(some names have been changed to protect innocent parties)
So, part of my job is investigating [Swords & Chivalry Ltd]'s invoice, to check that [Swords & Chivalry Ltd] are not charging us for items they haven't installed.
This involves going out to the location each item is supposed to be in, and finding out if it's there.
For instance, this month's invoice says that [Swords & Chivalry Ltd] have installed a whole lot of [laser-force raptor defence systems] at different train stations. So, I have to travel out to each train station, find the nearest [Swords & Chivalry Ltd] employee, and ask to see their [raptor defence system], to check if their [lasers] have been upgraded.
Several were missing. Hmm.
Got back to the office, called up [Swords & Chivalry Ltd], and asked where these invoiced [laser-force upgrades] were.
...apparently the [raptor defence project] had been "completed, but not commissioned". In other words, "we're allowed to put it in our invoice, even though it doesn't exist yet".
I told them very sternly that they can't do that. After all, it's a waste of my time. I had to spend all day sitting on a train reading a book, and all for nothing. I'm going to have to do it again next week, to check on the same stuff.
But then again, it's sitting on a train reading a book. I'm not too fussed about having to do it twice over.
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This involves going out to the location each item is supposed to be in, and finding out if it's there.
For instance, this month's invoice says that [Swords & Chivalry Ltd] have installed a whole lot of [laser-force raptor defence systems] at different train stations. So, I have to travel out to each train station, find the nearest [Swords & Chivalry Ltd] employee, and ask to see their [raptor defence system], to check if their [lasers] have been upgraded.
Several were missing. Hmm.
Got back to the office, called up [Swords & Chivalry Ltd], and asked where these invoiced [laser-force upgrades] were.
...apparently the [raptor defence project] had been "completed, but not commissioned". In other words, "we're allowed to put it in our invoice, even though it doesn't exist yet".
I told them very sternly that they can't do that. After all, it's a waste of my time. I had to spend all day sitting on a train reading a book, and all for nothing. I'm going to have to do it again next week, to check on the same stuff.
But then again, it's sitting on a train reading a book. I'm not too fussed about having to do it twice over.
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