Here's a question for you:

I routinely reward my team out of my own pocket.

Some folks hold that taking them to lunch and paying for it myself is stupid.

My position is that it isn't their fault that our employer is stingy, and if I have the capital wherewithal to spring for lunch here and there, and they've earned it, I should reward them.

After all, Tyona used to do it for me when I worked for Suin'Sam; I always felt like I learned a good lesson (sometimes good things still happen for no apparent reason; followed by work doesn't always have to suck and; not all bosses are bad).

Thoughts? Am I an idiot for forking out my own cash? Or am I doing the right thing by making sure my people are happy and taken care of when my company wants to stiff them?