't believe it for a long time!
The only ones who never get fooled are the ones who are always expecting it, because it's what they do themselves.
Don't get me started on women getting fleeced by men. Just proof that decisions shouldn't be made based on emotions.
But your right, I was probably too hard. I feel that reading people and judging them is one of my strongest features but I'm a psychology nut, so I take it for granted.
Generally with safeguards in place, your not exposing yourself to, too much. Anytime you let go an employee, you should be checking the transactions on your cards etc... before you give him his final pay.
I know if it were my company, I'd be tracking the mileage on all the company trucks. I know I give my employer the data to do it every week. I don't think they monitor it though because of my idling and sight seeing. But I've also asked about mpg and was told not to worry about it and just drive and get the loads there.
Don't get me started on women getting fleeced by men. Just proof that decisions shouldn't be made based on emotions.
You know that works both ways, or women wouldn't make good spies, lol.
But your right, I was probably too hard. I feel that reading people and judging them is one of my strongest features but I'm a psychology nut, so I take it for granted.
If it's normal, average people, sure, but really good liars and con artists [and serial killers] aren't easy to spot, even for the pros. [Like Detective Ann Rule] And psychology is nowhere close to exact or foolproof, either, right?
Generally with safeguards in place, your not exposing yourself to, too much. Anytime you let go an employee, you should be checking the transactions on your cards etc... before you give him his final pay.
'Trust, but verify' is wise advice, lol. And a wise owner extends that trust only over time, limiting his exposure to risk until he has a good idea of whether the trust is justified.
I know if it were my company, I'd be tracking the mileage on all the company trucks. I know I give my employer the data to do it every week. I don't think they monitor it though because of my idling and sight seeing. But I've also asked about mpg and was told not to worry about it and just drive and get the loads there.
PS The question "How much money is worth trading for your good name?" was just rhetorical - there aint likely to be enough on any credit card to move to Tahiti and start a new life, lol.