gigamatic

Stupid people piss me off.

Stupid people who wallow in their stupidity and blame others when things go awry piss me off more.

Yes, I used "awry", and yes, I have been less than eloquent in my journaling for a very long time.

If I took the time to be eloquent, I wouldnt be able to write as much or release as much pent up anger.

Those who know me, know I can be a bitch. But, you havent seen anything till you try to play your helpless, stupid enduser tricks on me.

I have a client who continually drags their feet. We're talking YEARS now. YEARS. What the hell is the use, anyway? By wasting that time, the site we were supposed to have been developing would be hopelessly out of date.

Weeks ago, she plopped a new package of brochures on my desk. When I finally had time to look at them, I discovered each brochure had 3 to 7 items on it which may or may not have needed to be included. One stack had been annotated with a list from the vendor of which to include. The other three stacks did not. I emailed and said "I need a list of which items to include."

I got the response "I'm taking care of it." A few days passed. I emailed again, this time going one step further and making a list of all available items in that stack, to be checked off.

"I'm taking care of it" she said.

A week passed, and she made the idiot move of advertising the new website as having all new items and a new update to the text.

Still nothing from the client.

Then, this morning, an email from her, forwarding an angry email from a customer about out-of-date information.

My response? "Until you get me those lists and we finish the site, this is going to happen."

Then my boss called her. She played dumb. "But I got him a stack of brochures" On speakerphone. Don't taunt me. I have documented proof you're a moron.

And then, I explained to my boss the fact that we had emailed several times and gotten no response. With lists to check off. How simple? But nothing.

"Oh, the vendor didnt get back to you?" Douchebag (can a woman be called a douchebag, or is that in poorer taste than bitch?) "You were sent the list. I'm not dealing with the vendor!"

After hanging up, my boss made the assumption that the vendor never received the list, since he's usually very quick in the turnaround.

What makes this worse, is the client provided me with a list from ONE of the vendors, but not the other three, and when I asked for them, she ignored my repeated requests. For weeks.

This site "had to be done" by last Christmas, and was "started" a year ago.

I'm angry. I'm bitter. I could even be called cranky. And I'm really going to miss Nala.