Pour Me a Martini

29 July 2009 4 Comments

I had a crap day!

I worked for a client today that thinks he knows my job better than I do. As a website designer there is nothing worse than hearing “It only takes an hour or so to put up a website.”

Dude? You try it.

There is a reason that a good website can cost thousands of dollars. At least when it’s done by people that give a shit. It’s because they leave no detail unturned. It takes TIME. Tweaking, artwork, installing and editing scripts, and debugging/testing. Yes, even if I DO use a template I will still need to do these things. And lest I forget, the 20 emails worth of text (content) I have to filter through, make sense of and add.

If my name is going on something, then it’s not going to end up looking like a website that a 15 year old did (talented though he may be). I’m sorry. Not happening.

Someone pour me a martini. Please……

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July 29 2009 at 7:00 PM Lisa said:

OMG I can so relate. I once had a boss that told me he could do some editing faster than i could. I about had it with that job anyway.

I told him “hope so, because I quit”. I’d reached my boiling point and was going to give notice anyway the following week.

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July 30 2009 at 3:37 PM Brittany at Mommy Words
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I so feel you here. Although I would love to be able to do what you do! I am trying to do this site on my own. Ugh! So tough! Anyway I am new to blogging too but I got an award and I am supposed to pass it on so I am passing it, my dear NJ girl, to you! You can claim it at http://www.mommywords.com!
.-= Brittany at Mommy Words´s last blog ..Thanks for the Love =-.

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July 30 2009 at 4:22 PM ModernMom said:

Who in this world doesn’t know websites are left to the professionals for a reason..I mean besides my Grandma? LOL
.-= ModernMom´s last blog ..Lessons from the Convertible =-.

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