Friday, March 28, 2008

why freelancing sometimes suck... part II

i showed up at the building for my meeting with the client today, to discuss the payment situation for the 38 hours of work i have done for them (at their request).

no one was there.

i waited outside (in the unusual and very beautiful vancouver spring snow storm) for 1/2 hour. phoned their office and cell phones. no answer.

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all my work and relationships with clients has been based on mutual trust and respect. up to this point, i had never had a problem with payment. thanks to my innate ability to genuinely believe that all people are good people, this one came as a surprise. also thanks to my innate ability to genuinely believe all people are good people, i feel like this situation will be resolved in a civil manner - with kind words, understanding, and compromises.

stupid? no. childish. naïve. simple. callow. yes.

there is a lesson to be learned in everything. this one was expensive.


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eating: ...later
listening: neil young
reading: ishmael by daniel quinn
anticipating: brasstronauts show tonight!!
feeling: defeated... and fundamentally dumb

p.
xo



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't be that hard on yourself.. just remember this.. in this world, there are two kinds of people: Good people, and good people that have let their evil side take over them. I am sure something will work out. If not.. well as cliché as this sounds.. what goes around comes around, they will get their share of bad karma.. or little lamb style punishment: EAT MY FIST!

Anonymous said...

When these things happen, it can get quite discouraging, I imagine. Let's cheer up, Pauly head! They're probably feeling real bad about it right now.

Dayle & Adrian Questionmark said...

Don't worry, and don't give up! These people can be bastards, but if you don't stop bugging them they'll have to pay you to go away. Perhaps there's more to the story, however bad it seems right now. We're cheering for you all the way, and yes, karma will get them too!