To think you can’t get arsey about an unpaid invoice...

[Merryoldgoat]

... if you’ve never checked to see it’s been received?

Someone popped into my office today to ask if there was an issue with payment. My clerk is working from home so I said I’d check.

As I’m bringing up the account he said ‘it’s from Feb 20’.

I won’t bore you with the entire conversation but since he’s supplied his services for around 10 years, and his bills are always paid within 2 weeks, isn’t it reasonable to think he might’ve noticed sooner than 13 months and check we’d received it?

He said ‘I thought I’d check before sending you a rude letter’ which just irritated me.

Obv this isn’t a big deal but I’m irked.

I’ve tried to bring in a purchase order system but it was like punching myself in the head repeatedly- painful and pointless. The most I’ve got them to do is get them to give their names as order numbers

Everywhere I've been it's made life easier, I know requisitioners can be lazy, but the right system is so easy to use.

This is such a non event. Pay him for the work he has done. Job done and move on.

Your system sounds very inefficient if you have no clue as to whether the work was done or not.

Do you get annoyed about everything?