Let me preface this with the fact that I really hate time wasters as well. I deal with them in my line of work too. Maybe 1 out of every 10 customers I deal with is a complete time waster or a complete lying weasel. The worst one I ever had wasted months of my time, I even met with the weasel at his office 10 different times to go over the design, specs, and timetables, he was always very eager to proceed with this very big deal each time I met with him, but in the end, it turned out that he never had any intention of buying anything in the first place. He just wanted the information from me about the specs of what he needed, so that he could give his brother inlaw the design I created for him. You see, his brother inlaw was just getting into my field of work, and the guy wanted to pay his brother inlaw the exact amount that I quoted for this job, to do the same job. The brother inlaw didn't know what specs were required, so this guy lied to me for months in order to get the design and specs from me. Needless to say, at this point in time, I really wanted to bitch slap this guy, but the problem I had was that I couldn't do it over the phone.
Which brings me to the point I am making. One day, I am going to invent a contraption that will just be a box with a mechanical hand in it that is wearing a white glove. I will send the box to some of these time wasting people, and when they open the box, the hand will just come out and bitch slap them for me. Due to the fact that you appear to occasionally be dealing with time wasters as well, if I am ever successful in creating this invention that I just described, I will send you one, that way you can send it to your time wasters too. Sound good?
Posted By: Azlacey47
Over the years, I have had many time wasters. Numerous emails and texts, then of course, when it nears the appointment time, something comes up. Went through it on this site with PM's and when I said please contact when you arrive, the numerous PM's are taking up a lot of my time, the guy says forget it, I am not a good communicator so he isn't going to see me. Sure.
I had responded to another gentlemen who emailed continuously. I asked him to contact me when he arrived in Phoenix. Of course, the night before our scheduled appointment, he says he has to cancel. I let it all out on this guy saying how much time I spent responding promptly to his numerous emails, 20 plus, and then he cancels. He admitted he knew his wife was coming and he would never see me.
HE ACTUALLY SENT THE MONEY FOR THE APPOINTMENT. First time that has happened to me. I want to publicly thank him for being a true gentleman and telling the truth. Also, for paying for my time.