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mapsedge ([personal profile] mapsedge) wrote2007-07-18 08:41 am
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Making promises to clients

Looks to be an interesting day.

Woke up with a savage headache.  Mostly gone now, but still dealing with residuals, hoping that staring at the monitor won't encourage it to fire up the party again.

Maybe if I drink my latté it will go away.  Yeah, we'll try that.

So, DataGuy makes a couple of suicidally optimistic promises to one of our largest clients who's already pissed off at us, now he's in panic mode because ***surprise*** the work isn't done.  I could have only met his deadlines if nothing else crossed my desk, and of course I have several "emergencies" cross my desk every day - many of which are his to begin with. 

*sigh* We'll only be a day behind the last promise he made when we were three days behind the promise he made when we were two weeks behind.

[identity profile] jehosefatz.livejournal.com 2007-07-18 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm available for "counseling" with offending individuals. All it takes is a plane ticket.

- Jeho

[identity profile] billthetailor.livejournal.com 2007-07-20 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
What I believe is called, in the jargon of the white-collar world, a "corrective interview."