{"id":415,"date":"2009-03-30T06:24:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T14:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuffaccountantslike.com\/?p=415"},"modified":"2009-03-30T06:24:31","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T14:24:31","slug":"34-saying-the-opposite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuffaccountantslike.com\/?p=415","title":{"rendered":"#34 Saying the Opposite"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"liarliar\"<\/a>It is well known that accountants like to express the opposite of what they truly mean.<\/p>\n

For example, “You’re working on deferred revenue this quarter” is met with:<\/p>\n

“Awesome, that is going to be so much fun.”<\/p>\n

As much “fun” as working on an under-budgeted area and eating hours<\/a> is, it actually is not fun. The same goes for dealing with certain people in the office who have become an accountant’s “favorite” person.<\/p>\n

So you can see how this works. It’s all a game of delusion for accountants to hate their work less. Making the 8AM meeting a “kickoff and brainstorming session” sounds better than a “teleconference where everything is the same as last year.”<\/p>\n

Accountants can be incredibly sarcastic and biting with their remarks. You’ve never known true hatred of one’s job until you’ve hung out with an accountant after work.<\/p>\n

If you’re dealing with an accountant who tells you that they are going to have a great day working with others, you should already know that this is code for “another horrible day working with utterly incompetent people.” You should be worried however when an accountant tells you that their day is going to be bad. When an accountant is going through enough crap that they won’t bother to disguise the truth, you should watch out.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few more phrases that should immediately tip you off:<\/p>\n