manager apologized, says it won’t happen again, and has offered me my $17 in cash to just forget about the whole thing. i am torn.
accepting cash gets me the same amount of money, preserves relationship w my manager by not getting her in trouble / her higher ups involved, and hopefully keeps it from happening again (doubt she wants to keep paying me out of pocket forever)
but it feels…slimy? gross?
overall i think i just need to get over it and meet her in the middle on this one but curious to hear what others think.