"No good deed goes unpunished" Clare Boothe Luce --- On Thu, 9/25/08, Kristyne McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Kristyne McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [NF] Clients naming their own terms... > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <profox@leafe.com> > Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 3:29 PM > Sytze, > > > You are a highly respected Foxer. Since when do you > have to > > stoop so low. > > Point taken. I think these sorts of deals tug on my > heartstrings so I try to > give them a break, and then I wind up irritated when the > guy on the other > side thinks he's getting gouged no matter what I do > with my fees. > > I tend to get talked into things too easily. > > Another little story from a long time ago -- I once did > about 40 hours of > pro bono work setting up a nonprofit with a FPD package to > do their > mailings. A year later I got a call from a newly hired > administrator wanting > me to go back to their site and help them convert the > system over to Access. > When I wasn't able to dash right over she actually > chewed me out for not > supporting my system. > > It seems like the smaller the client the more grief they > are. But I hate > even thinking that. I've been a small client that has > hired help for only a > few hours at a time for network support, wiring, stuff that > I wasn't that > good at. I don't recall being a pain in the butt > towards them. I paid their > office visit fee and hourly rates without complaining about > it. Even the guy > that fixes the dryer gets a fee just for showing up. > > Kristyne McDaniel > http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog > http://www.militarydraftissues.com/ > http://www.mcstyles.com/ > > Whether you think you can, or you think you can't.... > you are right. > -- Henry Ford > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
