Fiberaddict's Fiber Fumblings

Hypothetical situation:

Say you are a contractor that has to input your time into an online database. Your time is billed out every 2 weeks, in pre-defined periods, and you are paid 2 weeks later.

Say the accountant calls you, and says "Hey! I have an expense receipt here that says you did some research for Prospect X last period, but you input Prospect Y for the entire period. I need the receipt to match the database!" - what would you do?

A) Smile and change the (handwritten!) receipt copy

or

B) Go in and muck up the online database

When *that* gets all straightened out, and the accountant says "I *need* a pdf of the *cough* corrected *cough* receipt, because Big Company requires receipts to be attached to the online Invoices so they can pay us, do you

A) Scan the corrected Receipt and e-mail it to your accountant

or

B) Scratch out the wrong info and FAX it to the accountant

If you chose "A" to both the above questions, I'd like to hire you to replace the idiots I've been dealing with today.

*I can't actually *tell* the contractors to change receipts, because *I* am doing the accounting contractually, as well. I don't know if the research company sends in their bills to Big Company, and I don't want to get in trouble for "falsifying" details. *I* thought (stupid me!) that the people involved with Contract Company would understand what I meant by "I need you to send me a.....um.....correct copy of the receipt". I was wrong.

or, the proper behavior towards the fairer sex. Since, apparently, there are males out there that have no clue how to behave when a woman is wearing a bodice. Although it's hard for me to believe, there really are some males (and probably females, but I've never had a problem from another woman) that volunteer/work at these events that *aren't* Rennie or SCA or LARP types. (And most of the clansmen I've run across really do fit in the "Rennie" category, even if they've never been to a RenFaire before - at least to *me*.) Or they're newbies who are still in the gawking stage...but most of *them* have a clue about proper behavior. Most of this is just...common sense, really. It seems that Rennie's/SCA-dians/LARP-ers just seem to *know* this stuff...plus, the "rules" are a little bit different if you're "family" - and just meeting someone does NOT put you in that category! Even if you do get along with the rest of the group. (I know I tend to let Ren-men/SCA-dian men get away with more than I do Mundanes, simply because I know that they play by the same rules. Or at least similar rules.) Anyway...here goes with my rambling and probably incoherent thoughts on this.

( Cut to spare me the wrath of my friends page. Clicky-clicky! )

grrrrrrrrrrr....why do men get stupid when we females put on garb?? Do bodices suck the brain cells right out of their heads or what? It's very frustrating when someone doesn't understand the basic rules tries to jump in with his own assumptions......*sigh*

Ah, well - next Festival should be better, yes?