When it rains it pours, I’ve been light on posting over the last 2 days, and probably for the next couple because it seems like every client I have, and some I don’t have are hitting me for last minute things, with next to unrealistic deadlines.

At first they weren’t unrealistic, but as the days went on, more and more came out of the woodwork with more and more urgent things to do, such as fixing down servers, and getting applications back online from server moves that had nothing to do with us.

What makes it even worse is that we can’t do it all, right now I’m neglecting a client who isn’t my client, or my responsibility, I know if I call them I’ll spend an hour on the phone, and I really don’t have that hour, or any answers for them.

And I really don’t like them either, so it’s not really motivating, the other reason I’m neglecting this client is that they aren’t even my client, I’ve never billed them for anything, they are coming to me through someone else and expecting me to do the work for them because someone else said so.

So what do I do? Well I know what I should do, I should at least call and say no time, sorry, but the other person who told them it’s mine to deal with is pissing me off, and they are their client, so I think I’ll delay the call some more so they take some of the flack.