If every expense on the report is a 100% legitimate business reimbursable expense, how is it cheating?

That's the problem with companyies: They create some arcane policies that are not based in the realities of the workplace situations; then, when real workplace situations arise that require a "work around" of the policies, those that create the work-around's are chastised (or worse) for "violating company policy" rather than chastising those that created, and enforced, the arcane policies in the first place.

To me, this is no different than having an IT policy that says only the IT department can install new software on a computer. Then, you need some software installed to meet a customer demand by tomorrow. But, "the policy" is for IT to get software installed within 3 days - and they just can't bother to get to your request until the day after tomorrow. So, you check to make sure the company is properly licensed for the software, make sure everything is kosher, and then install the software yourself - Oops, violation of company policy! Grounds for Dismissal!

Whether it is creating efficiencies by installing your own software, or creating efficiencies by avoiding hours of correspondence exchanges with HR dolts, those efficienies help, not hurt, your company!

Perhaps those with views like the quoted poster should consider whether termination of the efficiency-creator is really a better course of action than a re-evaluation of the arcane policies that created the inefficiencies in the first place.