[xghedrr]

“Is it really an abuse? Oh no, he used meal credits to buy toothpaste and tea instead of food”

Yes. This is called fraud. Even if you feel mega corp X is bad, defrauding mega corp X is… also bad.

[consteval]

So then it must be a better outcome if you buy the maximum allowed amount of food, 70 dollars, and then throw it away? Better yet, buy that food, attempt to pawn it off, and then buy toothpaste.

To me, that feels like a much worse outcome, not a better one. I think this demonstrates you need some leniency in these things. Because pettiness breeds pettiness.

[tzs]

How about using it each day for the food that you actually eat that day? That's generally the point of meal allowances.

[cityofdelusion]

That’s just something bad for another reason. Fraud and wanton waste are both immoral.

[Joker_vD]

In what way the mega corp X is defrauded here, exactly? The sibling comment explains that arguably the IRS can be considered defrauded in this case, but the mega corp itself?

[s1artibartfast]

How is it not? There was permission to take and use company money for X purposes, employees took and used money for Y purposes.

It is no different than using my company expense card to book a family trip to Hawaii.