Another quiet day, not much happening. I did fill up another 39-gallon trash bag with shredded paperwork. I’ve now shredded everything from 1987 through 2002.
Before everyone thinks I’m totally OCD… Out of the Navy I got a job, a salaried employee. This meant there was a great many things I could put on weekly expense reports depending on the circumstances, mostly auto and meal expenses.
After the first year and a couple of grand out of my pocket because of lost receipts I finally started to get the hang of it. The second year I figured out how to duplicate my receipts. Mainly putting everything of gas cards, Shell etc and meals on credit cards. I’d get a receipt at point of sale, it would then appear on my monthly credit card bill, a duplicate.
After a couple of years, I got a new job. This time as a salaried employee with international travel thrown in… and I thought things were complicated before!
Then there were the pencil pushers... During an accounting audit I once had a lady call who wanted to know where I ate for a week 15 months earlier. Off hand I didn’t know what country I was in that week much less what I had for breakfast on a Thursday. So, I learned to keep every scrap of paper and file it away for years.
These old receipts are like a stroll down memory lane in a way, things long forgotten. It’s sort of enjoyable.
