The Auditors Are Coming!

I was having a very pleasant weekend. The weather was beautiful. The company I surrounded myself with was great. Plus I got to play with my nephews. Then Monday morning rolled in. I arrived about 10 minutes to work before the two internal auditors rolled in behind me.

So I have spent the last two days justifying my actions and decisions to two people (one of whom is in training as an auditor) who have little idea what I do. They have manuals and policies from which to determine if I am doing my job correctly.

I know this is expected as an Accountant and really is welcomed (I need to do my job right) but not the most fun thing to do.

Farce Withers Speaks No More.

My friend Farce Withers seems to Speak no more. He must be speechless.

A Day in the Life...Cont.

After dealing with all of this BS from my company, I get the following email from our VPs
'Based on your feedback and feedback from our Members, we have decided to reverse our decision to implement a Credit Card Convenience Fee. If you have not implemented this policy, please do not do so.' Fabulous. Now we get to call all of these people and tell them we are sorry and that we messed up after I got to sit here for two days and let them tear me up.

I need a drink.

A day in the Life of an Accountant

So my corporation decided to start charging 'convenience fees' to our customers that pay their bill to us with a credit card. We have over 20% of our customers who utilize their credit card resulting in me paying over 30k to Visa. Mostly they tell me they do this to either get airline miles or avoid having to write a check. Now I am a consumer and I understand everyone's frustration, but is it really necessary to rip some girl a new one in the accounting office? There are other ways to express your frustration than to yell in anger and make threats.

Now dont' get me wrong- I completely understand that this is part of my job. It's actually a big joke that no one likes to talk to the accountant because no one likes to give their money away. But over the last two days I have taken 54 phone calls from irate people. So today was actually the first day that I have dreaded coming to work. I love my job....well, I did on Friday.

One good thing this week- I won $225 from my collection company. Ann Taylor Loft here I come!

Can't Get Enough of these Blasted Showers

This week I was invited to a couple's shower for a bride & groom. One problem- I am not in any sort of relationship!! When compiling a guest list I should have automatically been eliminated. I don't know if they are trying to be nice to include me but I would rather chew on nails than attend this function.