Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
I wish it would rain in DC. It's feeling pretty arid around here, what with the weeks of no water from the sky and all the hot air.
Update on friend's mom who was missing from NOLA. Turns out, she and her companion went on 'hurrication' and neglected to tell anybody. The decided...just as the hurricane was landing that they really, truly needed to see the Clinton library.
They've lost everything but 'the two setsa drawas we had with us'. Still, they seem to be in pretty good spirits and are staying with friends of my friend in a very plush neighborhood in Houston. May just stay there, it seems.
Closer to home...I just got contacted by a fella I haven't seen in 20 years. Not sure how to feel about getting together.
And, I fell into a fixing gig that has turned into WAY more than I was hired for and should be priced much, much differently. Trying to figure out how I can honorably renegotiate. Feh. The boss grovels and thanks me every day...how does one say "Less cowtowing...more cash!"
Kinda...
He's miserable to work with if you help him and he's just a little more miserable to deal with when you don't help him.
Mainly we just really need to bill these projects and he put it off for too long. So we did it.
And he is having a hissy because he wasn't consulted and he doesn't get to charge us for the time if he doesn't do any work on it. Now that he has to account for his time, he is trying to pad the time anywhere he can. Demanding to be copied on everything, lets him bill time. It's annoying.
But I think I am on the winning (and the right and ethical) side so it hopefully won't come back to bite me in the ass.
My lunch was disappointing.
Egh...2 Cokes, 2 Advil and 2 Excedrin. I think it's time to call it a migraine and go home.
Beej, I am glad they are safe.
I'm no good on asking for more cash. I like the cowtowing though. I don't get enough of that either.
vw, you gots mail.
Ack, Empress! Go home and rest immediately.
I've been sick all week. Today is my second day home sick from work. I finally showered and decided to do a beauty day. I used some Kiss My Face samples (facial cleanser, age-defying moisturizer, and eye treatment) and did a deep conditioning treatement on my hair. I also lotioned my feet and put socks on them, and clipped and filed my nails. It has helped - I feel almost human. I have my bedding in the washing machine, too. I'll defeat this cold yet!
Got it, Cass! Thanks!
All you poor sickies! No more sickies! I declare it!
Thing is, I'm guessing some of the cowtowing is genuinely "wow, I didnt know anybody could do that and I'm grateful you are doing it for us" and part of it is guilt for knowing that they are paying about a third of what the gig is worth.
Sure, they didn't know what they were getting when they hired me, but that became pretty obvious around the second day.
Also? I'm mad at myself for not writing a proposal on the third day that said something like, "You can continue paying me X for Y but I can only to W for three times as much." Problem is...I can't seem to see a problem and not jump in to fix it. It's a disease. Really.
I'll defeat this cold yet!
Gloomcookie, the Virus Slayer
"You can continue paying me X for Y but I can only to W for three times as much."
Well, sure, in
retrospect,
that is exactly what you say. I can't do it either though. My best bet is to grab for the cash in the beginning. Can you bring up that you would like a six-month review and ask for the dosh then?
Speaking of outragous, I just saw a preview billing on a Flash presentation that JackAssDave sent - $28K. And it's not done! The client is never going to pay it. Unless it is with the kittens they will inevitably have when they see the bill. It's maybe 20 minutes... I think the original estimate was $2500.
Fortunately, when the boss said he wanted me for three to six weeks, I said, okay...three weeks. So, at the end of next week, I'll be done.
When he says he still needs me...and maybe he won't...I'll take that opportunity to retrospect myself into a new deal or, at the least, a good recommendation for a new gig.
Jeez o peas. How does a development project end up being more than 10 times as much?! Now THAT I would feel guilty about.
