"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
02/26/2018 at 07:24 • Filed to: None
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"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
02/26/2018 at 07:24 • Filed to: None | 0
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My wife works as an accountant with a medical school. One of the things they do is pay to maintain a memorial garden (not the one pictured) for people that have donated their bodies to the school.
Well, she was contacted on Friday by someone from the department in charge of the garden with an issue. The order for bricks they needed came to more than the limit of her school credit card. She wanted to know if she could get a one time limit increase. Well, due to the cc agreement they had that wasn’t possible. No problem though the company didn’t expect payment till the order was ready at the end of March so they said just put it through as a purchase order because there was plenty of time for it to be processed.
Her response, “No thanks, that’s too much extra work. I’ll just cancel enough of the order to get under the limit and order the rest next quarter.”
ARE YOU F****** ME? These bricks are basically headstones for people that have donated their bodies to the school. Would you go to a family members grave site and say “no big deal we’ll get a headstone in a few months.”
Thankfully, my wife got the lady’s supervisor on board and they’re ordering the full order on a PO.
I probably wouldn’t have gotten this worked up about it to the point of writing about it, but it hit a little close to home. My grandmother donated her body to this school two years ago, and my grandfather plans to do the same.
shop-teacher
> Kiltedpadre
02/26/2018 at 08:02 |
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“Too much paperwork”
Seriously? That’s one extra piece of paper.
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Kiltedpadre
> shop-teacher
02/26/2018 at 08:05 |
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It would’ve been TWO! I mean compared to just entering a cc number that’s huge.
DipodomysDeserti
> Kiltedpadre
02/26/2018 at 08:12 |
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If she’s at the U of A medical school she could probably ask the basketball coach to find her some extra cash.
Quadradeuce
> Kiltedpadre
02/26/2018 at 08:58 |
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My customers all use POs. It’s amazing how often I hear this as an excuse why a potential customer won’t do business with us. “I know we would save money doing business with you, but that would require me to issue another PO, so we’ll pay more with our current source.”. You’re a purchasing agent, this is literally your job!
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shop-teacher
> Kiltedpadre
02/26/2018 at 09:09 |
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Oh, well then ... that’s entirely reasonable then
(I hope you can sense how hard I just rolled my eyes)
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Kiltedpadre
> Quadradeuce
02/26/2018 at 10:21 |
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Yeah, my work just switched from a credit system to a P.O. system for one vendor this year. Is it annoying compared to the old system; a little. I’m sure as hell not going to avoid getting something I need because of it.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Kiltedpadre
02/26/2018 at 10:29 |
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In most organizations getting a PO is a bigger pain in the ass than using a card. Especially if you’re not in purchasing or accounting, where it usually ends up being a multi-person ordeal...
I don’t understand it.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> shop-teacher
02/26/2018 at 10:32 |
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But in most groups it’s 2-3 more people involved in the purchase if they’re in a department that rarely (if ever) issues one. Pretty much a bare minimum of 2, even if you work in a department that issues them.
Reasons IT is usually within or reports to accounting.
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Kiltedpadre
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
02/26/2018 at 10:47 |
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That’s one of the funny parts. She’s an accountant with the purchasing department. So it should be easier for her than pretty much anyone.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Kiltedpadre
02/26/2018 at 23:31 |
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Okay, that’s just sad.