Being told off as an adultWhen was the last time you were properly told off? You know: treated as an errant child rather than the sophisticated adult you are.
The sort of thing that dredges up an involuntary teenage mumble of "Sorry, Miss" whilst you stare at the ground.
Go on, tell us what childish thing you were up to when you got caught.
Oh, and can we have more than one-line answers this time? Cheers!
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chthonic, Thu 20 Sep 2007, 17:18)
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Freelance journalistsAs a general rule, in my line of work (largely editorial) you have to do quite a bit of telling off. This is because freelance journalists are mental. Virtually all of them. As evidenced by the guy who we hadn't worked with before who hung up after 'hello' every time you called him, and the woman who called me five times a day until I told her we would not be commissioning her as she was clearly mental.
To be honest, I'm not a big fan of telling people off. Customer services representatives yes, but not people. Unfortunately sometimes it is necessary.
Today, following a brief conversation with my editor, I was asked to 'Call [the freelancer in question], and tell him that I'm very disappointed in him. He is unprofessional and uncommitted and will not be getting any more work from us.'
To be fair, the guy in question is a complete tool and had committed a variety of colourful offences such as demanding advance payment and agreeing to jobs then changing his mind, but I still felt like a right bitch calling him with that news.
(, Tue 25 Sep 2007, 13:48, Reply)
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