Pencil whip

Knowing the auditors were coming in just a week, we chose to pencil whip the quarterly inventory forms for the last year.

So, if you pencil-whipped that last survey, you've probably shot yourself in the foot, according to Stanley.

“Nothing should be 9:00, 9:15, 9:30, because the auditors say you're pencil-whipping it. And truth be known, we do pencil-whip it. We can't add by fifteen because that really puts you in a bind. Add by fourteen. That looks pretty come audit time. […]