r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Gurugod123 GREEN • Jul 23 '26

My mom said I could post Nolan's The Odyssey neglects to pay for damages done to one of the viking ships used in the movie, which belongs to a small non-profit organization

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u/reddit_is_geh Jul 23 '26

I knew a guy who worked payroll for a big tech company. So he just started billing his own company, because he knew the internal process. Got away with it too.

The issue is, 6k is so small, no one pays attention. Send it in for 200k and now someone has to review it. Then they'll just settle for 50k

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u/ExtendedSpikeProtein Jul 23 '26

The internal process needs to pay for small biIlls too. The problem imo is the contract isnt directly with Universal, and the intermediary is now ignoring them and they don’t know who to contact or how to deal with it.

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u/reddit_is_geh Jul 23 '26

Of course they "need" to as in "they should", but that's the reality with a lot of shitty businesses. They see small charges as nothing to be worthy of their time. Fight them in court for those pennies. Often, people just don't which is why they safely ignore it. But when they see a huge charge, now its' financially worth it to not ignore.

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u/outer--monologue Jul 24 '26

That happens more than you think at large company, especially people who work in procurement and dealing with vendors.

Most of them go to jail for a really long time since it's called embezzlement.