I think you read the message incorrectly. The issue the poster had was that the poster was being required to pay cash when she was in the bar, restaurant, etc., and then had to wait a long time for the MSC to reimburse her.
You are right. You should never be paying anyone in order to get an assignment. There are a few rare exceptions apparently (tickets to sporting events where you have to send the MSC a deposit for the tickets), but they are rare cases.
@MSNinja wrote:
pay cash? i thought we werent supposed to pay for shopping.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008