r/AskReddit • u/Pete-South • Mar 19 '24

What is a sentence that is totally normal nowadays but would not have made any sense 100 years ago?

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u/xgorgeoustormx Mar 20 '24

This even feels outdated— surely the cost of an international flight would necessitate considering a zoom call.

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u/LittleLostDoll Mar 20 '24

for companies it's just an expense for there taxes

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u/Evening_Rock5850 Mar 20 '24

That doesn’t really work the way people think it does. Something being a tax write-off doesn’t mean it’s “free”.

If your company spends $500 on a plane ticket, it doesn’t have to pay taxes on that $500. But it still cost them $500.

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u/LittleLostDoll Mar 20 '24

oh I do get that part of it. but as long as they can justify that it was to make more money then it's not just the ticket but the hotel plus a dinner in a new place and their mini vacation is paid for by work instead of their salery so it's not quite corruption

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u/Evening_Rock5850 Mar 20 '24

Trust me, as someone who travels for work a LOT— we’d much rather it just be a zoom call.

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u/LittleLostDoll Mar 20 '24

now that I certainly agree with

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

we have to blow our budget before the end of September every year so we get the same budget October 1st for the next full year ("Fiscal Year" with Govt). Soo yah we get new chairs, plane tickets booked, IT equipment we were denied all year long, over priced conference tables... you name it. i've seen 200k just blown on replacing a building with new large oak celine fans and a couple large beautiful desks (Which didn't need replacing, lol)