Friday 18 February 2011

163. Word Wobble (16). Stocktake admin, Avonmouth, Bristol, early 1990s

Telephone conversation with head office

Financial Director (48):  What’s happened with those “Old Year” purchase invoices?  I asked that they should all be marked whether “Old Year” or “New Year” so we know whether to include them at stocktake or not, and some are marked “New Year” but the rest are blank... 

Office Manager (44, female):  I can’t understand it. I gave our new trainee a big batch of “Old Year” invoices and told her to mark them, and I saw her writing on them…

Financial Director:  Oh… hold on a minute… I get it… We have a stack of invoices where somebody’s clearly printed “Oh Dear”…

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