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Lemon Grinner Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 4:54 PM |
Somewhere Else wrote: Dont do it - Its def not you!
I sorta like the idea of workin in an office and crunching numbers n stuff... Maybe I should be a sexy secretary instead, that'd be fun times. |
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weirdmom Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 5:21 PM |
I do some accounting for my office. We send the tax stuff to an actual one but I do the monthly reconciling of all the accounts. There are 5 bank accounts, 5 credit cards, and 2 lines of credit. I must say I get a geeky thrill when I get it all sorted - usually on the first try.
I know someone whose eccentric uncle who is an accountant. (He's weird for reasons totally unrelated to his profession) He likes to wane philosophically about accounting and says that it's really not about numbers but rather geography and putting things where they belong.
OK. |
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Turtleneck Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 7:01 PM |
Lemon Grinner wrote: Somewhere Else wrote: Dont do it - Its def not you!
I sorta like the idea of workin in an office and crunching numbers n stuff... Maybe I should be a sexy secretary instead, that'd be fun times.
No, no, no, go back to accountant.
Secretary:
Office peon
Loads of work
Low pay
Disrespect
Expected to be friendly and perky at all times
Have to be polite on the phone all day even when overly-confident salesmen call and think they are charming and smooth and oh, so humorous.
Accountant:
Can shut the door and ignore people
Has seasons of lighter work loads
High pay--so you can actually go on vacation
Respected
You don't have to be nice, you just have to do your job right.
Accountant all the way. Go sign up now...go on. Go. |
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Lemon Grinner Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 7:05 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: Lemon Grinner wrote: Somewhere Else wrote: Dont do it - Its def not you!
I sorta like the idea of workin in an office and crunching numbers n stuff... Maybe I should be a sexy secretary instead, that'd be fun times.
No, no, no, go back to accountant.
Secretary:
Office peon
Loads of work
Low pay
Disrespect
Expected to be friendly and perky at all times
Have to be polite on the phone all day even when overly-confident salesmen call and think they are charming and smooth and oh, so humorous.
Accountant:
Can shut the door and ignore people
Has seasons of lighter work loads
High pay--so you can actually go on vacation
Respected
You don't have to be nice, you just have to do your job right.
Accountant all the way. Go sign up now...go on. Go.
Ooh ooh. I'm trying to find somewhere that does the course I wanna do for nice price :D
Thankyous for advice ;D |
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michele Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 7:49 PM |
I don't think that accounting nowadays can be considered as boring since in the last few years there have been some beautiful examples of creative accounting (especially here in italy...)
so go for it loose all your creativity and immagination! |
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AbsGinger Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 7:56 PM |
Lemon Grinner wrote: Shall I stick with this, my latest silly idea?
Most accountants i met at work were total nerds...you won't fit in.
Ditto with Hi-tech dept : real boring guys.
We (girls) just wanna have fun at work and at home ! |
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Turtleneck Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 9:46 PM |
| I'm just going to take a wild guess that LG is not concerned with fitting in with the other accountants or their stereotype. |
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dee Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 10:47 PM |
go for it lady. if that's what you wanna do, at least try it out-what's there to lose in trying out something that you think you have all the skills to be good at.you are young yet and therefore allowed to arse about finding yourself for a while.
cool thing about being an accountant is that numbers are the same world over, you can take that qualification and travel anywhere you want and be your own boss taking on work at your leisure.
you could end up being an accountant for your favourite band and go on tour with them-who knows where it could go?
go your own way and don't give a fuck about what people's expectations of what an accountant should be, and i know you won't give a fuck because you strike me as a very strong admirable person.
whatever you do-be yourself
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Yulia Nox Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 11:02 PM |
dee wrote: go your own way and don't give a fuck about what people's expectations of what an accountant should be,
whatever you do-be yourself
seconded ;) |
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Lemon Grinner Posted Wed 16 Jul, 2008 11:50 PM |
| Aw yous have been well supportive, I am gonna go for it for sure. Quite excited! |
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spid Posted Thu 17 Jul, 2008 10:35 AM |
| Having now read all of this thread - I think you should go for it and show the accountancy world what it has been missing out on! ANd somehow I'm sure you will be able to find a way to make all the booze tax deductable! |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Thu 17 Jul, 2008 11:19 AM |
I wanna be sedated
Dubz
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Peewee Posted Thu 17 Jul, 2008 11:34 AM |
| I worked in Accounts for a while and really enjoyed it, unfortunately it was only temp until I got this job now but it was looking after schools accounts. Seriously had an excellant team and the accountants weren't boring. lol I'd say go for it hon! And you can blow that stereotype into smitherins like Helen and I have! lmao |
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Somewhere Else Posted Thu 17 Jul, 2008 10:20 PM |
Lemon Grinner wrote: Somewhere Else wrote: Dont do it - Its def not you!
I sorta like the idea of workin in an office and crunching numbers n stuff...
But you have to be sober ! haha
I can see you really want to do this so yeh , have a go , nothing to lose and everything to gain :) |
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Lemon Grinner Posted Thu 17 Jul, 2008 10:34 PM |
Somewhere Else wrote:
But you have to be sober ! haha
Why does everyone think I'm always pissed?
Anyway, drunk me is better at maths than a lot of sober people. I just can't use the damn calculator haha. |
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