Anyone remember Diner's Club credit cards? I was given a corporate version in my first professional position to use for travel (back then we had to do all of this ourselves). We had to pay the bill each month and the company paid us for our expenses. Another fellow in my entrance "class" I ended up working with on the same team. When he got his card, he went out and furnished his whole apartment, furniture, tv, all of it, under the assumption that it was like every other credit card and he could carry a balance. Not so, like Amex, needs to be paid in full each month. Bill came do, he tried to make a $50 payment or whatever, CC company contacts our employer, etc.......I'm not sure what the final outcome was, I assume they paid it and withheld earnings until paid. I would've fired the idiot, but they didn't. What a first impression, this happened the first billing cycle after being hired.