[Anonymous]

I would not have believed this could happen if I hadn’t been there myself. Wow! That’s the only thing I can say.

This guy shows up at my office at 4:30pm on Friday, April 11th looking for a job. I introduced myself and then when I told him that he would have to come back at another time because we were swamped, he asked to speak to the “man in charge about setting up an appointment on Tuesday”. I played along thinking this has got to be a practical joke. I go tell my partner that someone wants to see him about a job and he laughed about the “man in charge” comment. He tells me to “let him stew for a few minutes”. So I did. While waiting on the “man in charge” this guy proceeds to tell me that he can do my job in 1/2 the time because he got 91% in Advanced Accounting so the CPA exam is going to be a “piece of cake” and shouldn’t take more than a “month to pass”. My license is hanging on the wall, literally right behind my head. My name is on the freaking building! And he never put two and two together. Finally, “the man in charge” comes out to my desk and introduces himself and then proceeds to introduce me as his partner and tells the guy that “She makes all of the hiring decisions” and points to me. This guy went from the deepest shade of red I have ever seen on a human being to white as a sheet in about 30 seconds. It took him that long to figure out that I was a CPA. I just smiled and said “Good luck with your job search.” When he walked out of the office, I looked at my partner and asked “Did that just happen?” WOW!

[Gatorbates]

Bad grammar annoys me. Like when I aks someone to do something and they're response is “Its to much work. Your going to loose me as a employee.'

Licensed Florida CPA:
B: 71, 73, 79
A: 83
R: 78 (expired), 77
F: 74, 74, 80

It's finally freaking over.

[Study Monk]

I would like to apologize to Kricket.

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

[Study Monk]

I would like to apologize to Kricket.

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

[smsingla]

@Gatorbates how about spelling, like ‘aks' instead of ‘ask' ?

REG 81
BEC 74,65,78
FAR 79
AUD 85 DONE!!!

[smsingla]

@Gatorbates how about spelling, like ‘aks' instead of ‘ask' ?

REG 81
BEC 74,65,78
FAR 79
AUD 85 DONE!!!

[Gatorbates]

*Facepalm* ^^

SM – Not directed at you, just in general 🙂

Licensed Florida CPA:
B: 71, 73, 79
A: 83
R: 78 (expired), 77
F: 74, 74, 80

It's finally freaking over.

[Gatorbates]

*Facepalm* ^^

SM – Not directed at you, just in general 🙂

Licensed Florida CPA:
B: 71, 73, 79
A: 83
R: 78 (expired), 77
F: 74, 74, 80

It's finally freaking over.

[Kenada]

^^ – LMAO

Smingla – Please don't comment on my grammar errors – I openly admit it's bad. My English teacher's last words to me before I left High School was “God Help You”.

🙂

CA Candidate. 05/27/2014 ~ 786/110
I am done!!

[Kenada]

^^ – LMAO

Smingla – Please don't comment on my grammar errors – I openly admit it's bad. My English teacher's last words to me before I left High School was “God Help You”.

🙂

CA Candidate. 05/27/2014 ~ 786/110
I am done!!

[Kimboroni]

“Could of” and “would of” are more like bad spelling than bad grammar. The contraction for “could have” is “could've”– and then that gets mistaken for “could of” since they sound very similar.

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

Disclaimer: My ninja avatar is not meant to imply that I have any affiliation with this site other than being a forum member. That's a pic of a T-shirt that my daughter gave me for my birthday. 🙂

[Kimboroni]

“Could of” and “would of” are more like bad spelling than bad grammar. The contraction for “could have” is “could've”– and then that gets mistaken for “could of” since they sound very similar.

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

Disclaimer: My ninja avatar is not meant to imply that I have any affiliation with this site other than being a forum member. That's a pic of a T-shirt that my daughter gave me for my birthday. 🙂

[san4596]

Ok. Next person acting like the grammar police will be hit with the Little Brown Book.

CPA EXAM: DONE!!!!
Ethics Course: Passed
Application Mailed: 3/16/15
Professional Conduct Exam: 97
Certification Date: 4/2/15!!!

[san4596]

Ok. Next person acting like the grammar police will be hit with the Little Brown Book.

CPA EXAM: DONE!!!!
Ethics Course: Passed
Application Mailed: 3/16/15
Professional Conduct Exam: 97
Certification Date: 4/2/15!!!

[Anonymous]

OK StudyMonk, it appears you want to play so I'm gonna take the lid off the box now.

If you will read the original post again, you will see that I thought the kid was there as some sort of sick practical joke.

Here, I'll quote it for you:

I played along thinking this has got to be a practical joke.

I was seriously waiting on some film crew to show up and tell me I was on Jacka$$ or something equally stupid. I was in shock. I was polite to the young man, and after the first “man in charge” comment, I was ready to let this thing play out with minimal input from me. I just smiled and kept my mouth shut. Looking back on it, I am more offended that he didn't use my partners name, instead he chose to call a CPA, licensed since 1969, “the man in charge” instead of showing my partner the respect he deserves. I would not have been offended and probably wouldn't have even posted this if he had said “I'd like to speak to Mr. Partner.” That wouldn't have bothered me one bit. You see you don't know half of what you think you know.

I didn't engage this young man in any conversation. My partner said to “let him stew”, so I did. I'm in the south and letting something stew means to leave it alone. I sat at my desk doing my job. There was no scorn on my part. Other than telling him that we were swamped and wishing him good luck with his job search, I don't think I said anything else to him. When he realized that I was a partner, he left the office very quickly, taking his resume with him. I did look at it before he left, and I know that he listed only one former employer. He is still a college student and I think he learned a valuable lesson that day. That lesson was to be professional to everyone.

I am not one of those women that you deem to be “part of the problem”. I do not need constant attention for my achievements at work, nor do I need anyone's praise for my accomplishments. I know what I've done, how far I've come and what I had to sacrifice to get here. The opinions of others really don't mean anything to me. No one on this earth will judge me when my time comes. I am what I am. I am who I am. I know what I've done. I sleep well at night and I can look myself in the mirror every day without regrets.

And if you really want your “name on the freaking building”, then do like I did… Work hard every d@mn day, bust your a$$ to get licensed while you are sick as a dog, and then fork over a chunk of change that it took you the better part of 4 years to save. That's how you get your name on freaking building. Nothing was handed to me. What I've got, I worked for and I earned it.

So if you still think I was being too sensitive about the “man in charge” comment, then you need to get over it or get over yourself and go back to studying. We have all wasted too much time on this nonsense.

[Anonymous]

OK StudyMonk, it appears you want to play so I'm gonna take the lid off the box now.

If you will read the original post again, you will see that I thought the kid was there as some sort of sick practical joke.

Here, I'll quote it for you:

I played along thinking this has got to be a practical joke.

I was seriously waiting on some film crew to show up and tell me I was on Jacka$$ or something equally stupid. I was in shock. I was polite to the young man, and after the first “man in charge” comment, I was ready to let this thing play out with minimal input from me. I just smiled and kept my mouth shut. Looking back on it, I am more offended that he didn't use my partners name, instead he chose to call a CPA, licensed since 1969, “the man in charge” instead of showing my partner the respect he deserves. I would not have been offended and probably wouldn't have even posted this if he had said “I'd like to speak to Mr. Partner.” That wouldn't have bothered me one bit. You see you don't know half of what you think you know.

I didn't engage this young man in any conversation. My partner said to “let him stew”, so I did. I'm in the south and letting something stew means to leave it alone. I sat at my desk doing my job. There was no scorn on my part. Other than telling him that we were swamped and wishing him good luck with his job search, I don't think I said anything else to him. When he realized that I was a partner, he left the office very quickly, taking his resume with him. I did look at it before he left, and I know that he listed only one former employer. He is still a college student and I think he learned a valuable lesson that day. That lesson was to be professional to everyone.

I am not one of those women that you deem to be “part of the problem”. I do not need constant attention for my achievements at work, nor do I need anyone's praise for my accomplishments. I know what I've done, how far I've come and what I had to sacrifice to get here. The opinions of others really don't mean anything to me. No one on this earth will judge me when my time comes. I am what I am. I am who I am. I know what I've done. I sleep well at night and I can look myself in the mirror every day without regrets.

And if you really want your “name on the freaking building”, then do like I did… Work hard every d@mn day, bust your a$$ to get licensed while you are sick as a dog, and then fork over a chunk of change that it took you the better part of 4 years to save. That's how you get your name on freaking building. Nothing was handed to me. What I've got, I worked for and I earned it.

So if you still think I was being too sensitive about the “man in charge” comment, then you need to get over it or get over yourself and go back to studying. We have all wasted too much time on this nonsense.

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