Another day in the cracker factory!
Sigh.
I spent yesterday, and a couple of minutes this morning, putting out other folks' fires. Why I had to do it is because the fires were all blazing on purchase orders I requested.
One fire had to do with an unpaid (since late February) bill. We received a notice of non-payment and a demand for same. Lots of folks flying around "j'accuse"-ing....and I pulled out my folder and produced a copy of the PAID invoice. I entered the County accounting database, found the subject invoice, with the date of the check, the number on the check and the date the check was deposited by the vendor.
Another issue dealt with a Purchase Order that had been changed to include some extra work. The PO was closed by me...but another $6,000 was yet to be billed against it.
My first order of business was to create a new Purchase Order to pay the outstanding debt. This was done by close of business yesterday. I was certain, however, that I closed an account with ZERO funds in it. I was told I was wrong. I printed out the Purchase Order that had been labelled "Change Order" with the date of the change. Only thing was...no extra funds had been added. It was the exact amount of the original -- the exact amount I had already paid -- and I close accounts once funds are expended.
And one more thing: No one had ever included me in the "change order" aspect of the work. Had they done so, I'd have made an annotation in my own records and these problems would never have happened.
I think I can look back and safely say:
”I was right (That’s right)
I was perfectly right (Right)
My instincts were valid and strong. Right? (That’s right.)
When you’re right, you’re right. (Right)
I know when I’m right,
can you honestly say I was wrong? (Right....Wrong!!!)
I was right (Right!) That’s right.
I was perfectly right. (Right)
I was and I’ve been all along. Right? - (That’s right!)
When you’re right, you’re right
I know when I’m right
it’s remarkably rare that I’m wrong. (Right? That’s right.)
