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Does the bookkeeper have to be crazy? Why canapos;t things just be simple?

Today was another one of her days. They some how always end up being one of MY days. A man called today to see if we had sent him some money that we owed him. I said, "Iapos;m sorry, today is my Monday and Iapos;m not sure what has happened over the weekend. The boss is not here but the bookkeeper is. Lemme get her on the phone to see if she can answer the question."

So about an hour later, I got the chance to ask her what happened. The answer was, I took care of it. Now I know that I didnapos;t really need to know what she did to take care of it, but when the boss calls to micro manage me to death, and I tell him about it. He is going to want to know what she did. If I donapos;t know what happened, he gets all bitchy. I am the boss and I should know all. So I pushed it. I asked three more times what she did. The only answer I got from her was, "I took care of it.".

At this point I have to do one of two things. 1. Scream at her (just so you know, I am not into screaming at 60 year old ladies). 2. Call Daddy (the boss) and cry about how she wouldnapos;t tell me what was going on.

She has this weird power trip thing that she has to do for some reason a couple times a year. The first one I had with her was over weather or not I should have a key to the personnel file. Her argument was that we could get sued over me seeing that stuff. It was a need to know thing. I am the boss, I need to know, end of argument right? Not with her.

I chose option #2 today. I called the boss, he got on the phone with her, then back to me. He said that she had 5 min to come out and apologize, then tell me what she did to fix the problem. I waited and she never came out. Half our later he called and asked if she came out and told me. I said no, she has been out but not talked to me. Then itapos;s back to the put her on the phone game. He talked to her, then back to me. This time she has 60 seconds to come out and tell me or I am to clock her out and send her home.

This is so much more drama than I am prepared for. I hate this crap. I also know that it is part of my job, but damn I hate it.

So after all this shit, she still wonapos;t tell me what it was. Instead I get an argument about how I took it to far and I got her fired. At no point in this did she get fired. All she has to do is tell me what she did to take care of a problem, or go home for the day. Some how, is this still my fault. Not hers, not the one who after all this bullshit still wont do what both of her bosses have told her to do. I finally got it out of her, then she went home. I donapos;t know if she has quit, or is just throwing the usual "I got in trouble fit.".

I think it is my age, but thatapos;s just a guess. I donapos;t know.

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