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    Wherein I Destroy a Business

    I worked 8-4 today. Literally at 3:59 I'm heading to the break room to get my coat and have just about escaped into the back corridor when a cantankerous old man stopped me and demanded to know if we'd gotten tax forms in yet.

    We hadn't. We usually don't get them in until December and they go out as part of the post-holiday promo playbook.

    Hoo boy the guy did NOT like that answer. He looked me right in the eye and shouted "SO WHAT IS SOMEONE SUPPOSED TO DO IF THEY NEED THEM NOW?!?!? I HAVE A BUSINESS THAT I COULD CLOSE TOMORROW IF I CAN'T GET SOME 1099s!!!!!"

    Dude, it's freaking October. 1099s are required to be issued by Feb 1 - if I remember correctly - so you've got PLENTY of time. Besides, we aren't a tax shop.

    Me: Well if you go online I'm sure you can find them, or you could probably get some from the IRS if you give them a call (no idea if that last bit is true).

    SC: WELL I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'LL HAVE TO DO!!!!!

    He walked away, and I beat a hasty retreat into the break room, changed out of my work shirt, put my coat on, and left.

    Two weeks to go......
    Last edited by Dave1982; 10-22-2010, 02:48 AM.
    "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

    RIP Plaidman.
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  • #2
    Only guessing here, but perhaps he has failed to file his 2009 1099s, the IRS has noticed this, and is sending him dire nastygrams.

    SirWired

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    • #3
      How in the world is that even your problem?
      You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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      • #4
        Quoth blas View Post
        How in the world is that even your problem?
        Oh come on Blas, you know the rule. "If it makes sense....."
        "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

        RIP Plaidman.

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        • #5
          My bad.

          Or the whole "A lack of planning on your part....."
          You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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          • #6
            That too. Some people just can't take responsibility for their own actions.
            "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

            RIP Plaidman.

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            • #7
              That's the thing I love about sucky customers. They get themselves in the most horrendous scrapes, only to wait until the last minute to run in and scream at us that we are responsible for the axe that is about to fall.

              I remember one particular customer, suspended from driving until the very end of time itself, saying to me, "Well, you are the expert. You tell me what to do!"

              The truthful answer was that I could have answered that question ten years earlier, but at the point he was asking me, he was past the point I could help him. Except that I did recommend that he stop drinking. Not just drinking and driving. He needed to stop drinking period.
              To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care;
              To pursue it with forks and hope;
              To threaten its life with a railway share;
              To charm it with forks and hope!

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              • #8
                Quoth Dave1982 View Post
                Me: Well if you go online I'm sure you can find them, or you could probably get some from the IRS if you give them a call (no idea if that last bit is true).
                You Are Correct, Sir! ^_^ www.irs.gov has all of the forms one's heart could ever desire, all downloadable for free.
                "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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                "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                • #9
                  Yeah, not sure how this would be your problem *shrugs*.

                  I know I've had a situation where a business that does nothing but taxes messed up, but not sure how anybody but them were responsible. They filed the wrong form for our city tax, and got me in hot water with the city..but at least they made it right as soon as I showed them the letter. City was also nice and waived the fee (which the tax business would have had to pay anyhow) at least.
                  Engaged to the amazing Marmalady. She is my Silver Dragon, shining as bright as the sun. I her Black Dragon (though good honestly), dark as night..fierce and strong.

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                  • #10
                    Is destroying a christmas better or worse than destroying a business?
                    Thou shalt not take the name of thy goddess Whiskey in vain.

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                    • #11
                      Do both, destroy a business, ON CHRISTMAS!
                      - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Whiskey View Post
                        Is destroying a christmas better or worse than destroying a business?
                        You get a chance to destroy Christmas every year, and for lots of different people. How often do you get to destroy a business?
                        "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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