firecat: red panda, winking (crazy)
firecat (attention machine in need of calibration) ([personal profile] firecat) wrote2002-07-30 04:09 am

Have I mentioned lately...

...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?

[identity profile] meirion.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
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-

[identity profile] rowanf.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
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

[identity profile] meirion.livejournal.com 2002-07-31 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
yeah. grrr. people !

-m-

[identity profile] elynne.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
Not lately, but...

I'm sorry to hear that. :[

[identity profile] nolly.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
Blech.
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[identity profile] pir-anha.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
oh, that really roasts my turkey.

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

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
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."

[identity profile] serenejournal.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
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.
lcohen: (lego)

[personal profile] lcohen 2002-07-30 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
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 ;-) .

[identity profile] jinian.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
You haven't mentioned, I don't think, but Argh! Yes! Hate that!

[identity profile] kyubi.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Owww. Sorry to hear it.

Favors

[identity profile] mama-hogswatch.livejournal.com 2002-07-30 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
This moves the person to my, "I do not do favors for you" list.