Tea Time Tales: The Day the Receipts Escaped

The Day the Receipts Escaped

It was a perfectly ordinary morning in Numberland until it wasn’t. I was sipping tea, minding my own ledger, when the March Hare came tearing in, waving a half-empty biscuit tin.

“They’ve escaped!” he cried.
“What’s escaped?” I asked, setting my cup down.
“The receipts! They’re everywhere! One flew past the Cheshire Cat and another’s taken up residence in the Dormouse’s teacup!”

Now, I’ve seen many things in my bookkeeping days — clients who keep invoices in shoeboxes, carrier bags, and once, a biscuit tin shaped like a pineapple — but a full-blown Receipt Escape? That was new.

I grabbed my trusty Document Net (you might call it a scanner) and set off. The Queen of Late Fees was already stomping down the garden path, muttering about “overdue penalties” and “paperwork dereliction.” I had to act fast.

We rounded up the strays — some were hiding under the Mad Hatter’s chair, others fluttered out of the White Rabbit’s waistcoat pocket. As I corralled them, I gave the Hare a quick tip:

Tip from Numberland – Receipts are mischievous creatures. Keep them tamed by snapping a quick photo the moment you get one. Cloud storage keeps them safe, even if the originals go wandering.

By the time I returned to my desk, all was well. The receipts were snug in their digital home, the Queen had stopped yelling, and the March Hare promised (though I’m not holding my breath) to keep them under control.

Another crisis averted in Alice in Numberland — proof that with a little order, a little know-how, and a lot of tea, even the wildest paperwork can be tamed.

Written by Alice in Numberland, friendly bookkeeping services for the curious, the cluttered, and the creative.

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