Because you need to let off some steam.
Classic
Friday I’m in Love
Client asks “What would it take to add this field to the report?”
Several emails are exchanged between the consultants regarding the problem, work effort, and approaching deadline for the year-end report.
Today is 12/09/2009 or 3 weeks from year-end. We are on-track to adding this field.
Client responds “Okay that was a lot of information…!!!!”
Client adds “So… Yes or no. Can we add it to the report?”
Bald IT Guy (BITG) is offering a shoulder to Office Cougar (OC).
OC whines … 5 feet from my cube .. for 15 minutes.
OC wins! gets reassurance.
BITG? 0-for-1.
Note to BITG: Cougars are elusive animals.
Client: I want the colour to be white but somehow black.
Me: [speechless]
I received a call from a prospective client yesterday. I knew it was going to be a long conversation when the first word out of her mouth were, “I’m not going to lie, I’m bipolar, but I’m taking medication so I should be able to get through this phone call.”
Me: “What do you mean you want the deposit back? We are launching in 3 days!? - You approved everything. We are 42 days and countless hours into this.”
Client: “Yes, we approved the design and Yes, we did say we wanted to move forward.”
Me: “Then what’s the problem?”
Client: “Our hosting server guy, who is a long time friend looked at your files and said our website is hackable and your CMS is trash. He also offered to build us the site and store with a CMS with top notch security for only $200. - So, we’d like a refund.”
I worked on a series of banner ads for a company. After 4 rounds of pretty much no direction to go by, he delivers this ‘feedback’:
“If I 100% knew what we needed, I could provide more feedback - we’re really looking for something beyond what we can explain in words to someone.”
