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Location: Kent, United Kingdom

Stephen Bartley writes about poker and gambling. His passions away from work and family are horse racing, tea, drink and politics. Having escaped London, a world that involved double locks and baseball bats hidden by the door, Stephen moved with his partner, step-daughter and young son to Whitstable, a seaside town in Kent, where he resides in a coastal fortress with astonishing fields of fire. That makes it good for nights in, watching American racing, drinking cocktails and getting early nights.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Accounts

I used to work in a payroll department for a government agency. I left because I was very bad at it. It's all rushing back to me now though, as I sift through receipts for the Foxwoods trip.

Everytime I go away for work I set out to be meticulous, keeping track of every penny and cent. Every drink, every €€40 fruit salad (Monte Carlo) , and every $9 hotdog (Bellagio). Instead I collect all the receipts and stuff them in my bag.

But I have them. And apparently that's important. I just can't understand them. But that doesn't stop me, for I have imagination, and accountancy is one of the creative arts. I also have the added fire-burning incentive of the boss coming in. Always clears the mind.

Otherwise the good mood lives on.

4 Comments:

Blogger Sweet Cheek said...

Can I give you my receipts too? ;)

7:15 PM  
Blogger Stephen said...

Thanks Kate, actually if you did that might help the $30 'black hole' I've discovered...

8:15 PM  
Blogger Sweet Cheek said...

I can get my hands on some USA receipts with the correct date if youre really in a bind.

Of course, they will probably list my mother's grocery items or new bra or something but I think that's believable...

8:40 PM  
Blogger Stephen said...

It will be tough, but I think with a bit of work, I can justify the reciept for the bra. Send it over.

9:45 PM  

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