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catwithwatermelononhead 7 July 2018, 19:06

Today, on a freelancer app I use to do short-term gigs to find long-term clients for my company, a rude, demanding client dumped me for a "more experienced, successful" company. They sent me a link, saying I could learn a thing or two. I own the company. FML

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catwithwatermelononhead 12

7 July 2018, 07:43

OP here. No exciting reply to the wannabe client, I opted to only politely declined to work with them. Glad I did because a colleague did take them on and they changed the project repeatedly and refused to pay for the work. Bullet dodged, but now I wish I had been snarky.

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interesting33 37

11 February 2018, 10:18

well you should be able to refuse to work with them I imagine, if you own the company they want to work with

Takegami 22

16 February 2018, 15:11

A bet when the find out they’ll implode from the irony

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Hi_Five 7

17 February 2018, 00:58

Why are the same entries lingering on the front page with the dates changed?

Leviathene 34

17 February 2018, 03:41

How on earth is this an FML, this is a wonderful twist. I wouldn't tell them until they hired your company and then just show up like "whatup" see their face turn purple.