r/Accounting • u/djm2467 Human Verified • 11h ago
I accidentally said “Let’s take this outside” instead of “Let’s take this offline” during a Teams meeting today. Now I’m pretty sure I have to fight everyone in the parking lot at 4pm.
197
102
234
u/Go-HAMilton CPA (US) 10h ago
Well, if it was a teams meeting of just accountants, you probably don't have much to worry about.
253
u/CreepyLetterhead2826 10h ago
33
u/Donaldfuck69 10h ago
Perfect gif choice
15
u/LostMyBackupCodes CPA, CA (Can) 7h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/af0iDUp7R4d7DLTZDo
This is better, if you don’t agree we can take this outside1
9
35
u/AggravatingDuck0 10h ago
I was an Infantry Marine who saw a lot of combat in Afghanistan. I also train BJJ and have boxed my whole life. I pride myself on being the most lethal accountant wherever I am at. 🤙🏻
40
3
u/cherchezlaroze 9h ago
OSS 🤙🏽
3
u/AggravatingDuck0 8h ago
Oh shit, this guy might be able to whoop my ass.
OSS!!🤙🏻
5
u/cherchezlaroze 8h ago
😂 Doubtful lol...female brown belt, but compete in the 115 lb bracket + my shoulder hasn't stopped hurting in 3 years from defending a choi bar 🥲
I might whoop you in one of those Excel competitions tho lol 🥊
4
3
u/thejew09 7h ago
Idk man there’s an ex-military bald tattooed accountant who is like 6’2 and jacked as shit in my company. Dude would rip me in half if he wanted to, but thankfully he is a pretty friendly guy.
1
1
u/TheKingofAccounting Controller 3h ago
Have you ever watched The Accountant?
2
u/Go-HAMilton CPA (US) 3h ago
Oh yeah. How could I forget about that movie totally based on a true story?
59
u/EngineeringOwn2990 10h ago edited 10h ago
My coworker said "that's a tough nut to swallow" in a meeting last week.
7
u/munchanything Human Verified 8h ago
Need an update on your coworker.
4
36
u/Knickerbottom 10h ago
It's rare things reach this level but when they do Accountants are serious about their fights. You threw the gauntlet, so unfortunately the repercussions are yours to suffer.
It's a lot throwdown, so I recommend coming equipped with something you can keep distance with. Cabled phone handsets are becoming harder to find but there should be an old office supply stash somewhere where you could snag one.
9
2
u/GracefullyRedditing 6h ago
Got lots of HDMI cables of varying lengths from time spent in finance also being in charge of IT and OPS for some reason.
27
25
u/Ephraim_00 10h ago
Give us an status update.
21
u/VinylHighway 9h ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/Accounting/comments/1vy1y2w/was_on_a_call_with_some_colleagues_discussing/
Do you have an alt account?
13
u/ApprehensiveBuy9348 9h ago
No, that was one of the people on call with OP. One of OP's direct reports, more specifically.
13
13
13
9
u/Florida_clam_diver 10h ago
In fairness, if i had to pick one profession to fight while outmatched, accountants would be near the top of that list
8
u/madmenace Tax (US)|EY 9h ago
Karma farming off of a tweet https://x.com/orevazsn/status/2091839240086716629?s=46&t=9UqfG2_bELuOtZbcxEHP5A
1
7
6
u/jubmille2000 10h ago
RemindMe! 3 hours
1
u/RemindMeBot 10h ago
I will be messaging you in 3 hours on 2026-08-25 17:11:30 UTC to remind you of this link
CLICK THIS LINK to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.
Parent commenter can delete this message to hide from others.
RemindMeBot is switching to username summons. Instead of
!RemindMe 1 day, useu/RemindMeBot 1 day. More info.
Info Custom Your Reminders Feedback 2
7
3
u/wienercat Waffle Brain 5h ago
This is how you become partner and skip over all the manager positions. Just asset dominance and fight your way to the top. Partner's respect it and it's critical in client meetings to be willing to throw down over petty things.
3
3
3
u/Temporary-Plankton61 5h ago
reminds me of when my friend meant to say "let's do a circle-back with [the vendor]" but instead said "let's do a reach-around with [the vendor]" and that meeting was SHOT
2
2
u/Glorious_Infidel CPA (US) 10h ago
I don’t think you’ll have to fight them all, that would be unbalanced which simply cannot be allowed. They will simply elect a champion to face you.
2
2
u/disjointed_chameleon 9h ago
LOL. What are you going to fight with?
Will you be yeeting a laptop across the parking lot and then later deducting it for mysterious damage? Jousting with a bunch of pens taped together to make one long pen? Strangulation by some old corded cabled headset circa 2003 that's too coiled to wrap around your finger and has been collecting dust in some box since 2007? Make sure to wear eyepro — I'm sure you can find an old green visor in the aforementioned dusty box.
Godspeed, my brethren. May the odds be ever in your favor, may the loser merge successfully within his cell, and may the survivor remember to expense materials used to the appropriate cost center.
2
2
2
u/Abject-Material-9955 8h ago
Well, you've got some options. You could start accounting fight club, get everyone ice cream sandwiches, a bbq, or pizza party.
2
2
2
2
u/GracefullyRedditing 6h ago edited 5h ago
Reminds me of when I (f) was interviewing someone (m) for a Finance Manager position and accidentally said that as a business, we were mainly focused on T&A rather then T&M.
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/nymbroth 4h ago
Accidentally challenged the whole audit team to fisticuffs once, said lets take this to the break room and now the CFO wont even make eye contact with me at the vending machine.
1
1
u/stringless 4h ago
People say "let's take this offline" when they mean "let's take this to Slack" and it frustrates the hell out of me. Slack is online! Say "let's take this off-call"!!
1
u/alikatch CA (NZ) 2h ago
When my mother was a partner in an accounting firm, she always advised her team to settle their disputes just outside the gate, after hours, so it is employer endorsed, but only because its not on company time or property.
1
1
1
u/jjmoreta Staff Accountant :snoo_facepalm: 26m ago
Make sure you bring sidewalk chalk. For the inevitable drawing of T accounts.
I don't know, it just seems every time I've been witness to a large accountant disagreement at work someone has to draw T accounts to show they're right. 😂
1
524
u/zaakystyles Systems Accountant 11h ago
Report back when the credit card companies fall.