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Wacky Wednesday weirdness–blame it on the full moon….

March 11, 2009 By pia

“Let me give you excellent service.” Him
“How do you spell that?” Him
“B.A.R.N.E.S & N.O.B.L.E” me
“How do you spell that?” Him
“M.A.I.N. S.T.R.E.E.T.” Me

This is how my day began. Without the dots though I was very tempted to say “A.M.P.E.R.S.A.N.D”

After the fifth “excellent service” I asked him to can the word “excellent” as it was making my blood pressure rise.
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This audit is taking way too much time as there’s only so much I can do and have to rely on other people. My files are in storage and I can’t control when the van will come and I can unpack.
I got the last thing I needed to get my taxes in order today. My attorney screwed up big time. She “forgot” that the buyers of my apartment had a mortgage so everything had to be redone. How can you “forget” that? I had to remind her what the mortgage broker looked like. She finally remembered her perfect manicure. I’m not finding life fun now.

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Comments

  1. Bone says

    March 11, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    I’m sorry. I’m laughing at the excellent service line. And now wondering how many man(and woman)hours they waste each year reading their pre-scripted lines.

    Sorry things are so stressful right now. They can only get better though, right?

  2. cooper says

    March 12, 2009 at 2:36 am

    I hate those people for auditing you. You’d think they be busy with the real crooks these days, eh tehy still don’t have a clue.

  3. sage says

    March 12, 2009 at 9:51 am

    I hope your tax troubles will be over soon… And if someone said to me, “Let me give you excellent service,” I’d hold on to my wallet

  4. helene says

    March 12, 2009 at 11:23 am

    lol I have soooo been there with the excellent comments! It made me giggle!

    I have to see the accountant next week. I am apprehensive as we have so many things going on this year that affect taxes. I am also a lousy bookkeeper. I havent been very organized and my husband is an abomination with organization. Not a good combo.

    Hope your house projects are going well!

  5. al says

    March 12, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    Haven’t you heard? “Excellent” is the new “average.”

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As my mother said: "know the streets, look out and you'll be fine."

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Then I hated everything about the suburbs. Yet somehow I lived in a few great Long Island Sound towns after high school.

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