"So, what do you for a living?" I hesitated, struggled to come up with an answer, then said that I worked for a certain Big 4 firm. "Nice, so what exactly do you do?" Damn, looks like that didn't answer the question. "I ummm...I audit." It has been historically proven that there is a 98% chance the person has no idea what auditing really entails. I have to try again. "Accounting..Public Accounting." "Ahh..",the person goes," taxes and such." What a douche. "Umm...yea..sure, taxes." Then there are times when I actually feel the need to explain it to them. "No, well, see...you know how companies have financial statements. Now, we have to look over and make sure everything's okay." At this point, I'm spoonfeeding them, hoping that they get the gist. If they don't, I'll just give up and say..yea, taxes. Seriously, come on people, you have to know what auditing is. If you want US Weekly type ...
Blogged about my life in the Big 4 and now about life in Private Accounting