Comments on: #38 Getting Organized

By: LuvOfAcctg

LuvOfAcctg — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:02:27 +0000

@ 5z
I truly understand your pain! One of my biggest pet peeves is in reference to the directional use of up/down. For example: I am going up to San Diego to Visit my friend (when in reality one is going from Northern California to San Diego and it should be “going down to San Diego). Irritates me to no end!!!

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:30:43 +0000

That system actually sounds KPMG like~

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Stuff Accountants Like » Blog Archive » #40 Internships — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:18:55 +0000

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By: ugggghhhhhh

ugggghhhhhh — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:29:40 +0000

Ketchup packets-no…Wendy’s Frosty-yes, let one melt and you will never eat another as long as you live.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:24:58 +0000

The use of texting shortcuts drives me crazy. I hate receiving messages with them and I hate even worse having to send them. “U” for you, “h8” for hate, “r” for are, etc. Is it really that much more difficult to type two or three more letters?
Out of sheer stubbornness, I will sometimes go five or more minutes out of my way to type a grammatically correct text message– on a standard alphanumeric phone with no qwerty and no predictive text.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:50:59 +0000

Going to post any more within the next month?!?

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:17:03 +0000

@5 z

“Therefore, I feel it is my duty to point out that there are three occurrences of “it’s” used incorrectly in the preceding post.”

By far the best post I have read on this site. Not only is it true but I noticed and was annoyed by the very same thing! I thought I was the exception with regard to my keen attention to spelling and grammar (not so much at the moment since it is 11:09 and I am still in the office studying for FAR). I actually once broke it off with a girl for her blatant misuse of the words there, their, and they’re over AIM.

It’s truly comforting (or is it disturbing) to know that there are others out there just like me…

How about a test? Do ketchup packets make anyone else nervous?

By: z

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:07:36 +0000

Accountants are also often very organized and particular about systems that the average layperson would not necessarily associate with the profession (e.g., grammar). English grammar is an especially good example of this phenomenon, because it is a system of complicated, often self-contradictory and sometimes esoteric rules. For example, did you know that the possessive form of “it” should not include an apostrophe? “It’s” is reserved solely for the contraction of “it is”. Accountants often feel compelled to quantify and document any mistakes they notice in another’s work, whether directly related to accounting or not. Therefore, I feel it is my duty to point out that there are three occurrences of “it’s” used incorrectly in the preceding post.

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:29:35 +0000

Oh, the organization only begins with the work stuff…for many of us it consumes our entire life. Like our homes and our personal lives, for those of us that manage to maintain them!

By: z

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:30:35 +0000

i generally spend the entire week after busy season getting my cube organized and filing all the loose papers that somehow ended up on my desk during the last few months. doc retention *hates* me because i call up files for days on end to make sure everything gets filed away in the proper place. (btw… this one should be linked to a blog entitled “CYOA”.)