That was the Bills Accounting Department a few years back. One side is credits, the other side is debits. When the sliding stopped, Ralph knew if it was a good or bad week.
For a time, I worked with a particularly pious bunch who had the philosophy to not speak ill of the departed. "Screw that!", my father in law opined. "If he was a €#€*@$€*%£ when alive, he's a €#€*@$€*%£ when he's dead!" I tend to agree.