gigamatic

yes, weak. not a typo. i'm tired.

tired of being in pain. tired of feeling guilty for taking well-earned sick time. tired of being shat upon by clients. (not literally, but you get the eww factor just the same)

we waited for MONTHS... yes, I said months... to get information from client to help us finish that client's web site. It's very close to being done, but in the meantime, end-of-month happened, and we ALL know what that means. 5 to 7 workdays of sales reports out of the shoddy old not-designed-to-do-that system. and because these reports go to the "head shed", everybody else can wait their respective turns.

in secret, this client had been planning a mini trade show. for weeks. they conned a marketing firm into doing an ad for the paper. it sucks, by the way. it's the one they wanted in an HTML email last week, or whenever. they sent out an ad in the daily email 2 weeks ago to push the website (which wasn't in fact finished yet). they even tried to secretly hire another developer.

out of the goodness of my heart, I was trying to get their site redesigned to the university standards for launch before their trade show, so not only would the data be updated, but also the site itself.

well, all bets are off, since they asked this morning for the ad to be added to the site. and cc'd my boss.

guess what... my boss added the link to the ad and emailed the client to say it was done. it doesnt LOOK pretty, but neither does the ad. there, he said, it's done. now you can get back to work.

yes, until they pull that sh*t again. the trade show is Monday.

I'm f*cking furious. I'm very close to having a conference with my boss's boss to tell her about the problems from said client (who also happens to be under her). I can't do my f*cking job because I'm not allowed the time to do so, because these jackasses can't plan for sh*t, and then I get blamed. Hello? I spent 80 hours LOOKING FOR PHOTOS AND LINKS TO MANUFACTURER'S INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT WEB PAGES! And weeks waiting on responses from the client.

You don't do any of the work or answer emails, but you blame me when it's not done? I don't think so.

I'm outta here at 11, then back again for 45 minutes after class. Then I have a followup dr. appt. They can just wait.

I'm sick, and tired. Literally.