Subj : Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
To   : MARK FIRESTONE
From : Sniper
Date : Fri Feb 18 2005 10:29 pm

-=> MARK FIRESTONE wrote to SNIPER <=-


 >--- SNIPER wrote ---
 > Yeap... I had a call from one of my "A$$hole" clients today that just
 > totally pissed me off.  Over a $650 dollar bill.  Orginally, his bill
 > was $1300, and I knew it was going to be a major deal, so, I gave him
 > reduced price... <half> and that son of a (R%(*&^) is complaining about
 > amount... I did a bunch of work for this scumbag too, took alot of time
 > for some bullcrap... I have a meeting with him tomorrow... I'm going to
 > demand payment, and then I'm going to fire him.  Yeap, fire a client.

 MF> Sounds like the last consulting job I had in the states.  Some company
 MF> that did apartment credit reports had a junky program "written" in VB 3
 MF> (I hate VB, but do it anyway) that downloaded credit reports from TRW
 MF> and (illegally I might add) transcribed them onto their own format
 MF> report.

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 MF> I don't do side programing work anymore.  I almost did a system for
 MF> this place my wife was managing, but she got forced out.  I quit before
 MF> then, as it was clear I'd never get paid.  I'm sick of dead beats.

But that's the problem.  You can't always tell who is going to be the
deadbeat!



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