me: "I need to buy some licenses for the `software package`. I'm just going to use my corp card..."

manager: "...Sorry, you'll have to go through procurement for those licenses...I'll put in a request"

me: **grumble** -- waits a week -- buys them on corp card anyway

6 MONTHS LATER

procurement: "now how many licenses did you need?"

You clearly exaggerated the delay
But what’s wrong with it ?
And BTW, now they can fire you ANY moment with prejudice as you used corporate card without authorization.
In my life, the WORST company I worked with took about 5 days to approve these kinds of requests.

I once needed some isolation shells for power potentiometers and had massive trouble with procurement.

I ended up going to a supermarket and chose some yoghurt based on the package size. It also happened to be tasty. After washing the pots and piercing holes into the bottom, I mounted them on the potis like a bell.

Yeah, I literally built household trash into our million dollar rack.

@Fast-Nop This reminds me the articles Bob Pease wrote. He was always creating jigs to test analog circuitry. Fun to read!