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Guilty as charged!
Nos. 1, 2, 3 (um), 7 and heaven-knows 8, oh yes 8!!!
(I haven't named my calculator, but I have had it since 1982, and it is a very dear old friend)
When people
at a party wince when they ask you what you do and you answer 'an accountant' - its happened many times now. I now follow up with "well someones got to do it."
I wish I could think of a better way to explain what I do without lying and without sounding cheesy. I think people think that I am about to start networking with them when I tell them I am an accountant.
A few times I have told people that I am an accountant at a party and they refuse to believe that I am. Its either a good thing (not a boring accountant) or a bad thing (not very professional)!
You know when your an accountant....
when your phone calls with unrecognisable numbers saying "I was referred by Mr X"
A final farewell from Rachael Power
This was the last item posted on our site by Community Editor Rachael Power, who as she revealed a couple of weeks ago is now working her magic as deputy editor for our sister site, BusinessZone.co.uk.
Just as many AccountingWEB members have already done, we wish Rachael the very best in her new role, and look forward to see her dropping by her old stomping ground again.
When people
If I had a pound for every time I let on that I'm an accountant, people said, "can you give me some good investment advice", I'd have £53.
Clearly, most of the muggles don't quite get what we do...bless!
Ties
You buy ties featuring pictures of elephants (or so someone at a craft fair told me years ago when I bought a tie featuring pictures of elephants and she said "You're an accountant aren't you")
Good luck Rachel!
Hope you provide the same thought provoking or amusing articles in your new job.
Guilty of 1, 2 ,3 and 6 as charged!
A partner.
At Deloittes informed me after the Enron scandal, they named their shredder, Anderson!
As yet, I haven't named anything much in my office: excepting, naturally, when system problems occur, to describe all MS products as Bloody Microsoft!"
You know you are an accountant when...
You always get nominated as the kitty holder on a night out, spend most of the evening at the bar trying to remember the round and out of pocket when the kitty runs out....
11. You have a poster....
which says...
I used to be an accountant until I discovered Smirnoff!
Farewell Rachel!
When you sit on your phone on Friday night laughing at this blog and someone asks you what's funny and you say, oh just some accounting jokes!
How to woo them
Just explain that you used to an accountant but found it boring and that you are now an actuary.
Watch the carpet peel back ,let alone the faces!
But there will always be one who says
What's an actuary?
Your big chance now to make an impression
Written in the stars
I was destined to be an accountant being born on 5th April. The usual comment I get is that I don't "look like" an accountant, presumably due to my lack of grey suit and inability to use management speak, as portrayed excellently in Peter Kay's car share last night. I'll just ring fence that for you..
Italian Accountants
I lived in Italy for ten years and Accountants there are basically called 'Commercialistas'
How much cooler is that?
That makes me an FCCC!
I discovers white wine ...
Guilty of 4, 5, 6 & 7 I would quite name my calculator, would you?
I thought of another one
Being able to type all the numbers from the bank statement (or similar) without looking up from the page because you know the position of the numbers on the keypad or calculator so well. And then when you do check, the balance is correct. Such a lovely feeling!