Can you top these crazy reimbursement claims?

You and your Accounts Payable folks have probably seen some questionable things staffers tried to slip through on reimbursement. Bet they were never as bad as many of these!
A major expense reports scandal is rocking the British government as hundreds of outrageous expense reports have been uncovered.
Take a gander at some of the things British lawmakers have submitted — and were reimbursed for! — over the past few years:
- $4.80 stainless steel dog bowl
- $8 dog food
- $9.58 dust bags for the vacuum cleaner
- $30.36 tooth flosser
- $32 cork screw
- $48 black glitter toilet seat
- $56 toilet roll holder
- $63 piano tuning
- $190 trouser press
- $278 dog enclosure
- $278 “low radiation” telephone
- $320 light bulbs
- $450 to fix two broken toilet seats
- $719 wide-screen TV
- $900 for hanging plant baskets
- $956 to fix a ride-on lawn mower
- $1,438 pink laptop (when questioned on the necessity of a pink computer, was told “color was irrelevant”)
- $1,576 heating oil
- $1,598 radiator covers
- $1,917 leather rocking chair
- $1,918 mirrors
- $2,078 for dry cleaning, including bathmats
- $2,237 chaffeurs, and
- $3,380 to have a moat cleared.
Seen some outrageous expenses yourself? Share them here.
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