It’s just beginning.
February 25th, 2008 | by TJ |
I came in this morning to find this waiting for me on my drop off shelf. That’s 24 items awaiting my attention, and I was here on Saturday. That is what the accountants dropped off between Saturday afternoon and 7am Monday morning. You people felt bad for me, looking at my schedule – imagine what kind of crazy people are working enough to generate that much work on SUNDAY. Of course, it has continued to pile in throughout the day tday so far, but I’ve gotten into the swing of tax season now. I can totally handle this.
You all remember I said that when I tell a story next week about how I threw myself on the floor in my office and had an all-out toddler tantrum because my stapler jammed, and then they lock me in the basement and feed me yogurt until the men in white coats come to take me away.
By Maebius on Feb 25, 2008
…mmmMMMMmmmm… Yogurt!
On another topic, it’ll all be over soon. My wife’s an accountant, so tax time is “lock MYSELF away for a few months” until the storm passes. :) Have fun, and good to see you don’t seem to be locked from your blog again today.
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By Trackhoof on Feb 25, 2008
Sweet, merciful… Wow. Um… wow.
Thank god for having an International Studies major, I much rather prefer not having marketable prospects or a job at all to that!
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By Shattered Moon on Feb 26, 2008
I was a hopeless liberal arts major, then went back and got my accounting degree. Went from no job prospects to working on Sundays at a big-4 accounting firm during tax season. Ugh…
Finally I found a reasonably happy middle ground at a great company. These days my boss’ boss always asks me, “How’s your work-life balance?” out of genuine concern, which always makes me laugh. “Work-life balance” was one of the many terms that the HR types back at the accounting firms used to throw around casually, as if it actually had any meaning.
The smiling HR types would waltz in at 9am with starbucks lattes and leave promptly at 5, take off early on Fridays, and then send emails from their blackberries to all the accountants, reminding them of work-life balance.
I wish I’d had WoW back in those days. I could have pretended my opponents in arena were HR managers, with their evil time-consuming email surveys and empty promises … ZOMG I just realized something! ALL HR TYPES ARE BLOOD ELVES!! They ARE!! With their stylish haircuts, less than genuine smiles, maniacal laughs, and holier-than-thou mannerisms.**
Yes, RL > WoW… but sometimes there are stark parallels between the two.
**My apologies to any genuinely good people out there who happen to work as HR staff in accounting firms. It’s just that I haven’t met you.
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