This only has a tangential connection with accountancy but still feels worth sharing here. Drawn from a survey conducted by FreeAgent and summarised on AccountingWeb:
- Can I just buy you a pint and call it quits?
- Our chief executive is still on his sailing holiday
- I have been in hospital for 2 weeks to have my tonsils taken out (they hadn’t)
- My cat is sick
- My dog ate your invoice
- Your invoice was unethical
- I have no money left, but you’ll get what you’re owed if you work on my new project. And move with me to Qatar.
- You didn’t chase me enough for payment
- (to a professional photographer) The photograph you took is of me, so I don’t need to pay you
- I referred you to a friend, so I thought that would mean you wouldn't charge me
