When accounting goes unaccounted for
Apparently this happened:
One of a national series of rallies for health-care reform took a violent turn Wednesday night when, according to authorities in Thousand Oaks, Calif., an unidentified man bit off the tip of another man’s pinky finger.
That is all.
The temptation to discuss the Big 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse here is obvious, as many of you toil for those firms.
In order to give the non-public number crunchers out there a chance to gnash some teeth, we are inviting those of you that work on the private side of the bean counting universe to vent your frustrations here with your public counterparts.
As we mentioned earlier, accelerated filers have the Q2 filing deadline on Monday so we know you’ve been up to your ass in auditors for some time now and we imagine your irritation levels are somewhere between googolplex and critical mass.
We’re looking for stupid auditor questions, awkward sexual advances by the engagement team’s intern, whatever you got. This is your chance, non-public accountants. Make haste before you’re beaten to the chance.
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You may have noticed that we reference a lot of stories from across the pond. Simply, it appears that the British seem to be a little more concerned with accounting world than us here in the States, where we’re virtually ignored at every turn (except when poop + fan).
The Brits are so enamored with accounting, in fact, that Accountancy Age, bless their hearts, has an awards ceremony.
The awards have their own website with a countdown clock, a gallery with last year’s winners, oh and you’re allowed to vote on Employer of the Year and Personality of the Year. Other awards include Audit Team of the Year, Tax Team of the Year, and Accountant of the Year.
The dream, continued, after the jump
There’s a lot of directions we could go with this but this has to be the most obvious case of accountant self-aggrandizement we’ve ever seen. We can’t even fathom the idea of hundreds of bean counters in tuxedos and cocktail dresses accepting hideous trophies under the pretense that the work done demands such recognition.
Perhaps since accountants are so used to an environment devoid of gratitude, Accountancy Age thought they would go out of their way to start showing some appreciation. WTFK really?
In any case, we would request Accountancy Age to assign us as a Joan Rivers role of sorts in order to liven up the bean counter Oscars. Since Accountancy Age’s list is a little ho-hum, come up with some of your own ideas for awards and their nominees in the comments.
Accountancy Age Awards 2009 shortlist announced [Accountancy Age]