...srsly?

[BrenDAnn]

Hugs and well wishes for you and your little one, first off. Hopefully she heals up quickly. Now, on to the asshole...Maybe I'm more of a bitch than I thought, but that...person...wouldn't be a client of mine anymore the minute he spouted off the bit about "family emergency my a**". If he can't respect you and your family, you don't need him in your life. At all. Period.

[morgana]

Glad your sweetling is feeling better, Seraph. Hope the waste of flesh that called you gets . . .

No, Morgana, bad. Hope he can't find anyone willing to work on his website. There, that's better.

[MoonCat]

Oh poor kid! I hope she's feeling better! Lots of pudding will definitely help! (I like banana cream best but I bet she likes chocolate...)

As far as the idiot....anyone else think he would have demanded a discount even if he hadn't had to wait? "Clients" like that are more trouble than they're worth.

[BuffySummers]

Mouth/face/head wounds bleed all out of proportion to how bad they are - which is no less traumatizing when you're covered in gore and running to the ER. . . I'm sure she'll be fine - mouth wounds heal quickly, and what time doesn't take care of, I'm know Jello Pudding will.

As for the dickwad - I agree with charging him an asshole tax - make it worth your while to work with the schmuck. Even with an automated install, you KNOW he's going to be burning up your inbox with demands for bells and whistles and ponies and rainbows for free. . .

[MadMike]

You were a lot nicer than I would have been. Back when my son was about 3, during my single parent days, he tried to sit on the arm of a chair, toppled off, and hit the back of his head on the corner of a coffee table. By the time we got to the hospital, he was calm but I was a wreck. It turned out not to be serious -- just a tiny wound maybe a quarter of an inch long, but it bled a lot. And with a head injury, I wasn't taking any chances.

By the time I got back from the hospital, I was quite stressed and just wanted to rip into someone. I almost got into it with the nosy asshole neighbors across the street. My son's aunt followed me back to the house, and as we got out of our cars, she noticed them staring at us thru their curtains. She wondered aloud what their problem was, and I replied, "Oh, nothing. They're just a bunch of..." and then I looked right at them and said loud enough for them to hear me, "NOSY ASSHOLES!" They pulled the curtain pretty quickly after I said that.

Glad your little one is on the mend.

[Akasa]

I'm glad your little one is on the mend. I wouldn't want to deal with that jerk after his behavior either.

[Seraph]

Oh poor kid! I hope she's feeling better! Lots of pudding will definitely help! (I like banana cream best but I bet she likes chocolate...)

As far as the idiot....anyone else think he would have demanded a discount even if he hadn't had to wait? "Clients" like that are more trouble than they're worth.

Oh, chocolate's DEFINITELY her fave right now, lol. Although personally, banana pudding is my fave.

And yeah, most likely he would've, but he just decided to choose.....poorly. He somehow managed to avoid being incinerated, though.

[Dreamstalker]

Client: i am sure you will have bills, and so you will be needing to pay them
Client: so a discount should be in order

Uggghhhh, I get that on occasion...can't figure out what they're trying to say (you're desperate for work so will agree to their price? no, in fact I usually add an asshole tax). I wonder how they would like it if one of their customers did the same?

Hugs to the kidlet, I hope everything works out.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

This is a perfect of example of why being your own boss is awesome. Had this happened in a corporate environment, you can be sure some dickhead manager would have given the douchebag his discount and forced you take him on.

[Seraph]

This is a perfect of example of why being your own boss is awesome. Had this happened in a corporate environment, you can be sure some dickhead manager would have given the douchebag his discount and forced you take him on.

And that is why I prefer to work for myself. Even if the boss is a moody witch sometimes, and forces me to work when I'd rather be sleeping....but that's something for Morons in Management.

[Tora]

Aw, that sucks for your kidlet. Good thing kids tend to bounce well. Hope she feels better soon. ^^

As for the dumbass you had to deal with, I fully support the application of an Asshole Tax in this scenario. Hell, I know that I wouldn't have been anywhere NEAR as civil as you were.

[Dips]

Glad your little one's OK. That must have been scary. Definitely no loss there if he doesn't buy from you.

This reminds me of one of our very special customers, buy I'll post about him in another thread.

[Ironclad Alibi]

<eyetwitch> The worst part is, this is like the third person this week who has tried a similar sort of "argument". I'm tempted to put some giant neon pink text on my site that says "PRICES ARE NON NEGOTIABLE". In Papyrus for the extra 'burn your corneas'. But I have a feeling it'd still be ignored. /headdesk

A better way is to double all of the prices on your web site. That will provide some negotiating room for those that want to negotiate. Those that don't want to negotiate can be given "nice customer discounts" of 50%.

A quick lesson in negotiating.

[mikoyan29]

I hope that your kid is okay....

[Seraph]

She's doing a lot better now. Lip's healed up, and no sign of infection on her gum or where the frenulum was. Its not reattaching so far....but...from what I was told, if it doesn't, its nothing to worry about.