Today, at the office, my most annoying client asked me to send her a document. I have now sent it to her over 5 times, in a different format each time, and every single time she replies with, "Not in the requested format". She won't tell me what the requested format is. FML
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Today, I sent a polite yet strongly-worded email to one of my corporate clients in which I expressed my irritation at being asked the same question by the same team for the 4th day in a row. I ended it with "Regards!" but accidentally swapped the 'g' with a 't'. FML
Today, I sent a draft email to my boss. The receptionist, thinking they were being helpful, forwarded it straight to the client. It's not ready for the client. I mean, it is NOT ready for the client. Really, really not ready for the client. FML
Today, I spent a ridiculous amount of time working and reworking a design for a client. Eight hours and many tears later, she sends an email saying, "Let's go with the first design. I liked that one the most." FML
Today, at 1 am, I got a message from a colleague, who I have never met, bossing me around requesting "immediately, ASAP" some information a monkey could've found online in 5 minutes. I told her that she sounded rude and unorganised. Ten minutes later, I got a mail from my boss asking me to apologise to her. I did. FML
Today, my boss is out of the office and sent me an e-mail asking me to multiply two numbers together and send her the result. Apparently she doesn't know that her smartphone has a calculator app. FML
Today, a client wanted me to change the design I'd given him, again. I've been working with this client for a week now, giving him many designs throughout the week, and he rejected all of them. After all of the changes he wanted, he said that I should just use the first design I sent to him. FML
Today, a coworker sent a last-minute request for a highly complex custom report based on a spreadsheet. It took most of the weekend and Monday to get right because he'd screwed up most of the calculations. The client was pissed; they'd wanted it done by 5PM GMT that Friday. He'd sat on the request until 5 EST Friday. FML
Today, my boss asked me to send an email on his behalf with an important report attached. I've already received 3 responses from directors commenting on poor spelling and factual errors. I get paid 1/4 the salary of my boss and he can't even write properly. FML
Today, my superior, who went to meet with client yesterday, told me I needed to prepare a detailed list of changes to enhance the design of a marketing video, and refused to tell me the client's feedback they received, then told me I should figure it out myself. It's the weekend, and they want it by Monday morning. FML
Today, one of my UNIVERSITY students submitted an incomplete assignment file to the online learning platform. I emailed him, "You will need to send me the correct file via email, as the system does not accept resubmissions." I literally got as a reply, "So, what do I need to do?" Online teaching is hell. FML
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vertigoisarat 8
You should send it as a .fu
QDonahue16 9
Don't you love people like that?
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baconstrip103 11
Read the original request and figure it out..... Or did she even mention it in the email??
Obey_StudBoii 23
Then freakin ask what format she wants it in instead of campaigning. People like you annoy me.
CharresBarkrey 15
And people like YOU annoy me. Read the last sentence of the FML again, buddy.
love_me_electric 20
Yeah OP, stop campaigning. No one wants you to run for office.
theworldismad 10
people like you annoy me. OP said that the client won't tell her the format, implying that OP has already asked.
frip_fml 9
Print it and post it.
worldclassrager 39
Send it as a PDF...that always opens Mac or PC...
Headcrab 29
I can't even name 5 formats for documents that would not work everywhere. PDF would be the best option, maybe .doc, of you make it office '97 compatible just in case. worst case would be .txt.
milmac 9
Refuse to send her any more until she tells you what format she wants it in.
Not_Impressed13 9
Read it aloud and send it to her as an audio file.
DazedSiren 5
Eps.
SWC_Penguin 17
Some of the younger posters here may be thinking that there's a solution to people like this. I hate to be the one to teach you this sad truth but, no, there really isn't. You'll see soon enough.
SWC_Penguin 17
My wife dealt with one of these people recently. The only solution she could come up with was to go to the Crazy's boss for help getting what she needed which resulted in the Crazy sitting in my wife's cubicle, crying. I repeat: You can not win.
soylentgreens 8
Sad but true, there realy isn't a cure for the technically inept. They will not recede, in their struggle to anticipate the paperless office.
perdix 29
Go to her office in a gorilla costume and deliver the document as a singing telegram. You're going to lose this client anyways, so you might as well go out in a blaze of sarcastic glory.