When accounting goes unaccounted for
Apparently some guy has come up with the bright idea to tweet as Autobot leader Optimus Prime… if Optimus Prime got his start in accounting.
It certainly isn't the best accounting-related Twitter account out there (my vote goes to now silent fake accounting firm @WTF_LLP or the #howshouldweaccount account at @hswafm just because the Tumblr is so good) but points for creativity I guess?
The International Accounting Standards Board is none-too-pleased that India has retreated from plans to fully adopt International Financial Reporting Standards this year and is a making a public push to get the country back on track. A failure to persuade India on the issue would raise serious questions about how successful IASB can be in convincing other major economies, including the U.S., China and Japan, to make a full switch. “To put it in one sentence, we strongly encourage adoption as against convergence,” IASB member Prabhakar Kalavacherla said at a conference in Mumbai last week, according to a copy of his speech, where he urged India to take a bigger role in international standard setting to address its concerns. [CFO Journal]
It’s really the ALLCAPS that makes this awkward text interaction with the accountant embarrassing.
The creepy part about “that was not meant for you” is that it implies that “If anything changes please call MESOHORNY” was meant for some other individual out there. It also likely means that at some point, this accountant used MESOHORNY in a text interaction. We can only imagine in what context.
Keep it classy out there, kids.
[via Damn You, Autocorrect]
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