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Meeting my new accountant (with a disclaimer):

(if the death of an insect really bothers you—and I know it does some people—please scroll past this. I’m letting folks know going in.-bb)

The accountant was very nice and had been a friend of the person who had helped me since I retired, and missed him too. She was explaining things with the tax laws in our state since last year, going over stuff, when I caught a glimpse of something over her shoulder, and pointed. It was a huge beetle on the wall..

She looked, shrieked and ran down the hall, leaving me in her office. I went to the door and could hear her asking colleagues to help her kill a big bug in her office. There were all women, and nobody wanted to help. I even heard someone suggest stopping a man passing the building. I couldn’t imagine how that request would’ve sounded.

So I saw a box of Kleenex, killed the bug, put it in the garbage. I then went out, where they were still in discussion about it
I got their attention and said, before heading back to the office, "I have dispatched the creature. All is well." I heard one say, "what was that ?" and the reply, "She said she killed the bug and everything’s cool." My accountant cautiously came back into her office and I assured her the bug was no longer an issue.

So, she’s excellent at what I hired her to do, answered all my questions, took care of concerns, and overall very pleasant. And she’s scared of insects. I’m not crazy about them myself, so I’m not going to hold that against her. 🙂
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Rutterman · 46-50, M
Good grief. Killing bugs isn't my favorite activity, but I could retire tomorrow if I had a dollar for every insect I've "dispatched" in my life. Unpleasant, admittedly, but I can't see freaking out over it.

Glad you've got a good accountant and glad you could help her out. 😄
Rutterman · 46-50, M
@bijouxbroussard You have the coolest dad. It must be a joy to be around him.
@Rutterman Thanks. It really is.
DragonBlue · 80-89, F
@bijouxbroussard And that courteous response to the cats gift, was just the encouragement he needed to keep on hunting mice.
Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
Accountants. 🙄
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
Did she offer you a discount for saving her life? 🤔
@dancingtongue Yes, for being "inconvenienced".
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@bijouxbroussard Good on her. 👍
MadamLouboutin · 31-35, F
You should at least get a discount on your return.
@MadamLouboutin I did, in fact. 😌
sasanack · 61-69, M
brave lady, enough said 👍
YoMomma ·
Aww i like beetles but not roaches ..
@YoMomma Hence the disclaimer.
YoMomma ·
I saw this big guy on tv would would scream and run away from spiders 😅@bijouxbroussard
@YoMomma Yeah, some people have real phobias.
Viper · M
Well, you know how to threaten her in the future ;)


Though usually Beatles are in groups, so....
DragonBlue · 80-89, F
There are bugs I will kill and those I choose not to kill. Spiders, bees, lightning bugs.
@DragonBlue I understand. I kill spiders if they come too close because I can’t explain to them that I’m allergic if they bite me. I have high ceilings and as long as they stay there we’re both safe.
@DragonBlue I havent seen a firefly since I was a child visiting family in Louisiana. I’ve never seen one in California. My cousins stopped seeing them down South some years ago. Someone here was saying that state agencies were paying children to capture them for experiments. If true, that would explain why there are fewer of them in many states now. 🥺
DragonBlue · 80-89, F
@bijouxbroussard I’ve never seen them in a city. But going out to farm country or cottage country, I’ve seen them, but admittedly, not recently because I’ve not left the city for several years.
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
This is too funny. At least she was a boss at the accounting!
I don’t know if I could kill one of those with a Kleenex but I would definitely throw something at it! Lol
And sure enough, some royal asshat downvoted. I told folks to keep scrolling. If the site ever makes the downvotes public, and you haven’t blocked me, I’m certainly blocking you. Coward. 😡
KiwiBird · 36-40, F
@bijouxbroussard I did downvote a SW admin downvote Question. I would prefer they were public if we had to have them.

However of late I have been using it a lot. Any pro putin/russian post, support comment...in fact anything that does not support Ukraine
@KiwiBird I understand, I’ve used the downvote occasionally, but nothing I wouldn’t stand by if it became public. I’m guessing you feel the same way.
KiwiBird · 36-40, F
@bijouxbroussard Absolutely. Everytime. Actually would Love my down votes to be public.
MethDozer · M
and nobody wanted to help
🤣🤣
@MethDozer It was mindblowing ! I was a little embarrassed.

 
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