GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!!

thank you TPS. Just what I needed.

I wanted the reply to be "is this a joke?" but I think the people doing the email handled it a bit differently. let's wait and see.

but thank you.

Wait, 'flash' as in 'flashy' or 'flash' as in 'that thingie on teh internets that is animated/interactive'? I'm pretty dumb about 'puter stuff, and have never understood the hatred for flash. What would be better than flash?

It's like saying "great, let's do this textbook--and btw it's in Spanish"

I'm like... WHAT

we can't write in spanish round here? did you tell us this textbook was going to be in spanish?!

DUDE?!?

I know this feeling all too well. I GRAAAaAAAAR on your behalf!

Not the same but related:

Architect: Hi, we need you to re-do the part of the drawings that show the HCAV system, because we moved these three columns.

Me: Okay, I'll get on that. It's going to take me about 8 or 10 hours.

Them: No no, just change this little bit, just these air intake vents.

Me: Yeah, I know, but if I move that vent then this light fixture has to move which means that other light has to move and then I have to check about 47 layers of the drawing to make sure that the impact of making the changes to the HVAC system are taken into account.

Them: But my client meeting is in fifteen minutes.

Me: ... Did you... just make these changes?

Them: No, we made them last week.

I know, Specklet! Right there! That's worse because that's your own people messing up.

Actually when I read over my textbook/Spanish example I realized that at some point we should have laid out the exact technology at play (i.e. at some point the writer & publisher should have spec'd things more painstakingly) so there's some communication problems on our part too.

Anyway, I just said, "no. we can't do that."

Wow that was relieving.

The Power of No!

I usually say, "I can do that, but it's going to take me X amount of time. When is it due?", where X equals at least 25% more time than I really need because I need to allot time for phone calls and screw-ups.