Dear So and So

[emily_in_nc]

Oh, I'm sorry. my posts are still there, i'm just not racking up points anymore. I'm still mimitabby at mimitabby.com

How did you do that? Not that I want to, just curious....

[dex]

Dear project manager,

Stop thinking you have to convince me that the Very Bad Idea put forth by your marketing squad is something other than a Very Bad Idea. Please remember that in the context of your project world, I am a mercenary. You don't have to get my buy-in to proceed with tanking your branding strategy.

The quality of *my* product--you know, that thing you're paying me to produce for you--is the same either way...and so is the amount for which you'll be invoiced. In fact, given the way you guys have managed to balloon this thing out from one large project into about thirty small and medium sized projects, means that you'll probably be invoiced for more than you would have if we had gone forward with the other concept. (more business owners = more people to talk to = more of my time spent in endless meetings + more time sifting through the noise to find the actual important stuff)

Also, just because I'm the only one pointing out that this is a Very Bad Idea, it does not mean that I am the only one who thinks so. It just means I'm the only one willing to say it out loud when People Who Make Decisions are in the room. In fact, if you actually talked to your team about anything other than Gantt charts, you would find out that no one is on board with this plan. That's right. Not a single person in analysis, design, dev, or even program management thinks this is the right direction. You should really be more worried about them...they actually work for your company.

As for me. I'm going back to working on my design collaboration games, and drawing comics. If you're going to give me work that I don't really care about, then I'm at least going to make it interesting for myself. (And turn it into something I can write/speak about for profit later.)

Regards,
Dex

[Biciclista]

How did you do that? Not that I want to, just curious....

just signed up again!

[emily_in_nc]

just signed up again!

Oh, I misunderstood -- you said something about not racking up points anymore, so I thought you had found some magic way of keeping your number of posts at 50! I see now that they are still expanding. I am sure you'll be ahead of me again in no time!

And I didn't even notice you were no longer mimitabby! You'll always be that to us, though....

[jckid]

Dear LBS,

When you place a special order for me, but you screw up and order the wrong item, could you maybe apologize and offer to order the correct item instead of saying "whatever" and just walking away from me? Oh, nevermind...I'll just order it on the internet myself next time, since you clearly don't need my business.

[Realgone]

Dear Degenerate Gamblers,

There is no such thing as magic or luck, so quit blaming me for your losses. I am so sick of you negative degenerate a-holes, but the money is good so I put up with your BS. Want to know why you lose money, here is are a couple of hints, first of all, it is called gambling, not winning, second, look in the mirror, third, what is insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Want to know the real key to winning? Good timing!

Oh, and don't forget to tip your dealer