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Being accused of being AFU
« on: March 21, 2019, 10:40:20 PM »
...A r/t tale, sorry...but I think it is funny... ::)

My 1st career was as an accountant.   :)  My Father taught me how to 'foot', and 'crossfoot' journals and ledgers when I was in HS...he also had a tax practice...and I learned how to prepare tax returns...he would carefully check them...and if I had done one right...I would GET SOME MONEY!

So, I had a 'heads up' when I entered the real world of accounting.   :)  The Senior Partner of the firm I joined, assigned me difficult tasks...especially in 'auditing'.  Numbers 'speak' to me...I can glare at them, and say..."What you be really saying"...and they speak back to me.  A few times I would speak to the owner of the business...and...well...it reorganized.

I was also assigned to prepare complex tax returns.   :-\  At first...they were all just written down...and then...COMPUTERS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P  Everyone in the Firm was struggling...and so was I!!!!  We had to write down numbers in the right boxes on a sheet of paper...and then mail it in...and the return arrived...and...the return was ALL MESSED UP!!!  I wrote the numbers in the wrong place...and so did everyone else.  We had to do corrections...and mail it back.   :P

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Re: Being accused of being AFU
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2019, 10:59:17 PM »
...One afternoon, during tax season, I was summoned to the Senior Partners office...he just nodded at me as I entered...and said..."We need to talk about the audit of "S" Corp...it is coming up."  I just sat down...he was trying to figure out a computer generated tax return...and he was VERY ANGRY.   >:(  He kept grumbling..."It was better when we just did IT ALL BY HAND!"   >:(  I just kept my butt in the chair...and kept my big mouth shut.

Another Senior Partner entered...he was a very conservative man...he didn't cuss...and he was wondering why his partner was YELLING cuss words.  The 1st partner shouted out..."EVERYTHING IS ALL FUCKED UP...NOW HERE IS ANOTHER ONE!!!"  The second partner looked around...and then quietly said..."You mean P......."
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Re: Being accused of being AFU
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2019, 11:15:02 PM »
...My eyes got wide...and the 1st Partner shouted..."NO...IT IS THE GODDAMN COMPUTER PROGRAM!"  They started debating the decision to subsrcibe to the service ...and I decided that I had been dismissed...and quickly retired to my cubicle.  I told the other associates of what had happened...and they laughed their asses off.

The 1st Partner and I worked together on difficult assignments, we did a lot of good counseling to businesses...he would shake his head at me at times...and say..."You are missing something, you are losing your touch."  I would go home...and not sleep well, and then get back to work.  After a few days...he would nod...and say..."You got it." 
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Re: Being accused of being AFU
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2019, 11:23:32 PM »
...I was working elsewhere when he died...but the Family asked me to attend, and speak at His graveside.  I did, a very nice speech...but then I grinned...and told everyone about when I had fled his office...I mean...THE SENIOR PARTNER OF THE FIRM HAD CUSSED ME OUT!

He and the other Partner always treated me well... :)...I should have stayed with the Firm... :)
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