Does it ring a bell?

This one reminds me on my past - after seeing it, I feel very happy that I do not do any contracting work any more. I still don’t know if I should laugh or cry. It might be old - but nevertheless worth to watch it.

(English - with German subtitles)

via Guido Muehlwitz

June 13, 2009 | Filed Under PHP related, _trunk 

Comments

8 Responses to “Does it ring a bell?”

  1. Les on June 13th, 2009 6:51 pm

    When you come across people like that, you got to tell them just to f*ck off as basically they are just taking the piss.

  2. Dominik Jungowski on June 13th, 2009 7:18 pm

    Saugeil!

  3. Manuel Pichler on June 13th, 2009 7:32 pm

    Really nice video. I have experienced similar stories already several times :-/

  4. Gaylord Aulke on June 14th, 2009 3:28 pm

    Yep, very nice. It misses one thing: After you accepted to give away your filet steak for 5 Dollars, they will later come back with their legal department and sue you for more ketchup.

    Inspired by this, i will try something next month with our landlord: “We all are in a crisis, so in the future i will pay you 20% less rent for at least the same number of square meters but i expect another parking place in front of the house without charge”.

    Such behaviour seems common practice in business these days (when working with purchase departments of really big companies). So why shouldnt i try this at home?

  5. laurei on June 15th, 2009 1:21 am

    Watching that just makes me sad:( Great video though!

  6. Herman Radtke on June 16th, 2009 5:54 am

    Amusing, but this is the same in any business. The IT industry is not special in this regard. Being a good contractor is more than just writing good code.

  7. urban on June 20th, 2009 2:01 pm

    @Gaylord
    You are totaly right! As more you accomodate someone as more you will get ripped off … sad but true.

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