Have I mentioned lately...

[firecat]

...that it annoys me when I do something as a favor to someone else, and their first response is to snarl at me for not doing it the way they want it done?

Comments

[meirion.livejournal.com]

yuk. my similar, yet different, rant is about people who ask for help doing something (either by personal email direct to me, or on a mailing-list which i then reply to, and then they email me back). i then spend a couple of hours trying to remind myself how i got it working and then writing a long detailed explanation. and then ... nothing. no indication as to whether what i suggested worked or not, whether they'd got it working in the end despite my advice, no thanks, zilch.

this leaves me with "unfinished business" flags in my head, and sometimes in the middle of the night i'll start wondering whether that guy ever managed to compile wxgtk on hpux 11.0, or whether the guy i worked for last summer managed to get arabic fonts for LaTeX installed and working. grrrr.

-m-

[firecat]

Ah yes, people who find a simple "Thank you" to be too difficult. *grr*

And while I'm on the subject, how about people who email me asking "Where can I find big people's clothing?" without bothering to read my FAQs devoted to the subject, and then when I email them back with a couple of suggestions and a hint to read the FAQs for more, don't bother to respond.

[rowanf.livejournal.com]

Cool! Thanks for mentioning the FAQ. Of course I labor under the double burden for a woman - big & tall. *sigh* Yes, my waist *is* that size and I *do* need an inseam that long. Get over it!g

Clothing

[firecat]

It seems the clothing manufacturers design clothing for a woman who doesn't actually exist in nature. It's too short for you and it's too long for me. Although I am happy with the current "crop pants" fashion because the "crop pants" look like regular pants on me.

[meirion.livejournal.com]

yeah. grrr. people !

-m-

[firecat]

can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. :-)

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Not lately, but...

I'm sorry to hear that. :[

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Blech.

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

oh, that really roasts my turkey.

and makes me rather less likely to do zir another favour.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Aaaabsolutely. I want to say "Fortunately, you won't have to deal with this problem again, because next time it won't be me who does this for you."

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

To state it mildly, your reaction seems reasonable to me.

By the way, love the userpic! Don't know who it is, but it made me smile.

[firecat]

It's "Vir" from Babylon 5, played by Stephen Furst. He was the personal assistant of Londo, a very difficult person.

[lcohen]

heh. probably a coincidence, right?

that picture has been giving me a mikado earworm every time i see it: let the punishment fit the crime. which is also possibly apt ;-) .

[firecat]

Vir is doing double duty here; usually I use him to signify "argh, the world is going to hell in a handbasket."

[jinian.livejournal.com]

You haven't mentioned, I don't think, but Argh! Yes! Hate that!

[kyubi.livejournal.com]

Owww. Sorry to hear it.

Favors

[mama-hogswatch.livejournal.com]

This moves the person to my, "I do not do favors for you" list.