Every once in a while something happens that sets the world of pop culture on its head. The latest in these events is the emergence of Susan Boyle – an unassuming charity worker from a small village in Scotland. The most basic of digging on the internet shows that Ms. Boyle spent the last ten years caring for her ill mother before she passed away and that she’s never had a relationship with a man or, as she calls it, she’s “never been kissed.” [Read more…]
Unnecessary Complications: Keep Appointments!
Wow! Two “unnecessary complications” posts in a row! Somewhere, XHeadlines.com webmaster Justin is doing an awkward set of flips of joy… Anyway, following on yesterday’s discussion of how one client annoyed me during my trip to collect checks and get updates last week, I wanted to put up another brief report of another aggravation I had to deal with…
I like to set up appointments with my clients when I go to visit them. This way, they know when I’m coming and they know how much time I have to spend talking about their website needs. Last week, I set up a meeting at 2:00pm to meet with one of my clients. Now, generally when I set up a meeting with a client, I try to get there five to ten minutes early.
So I get the to the meeting five minutes early and find that there is no one at the building. That’s okay, though. I can sit outside and wait for the clients to arrive. No big problem. Then 2:00pm comes around and I’m still the only one there…2:05pm, 2:10pm, 2:15pm…
Now at this point I’ve been sitting there for twenty minutes on my own. I sent a text to my client that we would have to reschedule because I had to get to another meeting and then I left. About twenty minutes later the client texted me back and said that he had to go out to the store to get something to eat before our meeting, but that he would be back at the store in ten minutes if I wanted to meet then.
Follow the timeline here, folks. I left at 2:15pm and was texted back at 2:35pm at which time the client said they could meet at 2:45pm. That’s a full 45 minutes after our original meeting was scheduled for!!! Obviously, I said that we would have to stick with rescheduling because I couldn’t put off the 3:00pm meeting.
Can you imagine? After not showing up for a meeting at your own office (because you had to get something to eat) and saying that you’ll be around 45 minutes after the start time, you would expect the vendor to come back and think nothing of it?!
Some people are just amazing in their lack of concern about the cost of other people’s time.
Looking for the Perfect Italian Getaway? Found It!
You guys know that I do a lot of browsing around the internet. Well, in my latest surf around the web, I found some interesting information on a luxurious resort in Italy – the Park Hotel Jesolo. By the way, the link provided in the previous sentence will take you to the Italian version of the website – use the small flag icons in the upper righthand corner of the page to translate the site in a language you prefer. I used to be able to speak a minimal amount of Italian in college, but that was a long time ago, so I find the English version of the site better for me! [Read more…]
Unnecessary Complications: Annoying Clients
The other day I was out making a bunch of visits to collect payments and get updates for my website company. While I was out there I was talking to one of my clients about their website and the different options that they had for hosting, bandwidth, photos, etc. You know – basic web client/web developer stuff. [Read more…]
Too Many Social Networking Sites Out There
Have you noticed that there are too many social networking sites out there these days? Between MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Twitter, Reunion, and any other number of “hey, look at me!” websites, keeping up with everything is beginning to get a bit tedious. In fact, just the other day I deleted my Plaxo account because I couldn’t imagine why I would need it at all. [Read more…]
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