Dealing With People Is Much Harder Than Dealing With Numbers

Today is another day that is filled with aggravation. When I was a college student,  I chose to major in accounting thinking that I could make a  living doing what I was better at, which is, working with numbers and rationality. I avoided majors like marketing or law because jobs in those fields involves too much human interaction than I can handle.

The reality is, dealing with people, particularly annoying and aggravating people accounts for most of my working hours as  a CPA in public accounting.  All the emails, phone calls, in-person meetings, video conferencing with people  have taken up most of my working hours each day.

Working with numbers is easy, but dealing with people is way too stressful and aggravating.  There are so many aggravating people that I have to deal with everyday that it's sickening.  There are people who have too much ego.  There are people who are too dumb.  There are people who are too lazy. There are people who are too incompetent.  There are people who are too sensitive. There are people who are too rude and self-absorbed.  Then there are people who are too demanding.

The people that a CPA  in a small firm has to deal with are at very different levels than the people that an associate at a Big 4 firm has to deal with. I have a feeling that the people that I am dealing with everyday have to be much less educated, or literate (in accounting, business, or taxes)   The is one of the cons that I find from my years working with small CPA firms.