.when i was leaving H+R block last year, the fat accountant - who hadn't been able to stop shifting uncomfortably on his seat the whole time we'd been talking - turned to me, gazed over his glasses so that his meaning could not be adulterated by a high refractive index, and said in a tone of voice 1/3 serious, 1/3 dripping with sarcasm and 1/3 charged with disgust: "other doctors in your place would have claimed much much more..."
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i suspected that i had been reprimanded, but wasn't quite sure. what exactly had he been trying to say?
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.i've just come away from this year's visit. different accountant, same old same old. again, words of wisdom, but this time in earnest: "ondrej - in the next 12 months you need to spend a lot more so that you can claim".
.the funny thing was, he actually meant it. i opened my mouth and uttered a few words about materialism, society and true happiness, but he had already turned away to plug himself back into the wall.
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.one thing's for sure - if you cut them, they do not bleed.
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