First time, in a Bar..!

‘Chartered Accountancy’, these are the words that have brought a new meaning for my Life.. Not only mine, but also for many people whom I meet today in my day-to-day Life. It has treasured me some exquisite experiences, which I would keep in my heart for a long time. Don’t worry, I’m not going to take a philosophy or management class here, straight away going to the matter makes my blog shorter, just for the sake I went on with a prologue.. Here, I’m recollecting a lovely (in other words, terrible) experience of mine as an articled auditor..

Here I go, It was the 1^st day of April 2011; U know how important that day is for an auditor. As all other articles, we were expecting an exquisite Stock audit from our principal Suresh sir. ‘We’ I have mentioned here refers to none other than me and Mr. Jacob John, my dear co-article. It was informed to us earlier a week before, that Our Stock audit would be at the ‘Spring Days’ of ‘S.P Grand Days’. Soon, that fine day came. We reached S.P sharp on 9 ‘O’ Clock. The accounts department was beautifully decorated for the New Year Celebrations. It was really lovely to see the cute idol of Goddess Mahalakshmi embellished with fresh Jasmine flowers and Red Roses. The aroma was so Soothing and the heap of Vibrant Sweets added to the beauty.

The accounts manager told us “Hello guys, plz wait for a while; we’ll start the audit in an hour. Btw, happy new year..:-)”. We smiled. We waited at the corridor as Jake suggested. A guy in Indian Jersey came across us; he was a staff in the Spring Days (bar). Just thinking we could get ready for the audit a bit earlier, I asked him “Chetta, Spring Days thurannitundo..?” Innocently he replied “Sorry Chetta.. Innu audit aayondu holiday aanu, naale undakum..”. Jake started laughing.. I felt like whether I should laugh or cry. :-P

After a small new year function, we moved to the Spring Days, 2 people from the accounts dept. and 3 from the outlet joined us. We entered into a glorious hall.. The whole room was charming in Incandescence.. Big round tables were neatly arranged in random. Cute Lead-Crystal glasses which shined like diamonds, were aligned One by One on them. A/C, Dolby Systems & LCD Displays seemed enthralling for a normal man to get Crazy. There was a small stage by the corner where the DJs & party would deal with. It was the first time for me to enter into a bar, Can’t blame the poor customers for sure, I thought..:-)

Back onto the ground, I took the print out of stock report which we have collected from the accounts department. Jake chose to record the observations and I chose to verify the stock. “Kingfisher Premium Gold, 8pm, Fosters, Mcdowells, Antiquity (loved that name)” one by one, Jake began to read the names and I verified the stock in the store room. The items were counted in numbers for fresh bottles and those were measured in ‘pegs’ for the opened ones. One of the staff opened a Fosters bottle and poured it into a measuring cylinder, Jake told “its 3.5 pegs”. While measuring Antiquity, as soon as the staff took the bottle, Jake was confident that “its 6.5 pegs ya..” It was exactly 6.5 pegs when we confirmed measuring it. I was amazed, if Jake was an expert in this deal. The staff there smiled on me when I tried covering my nose with a towel to save me from the smell..:-)

Well hats off to U dear Customers! Again I’m telling you.. “CA has left some exquisite experiences in my life, don’t know what it has left me for the Life ahead. Whatever it be, I’m happy..” Well for now, 'Cheers' guyz!