My employer has rejected another expense claim.

The department considers dry socks a personal preference.

I submitted the receipt with the incident report. Apparently the report establishes that I was on duty, but not that I needed feet during the assignment.

Bryant told me to resubmit under equipment. Equipment told me to resubmit under clothing. Clothing is a category I invented, which seems to be the problem.

There’s a box on the form for exceptional circumstances. I wrote down the circumstances. They said they weren’t exceptional.

I kept the receipt. It’s drying next to the socks. One of them may eventually be useful.

The sheep’s service contract covers water damage. I’m beginning to understand why people want a contract.