The Unchecked Invoice Speedrun (Any% Glitchless)

Seven years ago, a construction company found itself in what one might charitably call a ‘pre-alpha’ state of financial oversight. Our protagonist, newly minted office manager, walked into a role previously occupied by someone who apparently viewed receipt-keeping as an optional side quest.The previous office manager, described as ‘technologically disadvantag[ed]’ (a polite way of saying ‘might still use a flip phone for spreadsheets’), had perfected a unique system: simply not checking vendor deliveries or invoices. This fascinating approach led to scenarios where, as NoobAck succinctly put it, ‘Not keeping detailed receipts and checking the amounts vendors claim to be delivering is wild af lmfao.’ Indeed. It’s less a system and more an open invitation for everyone involved to just… wing it. Many in the comments, like Go_Gators_4Ever, floated the entirely uncharitable but statistically probable theory of a ‘kickback,’ which, given the sheer fiscal negligence involved, seems less like a conspiracy and more like an occupational hazard.Our new manager, however, decided to inject a dose of reality. They implemented the radical concept of ‘checking what you’re paying for,’ a move that predictably saved the company a significant chunk of change. Fast forward, and the original office manager, now working for a supplier, suddenly found their deliveries being meticulously scrutinized. Upon receiving a complaint about the new, inconveniently accurate process, our protagonist delivered the kind of mic-drop line usually reserved for anime villains in their final arc: ‘You’re right, you are never working with me again.’This entire saga is a masterclass in why ‘inventory management is an entire career field,’ as JEWCEY wisely noted. It’s not just about counting widgets; it’s about preventing an entire profit margin from vanishing into the ether like a poorly rendered texture in an early access game. The financial equivalent of having ‘X tons of topsoil delivered’ only for it to be ‘way small,’ as jsheik experienced, but on a corporate scale.Ultimately, this wasn’t malicious compliance so much as the inevitable collision of professional standards with a business model built on blind faith and unchecked invoices. The only real surprise is that it took seven years for someone to hit ‘pause’ on the chaos, then ‘delete’ on the prior management’s workflow.