The week, she is almost over...
and thank the Lord for small favors. This week has just been helacious. I have spent numerous hours at work hassling different people because no one at my job seems to actually do anything. For example, take our invoicing procedure--in a normal business, you contract out for a service and when the service has been complete, they invoice you and your company pays it. Now, at my company, this becomes a little complicated because the people ordering the service have to go through a purchasing department to create a purchase order. Then the vendor sends in an invoice, which has to be addressed to a specific PO Box and if it is not, it is sent back without question...or explanation. So, then it gets sent back in again and is still wrong because no one has taken the time to let the vendor know why it was rejected in the first place. Then, and this is my favorite part, it sits on someone's desk for weeks, perhaps months, until it is brought to someone's attention. Now, mind you, when all this is occurring, the person who contracted the stuff has no idea b/c they aren't seeing the actual invoices, b/c they aren't even getting scanned into the electronic routing system. But, that isn't the best part...apparently, even those that do make it in, aren't getting routed to my boss or myself for approval b/c of some technical glitch. Now, I have been to the CFO and told him about this to no avail. We have been to the technical folks and no dice. So, at the end of the year, I am stuck sorting through this pile of dung they call accounts payable trying to track down all of the outstanding invoices, and for me personally? I don't really care--if they get paid, great. If not, that is ok, too. I just want these people to stop passing the buck and when they are asked to do something, they should just freakin' do it. How do these people stay employed? I have done more accounting work as a marketing analyst than when I actually worked at an accounting firm.

Ahem...it is really high up on this soap box. I think I can see happy hour from here.