{"id":603,"date":"2026-04-06T16:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onefte.com\/?p=603"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:15:42","slug":"hot-little-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onefte.com\/?p=603","title":{"rendered":"hot little number"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/onefte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2010-05-02-hot-little-number.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onefte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2010-05-02-hot-little-number.png 602w, https:\/\/onefte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2010-05-02-hot-little-number-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">original publish date: 2nd May, 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">decades on &#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What I missed all those years ago was that, to the accounting team, all numbers are equal in the eyes of the finance gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marketing\u2019s transgression here is not that they chose new numbers, but that they had the hubris to think there was a hierarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And also, possibly, for thinking that accountants would know what aesthetics means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FTE #1: <em>What the hell are you doing?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FTE #2: <em>I\u2019m changing all the general ledger codes to aesthetically pleasing numbers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FTE #1: <em>I\u2019m sending you back to Marketing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caption: Cross-divisional secondments. 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