Am I a CF meal deal thief?

[Pinkginxx]

Calling morality police...
So, my boss has a set lunch. A sandwich, a chocolate bar, a drink. Exactly the same every day. I tend to go on lunch before him so offer to pick up his lunch. The dilemma is this - his sandwich isn’t in the meal deal. In fact it’s a cheap £1 sandwich which for some reason the gods of -Tesco- haven’t included. But the rest of his lunch is. So I take advantage of this and pick up my yummy £2.80 sandwich and that goes through with the other items as part of the deal.
So his lunch costs £3.10 which he gives me. Including my sandwich- which makes it qualify for the deal- it’s £4.10. So I essentially pay £1 for my £2.80 ‘naice’ Sandwich.
After many months of doing this it’s just occurred to me this may be morally dubious. He’s paying what he would pay if he went and got his own lunch. I’m buying the sandwich I would buy anyway. But he’s paying full price and I’m only paying £1. Am I a CF??

He’s paying what he would pay if he went and got his own lunch. I’m buying the sandwich I would buy anyway. But he’s paying full price and I’m only paying £1. Am I a CF??
Morally ? kind of. I get why you are taking advantage of the deal but... I do wonder if you will come unstuck.
Then gives me a choice of chocolate bars that he likes. I choose the one that’s in the deal over the one that isn’t
If he ever turns round and says “ by the way Pinkginxx I need my lunch receipts for the accounts/VAT man” what will you do?!
I’m assuming he won’t, but if he is a nice, approachable boss, it might just be worth mentioning that, due to his lunch order, your sandwich comes out cheaper- not something I would want to be worrying about so I would rather mention it.

How much would it come to if he went and bought it himself and his sarnie wasn't put through as part of the meal deal?

I always pocketed the points in Tesco or subway if picking up lunch for others or kitting out a last minute meeting. I heard once that you shouldn't do this. I never once felt bad, perk of going to the shop innit.

The individual items add up to £3.10. It actually costs 10p more having the cheapy sandwich!

Then the £2.10 is the drink and the chocolate

It is just because I’m a glutton that can’t make it past 12 so am the first on the team to go.

You - like me - are just on the side of civilisation.

Only the brute beasts eat lunch before 12.00.

I’m guessing that as the boss, he earns enough that he isn’t bothered about a minimal cost saving on a meal deal anyway.

Does he actually want a cheese sandwich every single day, or are you just choosing that for him to take advantage of this situation? This would sway it for me, if he was putting up with the dullest sandwich out of gratitude for you grabbing his lunch when you are out anyway, when maybe he would prefer more variety. If he genuinely wants the most boring option every day, then fair play for finding a way to make it work for all!

Is a meal deal at that Tesco £3.10? At all the Tesco stores that I know the meal deals are £3. If he was expecting to purchase a meal deal for £3 but your sandwich was the thing that qualifies for the meal deal, there’s still a £1.10 (£4.10) over spend, then I would pay the £1.10 rather than £1 otherwise he’s paying more than a meal deal. I know it’s only 10p and you do the leg work but I’m such a worrier and this kind of thing would nag at me if it was me lol I hope that actually made sense - im tired!

Actually just checked the website to make sure I'm not going mad myself (aren't we all having exciting evenings!) and said sandwich is £1.10. Not sure that changes the potential CFery…

So, my boss wants a can of coke every lunchtime. So do I. Cans of coke are 50p. I do the coke run every day. They are buy one get one free. Every day he pays 50p, which he would anyway, and I get my can of coke free. AIBU?

Tesco website analysts will be panicking that their page is getting so many clicks and no purchases!

Meal deal is £3
His individual items that dont qualify for deal are £3.10
My sandwich is £2.80 which qualifys for meal deal. So in total I pay £4.10
Gosh modern life is complicated :)
Oh and he's a (plain eating) creature of habit so I am not influencing his butty choice at all!

YANBU!!

@arethereanyleftatall I hope so :) Quite like the idea of all the demand managers scratching their heads! Maybe they'll put the cheap sandwiches in the deal then my dilemma will be solved!

You're actually saving him 10p!

She's not. He pays £3.10!

Oh well in that case you are being a bit cheeky OP! He should pay for the meal deal and save 10p, you should pay for his sandwich and save £2.70.

Can you hear the sirens yet?!

🤣

I think you should leave things how they are, for several reasons.

• it’s only costing him what he would pay if he bought it himself (it would be wrong if his was a meal deal in & of itself, but you were charging him for the individual items)

• he’s getting lunch delivered to him daily (I’d happily let you have any deal gains!)

• he’s your boss - he gets paid more than you 🤣

• but mainly because you’re buying him what he wants first of all (let’s ignore the chocolate bar trickery) then YOUR sandwich creates the ‘deal’. If you buy something different then there’s no deal. The ‘deal’ is yours. Essentially splitting any special offers because of what you choose for lunch each day could be a complete nightmare if you suddenly decide to vary your lunch.

I’d discuss it if it was a significant amount of money, but it’s not and you’re earning the upgrade sandwich for your troubles! 🥪

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