The Steamed Collar

juliasegal: extrememakeunder: Classic

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:34:53 -0500

juliasegal:

extrememakeunder:

Classic

juliasegal: Friday I’m in Love

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:32:34 -0500

juliasegal:

Friday I’m in Love

Were you listening?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:37:55 -0600

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?”

clientsfromhell: yaili: Dilbert comic strip for 12/07/2009...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:09:53 -0600

clientsfromhell:

yaili:

Dilbert comic strip for 12/07/2009 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.

Photo

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:01:14 -0600

Kindly STFU?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:54:00 -0600

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.

Come again?

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:48:52 -0600

clientsfromhell:

Client: I want the colour to be white but somehow black.

Me: [speechless]

Crazy Lady

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:08:51 -0600

clientsfromhell:

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.”

Yes... but No.

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:21:38 -0600

clientsfromhell:

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.”

Beyond Words

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:21:36 -0600

clientsfromhell:

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.”

urban-fervor: why is it the short weeks at work always feel the...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:20:01 -0600

urban-fervor:

why is it the short weeks at work always feel the longest?

(via funkitchen)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:17:52 -0600

(via funkitchen)

clientsfromhell: (via couch)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:57:12 -0600

clientsfromhell:

(via couch)

Found some free cookies and rice crispy treats in lunch room!

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:15:28 -0500

Found some free cookies and rice crispy treats in lunch room!

Re-reading good advice: http://htxt.it/iwjM

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:39:49 -0500

Re-reading good advice: http://htxt.it/iwjM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/motionblur/3133188167/

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:23:43 -0600

http://www.flickr.com/photos/motionblur/3133188167/

hee-haw

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:23:00 -0600

Dear Mr. Jack Ass,

If you’re driving on the freeway, in the left-most lane, and there are 6 cars waiting behind you, then make an effort to drive faster than 50 MPH.

I know the speed limits in Minneapolis, MN is between 40-60 MPH but let’s say that us newly transplanted folks from Las Vegas, NV have a hard enough time with the 60 MPH limit.

Also, don’t get me started on why a low-bound of 40 MPH is even posted on this city’s freeway.

At the very least, move over to the right lanes, so the rest of use can get to our jobs in the morning.

Thank-you.

"Seagull managers fly in, make a lot of noise, dump on everyone, then fly out"

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:38:45 -0600

“Seagull managers fly in, make a lot of noise, dump on everyone, then fly out”

- Ken Blanchard’s 1999 book Leadership and the One Minute Manager (p. 38)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagull_approach

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:37:43 -0600

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagull_approach

Let off some steam with the wife at moto-i (http://moto-i.com/)....

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:22:12 -0600

Let off some steam with the wife at moto-i (http://moto-i.com/). Seriously good food.