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bugs.

A lot of shit is bugging me lately. Personally and professionally. I'm getting increasingly infuriated by the littlest things. I'm told, by those older and wiser, that this could be directly related to the amount of stress, and physical pain, and the lack of control I have over said situations.

Some things just bug me no matter what.

Back when I started my journals, in the bad old days of late 1999, while I was still working for the consulting-firm-which-fancied-itself-as-a-software-company, I learned a lot about how (some) small companies do business. Having worked freelance here and there since that time, I've seen the same practice over and over.

It's not quite bait and switch when you say "We can do that". It just doesn't mean "We will do that." Nor does it mean "That will be included in the scope of this project". Nor does it mean "We know how to do that." Or "We give a shit what your requirements are."

It just bugs me.

And, what bugs me just as much, if not more, is the level of apathy when it comes to the people buying the product, which must do this, this, and this. Oh, but this other thing, which our higher-ups say must be done, we don't care about. It can be done whenever, despite a looming deadline a mere 10 months away.

And people who dont read. That pisses me off, too. You ask me a question but dont read my answer. Then ask again. And dont read my answer. Then ask again. Look, I answered your question 3 emails ago, retard!

And another thing... people who give you advertising for an event, with prizes, insisting that it go live to the web ASAP. Then, a week later, say they've made a mistake, and they cant possibly award the prize listed, which is tied to a date (football tix for a specific game), so can you change it please, to read "tickets to a future football game"? What kind of moron advertises a prize before they even know if they can procure it?

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