boom! chippy tea

(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 18:48, 55 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

You know what, I'm a bit pissed off, can't vent in my usual places 'cus it'll look really improffesional for my other clients who are on there.
Old school mate, started up a legal recruitment company. I figure it'll take me a day and a half, £150, no bubble, small amount, won't bother with deposit or contracts as I knew the geezer. Takes me about 2 days, don't charge extra. Then for the last 3 weeks there's been loads of tweaks in his content, only take me a minute or two to do, one every few days, I grin'n'bare it "FFS, get the content right", eventually it's sorted.

I send the invoice off two weeks ago, he says he'll pay in a week, fair doos, nice bit of pocket money for my trip. I get a call saying he's got one final typo on the train. I'm on my holiday, he knows i'm on holiday and ain't got my laptop. He's like "I'll pay as soon as you fix this one last thing", so I find a way of doing on my iPad, spent about 30 minutes doing that.

Suddenly he's incognito until yesterday when he said he'll pay today as "We are in the process of making changes to our bank account which should take affect by tomorrow ". Today, no payment.

It's fucking pathetic, you wouldn't do that to a cleaner or any other service person, and what kind of fucking company can't pay out £150? Why should I have to beg when I've gone so far out my way.

It's the last time I charge pennies, they don't take you seriously.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:06, Reply)

Take the site down then.
No contract, no control. Still your content.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:10, Reply)

I'm so tempted to put on a "Website is currently offline - please contact billing to rectify this issue" message....
.... if all his lawyer buddies and partner was up in arms about wording and spelling issues (his, not mine, I copy'n'pasted it all), they would love that.

But I don't want to be the guy who takes a site down for £150.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:16, Reply)

fuck 'em
take it down and don't put it back up
(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:18, Reply)

Honestly, you probably should.

( Kroney, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:19, Reply)

You should.
Go back to him, remind him that he provided the copy, you haven't charged for the amendments and that the website comes down on Monday if you aren't paid in full.

Unless he wants wants to start paying for the amendments at market rate.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:21, Reply)

I like this
Hi *****

Any news? I shouldn’t have to chase up a fee of this size; especially when it's way under my normal rate, when I’ve gone so far out of my way - and even put you ahead of other paying clients.

As I live 10 minutes down the road, I'm happy for you to drop off cash tomorrow should your bank still be an issue. I would hate to have to take the site down until this can be rectified, along with then charging my normal rate for the additional content.

- Gonz
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:47, Reply)

P.S. mug me off like this again and I will fucking cut you

(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:49, Reply)

Innit, plus, mate warned me he'd be like this, and i'm like Nah' man, he's safe... which stitched me up in the sympathy vote too

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 20:16, Reply)

Do it Gonz. The cunt is taking you for a mug.
Fuck his shit up or he'll keep on doing it.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:29, Reply)

I'll have a word with him if you want, in his shell like.
That will make him pay.
( $$ ✅, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:52, Reply)

that's cunt, double-P
shouldn't really do mates rates ... devalues your work ... either charge them properly or give a mini freebie

edit: also ... have some chips

also also ... happy birthday
(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:12, Reply)

Cheers bud !
I already got dinner on, doing myself some packet ducklegs-in-plumb sauce and i'm inventing Polenta for the first time.

You're spot on, I ain't doing mates rates again, freebies are fine, especially when they spruice up the CV, like, for a charity or local shop - plus there's no deadlines on constraints with them - it's those fucking Mates Rates ones that mug you off like cunt.

Thing is though right as well, it's people like him who'll turn to his partner and say "Fucking yid, told you we should'nt....".
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:55, Reply)

Is Polenta supposed to taste of pretty much nothing?
There's 3/4 of a bag of parmazam, 2 big spoons of butter, an egg yolk, salt'n'peper in there, and it tastes of nothing (boiled for 40 minutes, 4 cups of water to 1 cup of polenta).

If this was mashed potatoes, the stuff I added would make it lush and rich.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 20:27, Reply)

nah ... tastes of nowt
unless it's quick cook stuff it needs cooking a lot longer than that too ... it's more is an exercise than a foodstuff

It's OK if you fry it the next day.
(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 22:11, Reply)

What did you get?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:11, Reply)

large cod and chips and mushy peas in a pot
I'm full to pukepoint
(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:13, Reply)

And a battered sausage while you waited?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:14, Reply)

natch

(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:17, Reply)

Can of Rio?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:21, Reply)

TIZER

(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:22, Reply)

dandelion and burdock to wash it down?

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:20, Reply)

can't find dandelion and burdock in any chippy down here
it's a fucking travesty
(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:23, Reply)

I got Saint Helenian style fishcakes what I made myself, oven chips and an Irn Bru.
Life is good.
:D
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:30, Reply)

I'm in the pub.
Might get a closing time kebab.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:38, Reply)

Remember: eating is cheating

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:41, Reply)

I like pubs.

(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 19:48, Reply)

I like nice pubs.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 20:03, Reply)