Blabbing

I just realised that my job has been and will always be the object of hatred of any other profession there is. And, by emulating one of the PwC Experience principles, putting oneself into the client's shoes, I can understand why. Hey, even I would hate me if I were to bug myself with all the questions that I have to ask. Auditors are like entertainment journalists. We look for hot stories of others to tell the whole world. That's what we do. We look for other people's mistakes, and put them on paper. And when we can't find one, we'll keep on looking until we can find one. Make that a few. Because, if we don't, then the client would think that we were not doing our job right. But when we find issues, then we'll have to face their wrath even though they were the ones who created the issues. It's the whole irony of my profession.

Today, I did my third stock count. After counting dried leaves, and rolls of paper, I counted balls today. Well, not just balls, other sporting equipments as well. So I have 5 more stock counts to go. Sheesh.

1 stock count : a good exposure to actually see a part of the client's hands on operations
2 stock counts: a better understanding of the inventory process
3 stock counts: a chance to finally get a grasp on how to produce stock count reports
4 stock counts: a break from the routine behind-the-desk job
5 stock counts: a bit too much right?
6 stock counts: a joke? Okay you had your laugh.
7 stock counts: apa ni weh?
8 stock counts: aaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhh
9 stock counts: a draft of resignation letter
10 stock counts: a second draft of the abovementioned letter
12 stock counts: a third draft of the aforementioned letter. Proof read by a colleague. Erased unnecessary profanity in previous letter
13 stock counts: a visit to the client's warehouse to still perform the stock count and will continue to do so for the next N times because I am bonded with a bloody contract with Petronas and PwC.

At moments like this, I wish I would wake up and realise that I would be late for lecture.