Would you kindly reject me?

Citation

Bamber, M. (2016), "Would you kindly reject me?", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 29 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-01-2015-1949

Would you kindly reject me?

Article Type: Literature and insights From: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Volume 29, Issue 1.

We are an expertly trained team of professional sceptics

Highly-skilled, motivated, diverse and eclectic

But there's an emotional awareness we occasionally lack

And on certain occasions, we default to attack.

We are privileged to be trusted to review another's work

It's likely been slaved over till it drove them berserk

And sometimes it might not be the best thing you've seen

But remember, it wasn't produced by some unfeeling machine

Imagine it was written by someone you love

You wouldn't reach out your hand just to give them a shove

You'd offer them guidance, luck, help and support

And if you felt your blood rise you'd stop yourself short

We all know that work sometimes falls short of the mark

But we're not deadly predators, hunting for kill like a shark

I'm not blaming reviewers, that's poor attribution

Everyone knows the importance of strong "contribution".

So this isn't a poem asking you to accept all you see

Rather a request, we're a team, so "would you kindly reject me?"

Matthew Bamber - School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK