Firm names its most tedious job; nobody objects
Month-end chosen by a show of hands. Nobody else wanted it either.
By our night desk
STELLENBOSCH. A mid-sized firm confirmed yesterday that it has handed its month-end close to Lunatic Labs, after its people were asked which job they would most like never to do again.
“Nobody fought for it,” said the financial director, who has asked not to be named because she does not exist yet.
Work starts tonight on copies, off to the side, where mistakes cost nothing. The people who know the job will mark everything it does.
The firm’s agents were built by Lunatic Labs, which says the name is a filter. “If it made you flinch, no hard feelings,” a spokesman said. “If it made you pause, the night desk is open.”
Nothing involving money, promises to customers or decisions about people will be released without a signature. The firm described this as the dull part, and the part it liked best.
Continued when it happens to you.