For office backbiting. This week the new member of the team ruffles more feathers with her unusually generous travel budget in Opportunities for Travel

AA: It’s official: we all hate Celine.

But why, you might ask; two weeks ago she was only “mildly annoying” on our social barometer, what has happened in the intervening fortnight to catapult her ahead of Tarquin in the unpopularity tables?

One thing: her travel budget.

“She has a travel budget?!” Jane seems confused.

“For her travel expenses,” I explain.

“Why does she need a budget for those? Can’t she claim them back from petty cash, like the rest of us?”

“Not really…….”

“Why not?”

“Because petty cash doesn’t stretch to flights to Europe.” I say it quickly and take cover under my desk.

” FLIGHTS!” It’s as if Mount Etna has just erupted. I can feel the molten lava cascading down onto the table.

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