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Jan 17th, 2009 by pfi

1111326_coffeeAccountants depend on coffee so much that it might be necessary to list Coffee and Caffeine separately. While I’m sure you and I enjoy coffee, do you value coffee enough to spend almost $10 a day at Starbucks? Accountants do during busy season.

The standard ritual is to arrive in the morning and get coffee while your laptop takes 1/2 hour to start up. After returning from lunch and catching up on e-mails, it’s time once again to go get another cup. In fact, anytime an accountant starts feeling less than 100%, coffee is the way to go.

Coffee comes in many forms. Accountants can get coffee at Starbucks, local shops, office kitchens, instant espresso machines, and have been known to settle on tea in desperate times. Coffee is often accompanied by cookies, scones, danishes, or other snacks. It’s not always enough for an accountant to order a skinny latte, accountants sometimes have to get almond toffee cookies as well.

If you took away coffee from accountants, you could pretty much short the market as companies would all be delinquent in their required filings. Coffee really is the solution to everything, and as such, accountants can never have too much coffee.

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2 Responses to “#5 Coffee”

  1. on 29 Jan 2009 at 10:40 am1Gwendolyn

    Don’t underestimate black delicious tea! I subsist on 20 cups of black tea a day and two giant cups of coffee. Though I would chew on espresso beans all day if given the chance.

  2. on 29 Jan 2009 at 2:15 pm2L

    wow…i finally feel understood…

  3. on 29 Jan 2009 at 4:24 pm3Ian

    I agree with Gwen…there are other sources of caffeine. Tea is one, espresso beans, energy drinks, caffeinated gum. I’ve even bought some caffeinated breath-refreshing spray in prep of the oncoming train…i mean busy season.

  4. on 30 Jan 2009 at 9:39 am4Vicki

    Personally I go with chocolate-covered espresso beans. They provide both food in the form of chocolate and plenty of caffeine. Tough to go wrong there. Of course, the extra 5 pounds at the end of busy season generates a problem of its own….

  5. on 30 Jan 2009 at 12:37 pm5Jon, CPA

    I didn’t start drinking coffee until I started working in public accounting, now not only do I need that first cup or two (or 5) in the morning but my staff know the standing 3:00pm coffee appointment while in the field 🙂

  6. on 26 Mar 2009 at 9:42 am6They call me "Numbers"

    It’s like… I’m not alone anymore….

  7. on 16 Jul 2009 at 8:43 pm7Stuff Accountants Like » Blog Archive » #43 Coworker Gossip

    […] just yourself, but everyone they work with and run into. The Starbucks barista? Check. The receptionist in the lobby? Check. The accountant’s manager? […]

  8. on 22 Jul 2009 at 1:44 pm8PINK SLIP

    PwC has taken away most of the minor food and beverage benefits they provided their employees in the break room: coffee, tea, cup of noodles, napkins, plastic forks and spoons. They said the cuts were necessary to cut costs and help perserve peeps jobs. Yet they went ahead and fired a bunch of employees anyway.

    STAMM LIED

  9. on 15 Feb 2012 at 2:53 pm9Matt

    excuse me, I have to go get some coffee….

  10. on 09 Apr 2012 at 10:03 pm10Stuff Accountants Like » Blog Archive » Sh*t Accountants Say

    […] Did someone say coffee? […]

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