[8759] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Why career accountants are less "bad'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Stephens)
Fri Dec 3 14:31:50 1993
To: Richard Mandelbaum <rma@photon.poly.edu>
From: stephens@clark.dgim.doc.ca (Andrew Stephens)
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 14:28:18
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In article Richard Mandelbaum <rma@photon.poly.edu> writes:
>I think that is a fine thread for a discussion.
>Why career accountants are less "bad' than career government types.
As a founding member of the new international group ACCCGAT (Adult Children
of Career Government Accountant Types), those unfortunates who had/have one or
more parents who are both career accountants *and* government types I can only
report that while the neurosis is both traumatic and highly
dysfunctional the long term prospects for treatment and eventual recovery are
good. Once the survivors have been isolated and deprogrammed (do you know how
long it takes to recover from the horror of being spoon fed GAAP? the politics
of bureaucracy?) a course of therapy can be initiated that involves wreckless
spending of money, extravagant gift giving and tipping and off the cuff, spur
of the moment decision making. Not all of us make it. Many relapse. Your
donations are gratefully accepted. :)
>We should all recall taht J.Edgar though accountancy was a good background
>for G-men.
that and nice ankles.
>I would venture to guess that more havoc has been wrought by accountants
>than by M-16s
You can count on it! (OW! bad puns are a singular example of the backsliding
sufferer) :)
Recommended reading: Freeing the Numerate Inner Child; Subcommittees of
Therapy; The Caring GAAP and so on.
Buried in paper,
Andrew
Andrew Stephens | ISIS -
Manager, Information Network Infrastructure | Access for
Industry & Science Canada | *All* Canadians
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