An expensive error

[bobleponge]

on the part of Mme P.
Came home from work last time, got into my car, paid almost 300 euro in car parking fees and drove home.
Bed time came, I put all my clothes to wash in the wash basket, whereas my shorts were by the side of my bed, to be worn again the next day.
She got up early, and put a wash on, I got up, couldnt find my shorts so had to put on another pair.
A couple of hours later she came into the kitchen, put my soaking wet wallet down in front of me and told me that she never goes through anyones pockets before washing clothes.
A reasonably heated debate followed, basically my argument was that my shorts werent in the wash basket, thus werent to be washed.
Receipt for almost 300 was just a thin white sheet of paper without a trace of ink!!

Put my expenses in yesterday, sent a note explaining what had happened, sent a copy of my bank statement, showing date I arrived home in country, amount I had spent on parking etc etc, but the Bosch have refused to pay me.

Most cross.

[Nicos]

Oh boble!!!!


Have you tried contacting the parking place??
They surely must have a record of that amount going through their books???

[ginger ninger]

One word Bob...


...OUCH!

[Jeanied]

Aw shucks Bob - what rotten luck.
My OH had a habit of shoving his jeans in the wash without checking his pockets.
Trouble was, he used to put nails in the pockets ... two new washing machine motors later, I had to buy a whole new machine.

[Incy]

As Nicos says, maybe you can get a replacement receipt from the car park. I have in the past obtained replacement receipts for all sorts of things...
Good luck!

[Munch]

OOPS!

[bobleponge]

Part of the email from Germany told me that since it was now over 30 days since I incurred the expense, any further correspondence on this subject would be ignored.

Tell me again why I dislike them?

[Jeanied]

Surely you can slap them back with mitigating circumstances Bob? Along with a witness statement in French from Mme P.

When faced with mindless beaurocracy like that (and it ain't just a Teutonic trait) I tend to take it to the n'th degree just to show them how bad their rotten policies are.

Ooops - were -past tense - got to get it into my head I no longer work there...

[Mikey]

German efficiency, or simply computer says NO.

A real bad wrap bob, my OH would simply say clothes on the floor are to be washed, clothes tidied away are still clean. Where did you leave the shorts!!?

I've always thought the floor on my side of the bed was an extension on my limited allocation of wardrobe space. Clearly I have also been wrong on numerous occasions.

You will never be in the right here Bob, chalk it up with mme P, but persue Bosch, if the original expenses claim was sent in on time, then the balance would still be relevant, here's hoping you can get your money back.

[bobleponge]

Its any excuse not to pay money, its a trait that they've had since I started on this contract, and it clearly will continue.

Rules normally in our house Mikey, if its in the washbasket, it gets washed. If its not, it doesnt. I can only think that she must have thought that after 7 weeks away, I was quite keen to get into bed that night, and forgot to put my shorts in the wash!!

She was very upset by her error, admitted responsibility, and she is of course forgiven, she didnt do it on purpose.

I'm more miffed at Jerry than her. Mistakes happen, but I have proof via my bank statement that I paid the sum of money I'm claiming for, they know that every time I go to work I claim for car parking fees, but its not going to wash (see what I did there?)
They wont pay, end of.

[Mikey]

You hadn't been wearing your shorts for the past 7 weeks had you bob.

No wonder she put them in the wash, I'm surprised they didn't walk there themselves.

[dave_norm_smith]

Cheers Mikey! I've just spat tea over my keyboard. lol

[jackie j]

If its not in the wash basket it doesnt get washed, no matter what the circumstances. Simples. Bad luck on the reciept though.

[snohare]

Be inventive bob. Find a way to screw them out of it. If nothing else, it will provide a grand and engaging way to spend those boring hours of not-quite-work.
I have a simple policy. Pay for what you get, but get what you pay for. I'd move heaven and earth to get just revenge on an employer who purposely short-changed me any noticeable amount - just on principle, because they are the sort of people who should not prosper !
("short-changed"...geddit ?)

[maytreefrannie]

Bob, if you can get in touch with the car park people and they confirm the sum paid, plus using your bank statement to show it was paid by you, I think you must be in with a good chance.

I hope you pursue it and get your money back.