All accountants are greedy, cash obsessed pond life. Discuss.*

[nail-Z]

Why is it that everyone had to make sweeping assertions about everyone else?

Very good.

 

[BadFish]

Just to balance things up a little bit, I have a mate I've know since school who works for PwC at Gatwick and is VERY much in the mould the OP has described. Obviously not ALL accountants are that way inclined, but there are certainly a few!!

It's like some accountants are wankers and some are decent fellas. Just like everybody else.......who'd have thought it?

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

I know a few accountants and all they ever seem to talk about is money, how much they earn, how much they could earn, how much their directors earn, how much everyone else earns in comparison. They seem to be linked by a common obsession with trying to outdo their work buddies by buying bigger and more expensive material things before boasting about how much they cost and how big their houses are and how fast their landrovers go and which golf clubs they play at. Maybe I am tarring accountants with the same brush but surely amoebas have more layers to them?

100% correct, in the last week it's these guys that look like crippling my business, not customers or merchants, f***ing accountants. Worse than estate agents. Scum.

 

[Jim in the West]

As with everything in life, there are good and bad accountants. I spend too much time obsessing about BHA to have any time left to obsess about money.

PS: my wife is also an accountant!

 

[Triggaaar]

Had two accountants stay with us last night. Didn't talk about money. Had a good time.

It must be one of the most boring jobs in the world - it must be their love of money that keeps them sane

I guess you don't know what accountants do.

 

[grubbyhands]

I know a few accountants and all they ever seem to talk about is money, how much they earn, how much they could earn, how much their directors earn, how much everyone else earns in comparison. They seem to be linked by a common obsession with trying to outdo their work buddies by buying bigger and more expensive material things before boasting about how much they cost and how big their houses are and how fast their landrovers go and which golf clubs they play at. Maybe I am tarring accountants with the same brush but surely amoebas have more layers to them?

Bit harsh I feel old chap. Mine is brilliant and said to me 23 years ago when I started my business "Don't think how much I cost you, think more how much I save you". He used to work for the tax office and new every trick, saved me tens of thousands I would think in nearly a quarter of a century.

 

[Gazwag]

100% correct, in the last week it's these guys that look like crippling my business, not customers or merchants, f***ing accountants. Worse than estate agents. Scum.

I find most business failures are due to incompetant owners

 

[BadFish]

Bit harsh I feel old chap. Mine is brilliant and said to me 23 years ago when I started my business "Don't think how much I cost you, think more how much I save you". He used to work for the tax office and new every trick, saved me tens of thousands I would think in nearly a quarter of a century.

Are you Jimmy Carr?

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

I find most business failures are due to incompetant owners

Nope, the amount they charge is a piss take, guess you know f*** all.

 

[The Fifth Column]

Any thread that ends 'discuss' instantly makes my opinion of the pompous OP as a prize cock. This one is no different, discuss.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Agreed. Not forgetting Paul Welch as well as Mr. Samrah.

You're right. One private sector, the other public. What a broad church we are.

 

[BigGully]

My accountant is a really nice guy and never discusses any of that stuff. He is also half the price of everyone else. Guess I got lucky!

Oh right, so how much does your cut price accountant charge per annum, guess he got lucky.....

 

[beefypigeon]

My dad, girlfriend of 3 years and best mate are all accountants at the same firm. I would say 1 of the 3 is pretty money obsessed, the other two never talk about it. They are all very conscious and sensible with their money though, not a bad thing.

 

[BigGully]

What a total cock you are. I am not an accountant but employ one that saves me alot a money of year. Maybe if you get some life experience instead of being a key board warrior you could form a proper opinion. Grow up sonny!

Your accountant probably spiels off a few 'savers' that a trained chimp could do if he went to evening school and you cannot contain yourself as you hand over an extortionate amount of your hard earned money for that basic service.

I am guessing your business is no more complex than so many others, but 'your' accountant is different.

Life experience ........... get cynical.

 

[Sam-]

100% correct, in the last week it's these guys that look like crippling my business, not customers or merchants, f***ing accountants. Worse than estate agents. Scum.

I'm studying accounting at University and working part-time in an estate agent. Oh well, guess we can't be friends.

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

I'm studying accounting at University and working part-time in an estate agent. Oh well, guess we can't be friends.

no,we can be friends, i always wish people the very best in there lives whatever they do. x

 

[Sam-]

Yaaay , maybe we can discuss groups of people we don't like.

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

Yaaay , maybe we can discuss groups of people we don't like.

crippled alice fans?, worse than acountants!!

 

[BigGully]

Bit harsh I feel old chap. Mine is brilliant and said to me 23 years ago when I started my business "Don't think how much I cost you, think more how much I save you". He used to work for the tax office and new every trick, saved me tens of thousands I would think in nearly a quarter of a century.

As a businessman, what were you thinking when that snake oil salesman offered you that dodgy line ...

Why wouldnt you assess what 'new expense' you can write off and add it to your most basic spreadsheet and see if he can find absolutely new savings the following year.

It seems your best mate is still charging you, year on year, for a number of savings he made 23 years ago, good work if you could get it.

 

[16 bit 44.1]

Oh right, so how much does your cut price accountant charge per annum, guess he got lucky.....

Why specifically did he get lucky.... Not following you!