Comments on: I Can See the Exit…

By: Poem

Poem — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:43:07 +0000

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By: Joseph Hayes

Joseph Hayes — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:44:47 +0000

Devon, I know the Last Drop very well, we'll keep an eye out for James. I'll share a fabulous tidbit of knowledge … just down the road from Grassmarket, on Bread Street, is where the art director of Wizard of Oz grew up, and his view up to the Castle as a child became Dorothy's first view of Oz.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:09:50 +0000

I'm not sure we're going to Edinburgh, Devon. Our plans have us north - in Inverness.

Sorry, Joseph. We'll be home then. :(

By: devonellington

devonellington — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:08:00 +0000

Joseph and Lori, Make sure you stop by The Last Drop on Grassmarket and tell James Rettie I sent you! The Last Drop is "my office" whenever I'm in Edinburgh.

Lori -- tell Colin you're coming to Edinburgh -- he's based there.

By: Joseph Hayes

Joseph Hayes — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:14:29 +0000

Holy coo, Lori, how long will you be in Scotland? We're going over for Fringe and bookfest, and having an Inked-In get-together on Aug 16 … will you still be in the country?

By: Gabriella F.

Gabriella F. — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:07:35 +0000

I'm with Devon. When you're out, you're out. I have no backup coverage, and I simply let people know I'll be gone. As I've said before, if I wanted a 24/7 work pace, I'd have stayed in the law.

And don't worry about another slump when you get back. You'll ruin your time off. Just go and relax! You've earned it!

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:49:25 +0000

Sounds familiar, Devon. I've often said their fires are not my emergencies. :)

I agree with you - what we do is not life-or-death work. But we live in a digital world where even failing to answer your phone by the second ring puts some people off. Mind you, I've had just one such person leave a scathing message about how she could never reach me, but did she leave a call-back number? (I still think she was part of that nasty women's association that harassed me endlessly.)

I've had these ADD types write one note to me, not get an instant response, and hire someone else before the day is out. Not that I want to work for flighty people necessarily, but if a regular client comes in, I'd like to accommodate where I can. One week is okay - two weeks and their deadlines could be thrown off.

I'm still mulling it over. Not sure how much coverage I'm willing to offer. I don't want to set an unattainable precedent.

By: devonellington

devonellington — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:15:52 +0000

No. When I'm here, I'm here and the clients get 1000 percent. When I'm gone, I'm gone. My deadlines are cleared off before I go. Everything else has to wait until I get back. I'm happy to take on extra work before I go so the clients have a stockpile, but vacation is VACATION. We are not performing brain surgery, we are not in life-or-death situations.

We're worth the wait the clients have to do while we're away. Their disorganization does not constitute my emergency. On regular workweeks, it becomes my problem when they pay extra; on vacation -- no. I EARN my time off; I'm going to take it, uninterrupted.