Comments on: Snow, Fog, and Kilts https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html a freelance writing resource. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joseph Hayes https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html#comment-10026 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:02:15 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html/#comment-10026 Visit me at jrhayes.net and email your address, I'll send you a supply 🙂

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html#comment-10025 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:02:26 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html/#comment-10025 I did miss you, Joseph! How are you these days?

Oh, you tempt me with some exceptional tea! I do need that fix, Joseph. Haven't had it since Ireland….

]]> By: Joseph Hayes https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html#comment-10024 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:38:13 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html/#comment-10024 Oh SO busy this year, in case you've missed me! Just as one deadline approaches completion, another gig appears, some small, some quite large.

Lori, we have an almost unlimited supply of PGTips, in case you need a good Scottish tea fix.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html#comment-10023 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:28:11 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html/#comment-10023 I understand the need to shovel too, Paula! Good editor, that one.

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html#comment-10022 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:57:49 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/01/snow-fog-and-kilts.html/#comment-10022 Hey, at least your husband didn't come in higher than you in the kilt contest!

I had to write a 1,000-word article this weekend. I was happy to do it, too. Why? We had our snowstorm Friday, and they were predicting anywhere from 5-10" (wound up with about 7). Friday afternoon it was falling at 1-2" per hour. I was trying to focus on the article, but kept thinking I needed to shovel before it got too deep. The catch is the client pays once a month, and invoices must be in by the 20th. I told my editor I might not get the article in until Monday. She basically ordered me to send my invoice that very minute, go shovel, and send the article in over the weekend, saying, "I totally understand the need to shovel. I'm Canadian!"

This week I have a new article I need to do some homework on, a column to write, and some marketing to do. Lots of marketing to do.

So far today I've been battling my city over uncollected recyclables. They've had two shots at picking them up (including a "do-over" I gave them Friday), yet my full bin sat there filling with snow, which is now melting thanks to rain, which might freeze solid before Thursday's collection date. They couldn't promise someone would come out to get it, so I asked for a small token credit to my account. Instead I got the run-around. One woman said, "We don't give credits" and told me to put the bin in my garage so it doesn't freeze…um my garage isn't heated. When she realized I wasn't going to back down, she passed me along to someone in a totally different City office who has nothing to do with billing, accounts or recycling. I think I spoke to (or left messages for)4 or 5 people this morning alone.

Seriously: All someone needed to do was admit the oversights and offer to try to correct the situation. I wasn't asking for a full refund – maybe a $1 credit. But no, they try telling me recycling is "a courtesy" (they why is it listed on my bill?) and expect me to pay for service I didn't get. Not acceptable. Yes. I already wrote to my Alderman.

Nothing like a good complaint letter to get the writing juices flowing on a Monday morning. (Rats. I just noticed it's almost noon!)

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