I was one ring. The Micro Manager was a second ring and the poor little income tax information officer was the third ring.
How did this turn into a circus? Well we had a tax issue. The micro manager and I could not understand how the issue could be dealt with. We had gone over the information many times and could not agree. We both stick to our ideas very rigidly so a solution is hard to get to. So we phoned the income tax number.
To start with, our understanding of the issue was hazy at best. So the tax person wasn't really sure what we wanted. The said tax person referred us to parts of the guide that would help us. Well, that only muddled us up more. The Micro Manage thought one thing and I thought another. We tried again and ended up in more confusion. So the micro manager and I were talking to each other and debating things back and forth. I guess the tax person leaned back and said, "Let'em go at it."
For one minute we would think that we understood things and then suddenly it wouldn't fit.
I must say that the advisor we had was weak at best. Everything we asked she would put us on hold and look for info. When I phone these people I expect a clear explanation.
After about 40 minutes , I wrote the micro manager a note and said let's get off of here because this bird doesn't know anything. Twenty minutes later the Micro Manager thanked the tax person and said we'd work on it.
So after 90 minutes we got nothing.
So the three ring circus just went round and round.
I imagine it would have been quite entertaining if someone had been watching.
So now we still have to find out how to calculate the problem correctly.
I think there will be another showing of the three ring circus.
