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The time you spent inserting smilies would have been better spent providing a link or pasting in more context. A pejorative nickname for an accountant is "bean counter". The idea is that he performs a tedious and worthless task, making sure that no trivial expense is overlooked.
- The time you spent inserting smilies would have been better spent providing a link or pasting in more context.
- A pejorative nickname for an accountant is "bean counter".
- The idea is that he performs a tedious and worthless task, making sure that no trivial expense is overlooked.
- "Bureaucracy" is in any dictionary.
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The time you spent inserting smilies would have been better spent providing a link or pasting in more context.
A pejorative nickname for an accountant is "bean counter". The idea is that he performs a tedious and worthless task, making sure that no trivial expense is overlooked. "Bureaucracy" is in any dictionary.
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Beans are a very cheap commodity, so to count them is a rather dumb thing to do. A "bean counter" is someone who nitpicks over minutia in the quest to save a penny or two.
It is usually used to insult accountants, bankers, and bureaucrats.
A bean-counter job is dull, boring and mind-numbing.
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