another day at the office
Mar. 18th, 2009 07:44 pmI've been communicating with one of our vendors at work for several months; it started out because I needed them to verify our deposit. This started a long stream of shifting stories and excuses, starting with, we have no record of a deposit, we applied your deposit to open invoices from 2007; we were unable to communicate with anyone at your office, we had no choice. I debunked the excuses as they came up, check data, archived emails showing communication; then requested copies of the almost 300 invoices they claimed they applied. I found about $4000 worth that we had sent a check for, they were paid twice. When I asked for a refund of that, they said we still owed them for part of the almost 300 invoices they had sent. Which part? My blood was really heating up. It got a little ugly. (I hung up on him, quietly). They just kept changing the story to cover up their completely unethical accounting practices. I then requested an open invoice report and a payment history report of what was taken from the escrow. He wrote back saying he reversed the escrow adjustment and will send me the spreadsheet. I told my manager I had gotten in a fight with him. She totally supported me. Which was great. Guess I'm an idealist. If at any point over the last 3 months, they had said, whoops, we made an error, I would have been fine. But instead they kept lying, stalling, and trying to cover their tracks. What a complete waste of energy they employed. I don't see where bullying is gratifying to the bully.
Day over! I'm getting a glass of wine and watching LOST. I like the Losties in the 70's.
Day over! I'm getting a glass of wine and watching LOST. I like the Losties in the 70's.