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On Tuesday my client states she will get me one more piece of info I need to launch the site.

On Wednesday, nothing.

On Thursday, nothing.

On Friday she berates me that the site is overdue and demands it be launched before Saturday so she can send the announcement email.

I remind her that I was waiting for the information.

She responds, testily, that the info wasn't mission critical after all and to just insert something as a placeholder. Oh, and that there had been a religious holiday and so nobody would have been available to respond to the information request anyways. Like I'm just supposed to know all that without anyone telling me.

I'm now trying to get the attention of our overseas developer, who is the only person who can pull this off, but he's likely clocked out for the weekend.

I'm so mad right now I'm about ready to burn the whole site to the ground, cut my losses, and just walk away. But that would damage my reputation.

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  • 3
    I once had someone from sales dept call me and say they needed a microsite for a client live on Wednesday, but they couldn't get me assets or copy till Friday.

    It took her a few minutes for the lightbulb to go on.
  • 1
    This is totally what happened to me at past weeks.
  • 0
    It's like clients think we sit at our desks hitting refresh on our inboxes just waiting for their special little message to pop in. We have no other schedules to keep, no other clients to please. Just them. So why not launch on a whim on a Friday afternoon? GAH!
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