Today, I caved and I'm so ashamed

[scheming daemons]

I had scheduled a 1pm meeting with the customer.

At 12:30, they called and said they had a conflict and asked if I could move the meeting to 3pm.


I (gulp) caved and said yes.


I'm so ashamed. I should've stood firm on the 1pm time slot and told them to go to hell. What was I thinking?

[Bunny]

1. Yeah, because that's EXACTLY what happened.

[LonePirate]

2. Someone's qualified to be President!

[nevergiveup]

3. There was no NFL game or Republican debate today at 3pm so you did fine.

[Tx4obama]

6. The speech will be BEFORE the game.

Excerpt:

A White House official says "We won't conflict with football," meaning an early time frame for the speech.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/31/obama-jobs-speech-congress-joint-session_n_944322.html

[joshcryer]

20. Thanks for posting that, I was wondering about that.

Seemed like a bad time to have a speech. Should have an interesting quip about enjoying football, imo.

[Union Scribe]

4. Was your customer just jerking you around?

Sounds like a rough business if your clients behave like Republicans.

[babylonsister]

5. Hahaha! The horror! I'd tell all parties to 'get over it'.

:thumbsup:

[vaberella]

7. You're a beast and should be fired for your compromise or accomodation. n/t

[RetroLounge]

8. Only took you 3 hours to come up with this one?

You should check your talking points email sooner.

:rofl:

RL

[scheming daemons]

10. only took a couple minutes......and it is FDLers like you that

have "talking points" and are organized.

I'm just a lone citizen defending a President against unwarranted attacks.

[RetroLounge]

22. FDL?

Is that the new insult of the day?

:rofl:

RL

[Scurrilous]

9. Heh.

Good one. :thumbsup:

[muntrv]

11. Do you capitulate all the time like this?

:sarcasm:

[cherokeeprogressive]

12. Well, being that the customer is always right, I think you did the correct thing.

Congrats to you.

[Bobbie Jo]

15. ....and DU has become a perfect example.

of the "cutomer" always being right, that is.

Congrats, indeed.

[Bobbie Jo]

13. Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin.

I mean WTF people??? This shit is beyond ridiculous.


Thanks for trying, SD.

[Logical]

14. And the difference is.....

this customer has not made you look gullible as hell for the last two years!!

[pa28]

16. OK that's a funny analogy we can laugh at but it's naive.

In the real world we'd be asking where "Mrs. Scheming Daemons" was at around 12:30.

He's got to start drawing boundaries, backing up his verbal positions and saying "no" to Republicans or they will simply push harder. These guys are not the sane Republicans of old. The new Republicans are ideological sharks so "reason and compromise" just translates as "blood in the water" to them. With no immediate legislation at stake this might have been a good time to pick a public fight with Republicans and win one even if the victory was small.

[Azathoth]

17. A more apt comparison would be if you had a meeting with a competitor who wanted you out of business

And once you agreed to his "request", you then turned to your fellow co-workers and told them they would have to rearrange their schedules because you wanted to accomodate the guy who was trying to put them out of business.

[scentopine]

18. Some idiot double booked President Boehner's schedule, so he told his admin assistant to fix it...

fair enough. I hope he remembers some flowers on Secretary's Day.

[Whisp]

19. well you should have attended at 1 anyway

and then call them big fat jerks, wave your arms, use your bully pulpit, look like an idiot


and lose a customer! yay.

the crazy here is thick today ;)

[rucky]

21. You played your customer perfectly.

Now you look reasonable and he looks like a smarmy doofus.

[Enrique]

23. you were the one bragging and saying "bwa ha ha ha ha!!!"

crowing about Obama's brilliant dickishness (that was your word).

Well if you go that route, then this is indeed a humiliating defeat, and you have no place mocking anyone.

Not everyone went that route, fortunately.

[GeorgeGist]

24. clever ...

NOT.

[GeorgeGist]

25. So you concede that Boehner is the customer ...

that Obama needs to please.

[great white snark]

26. I'm outraged and once I get today's talking points I will tell you exactly why I'm outraged!

Um....no memo yet so I'll use yesterday's TPs...

You're spineless and you don't fight!

[saras]

27. It depends on whether the "customer" is trying to ruin you, your family, and your community or not.

Most businesses don't have to deal with customers like that, they call the police on them.

Ones that do, like parole officers, don't cave. They order the criminals about without compunction.

This is more like the position Obama is in than a business, by far.

[bvar22]

28. Oh YES. The "Customer" is always right!

Obama must bend over for his favorite customers....The Republicans!
NOW I understand.
Brilliant analogy!


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[ClassWarrior]

30. +1

NGU.

[bluedigger]

31. That's how I interpreted it.

Of course, it's never a good idea to accommodate the customer to the point you go broke.

[treestar]

29. OMG you've shown them how weak you are!

You spineless thing you! They will walk all over you from now on!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I hate to tell you this, but I've caved numerous times on such things. :hide:

[Ignis]

32. Republicans are our customer? Well, that certainly explains a few things.

I'll take "Ham-Fisted Analogies" for $500, Alex.