tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post8833472746977255445..comments2023-11-18T11:24:52.834-08:00Comments on Tales from the Den of Chaos: Oh, did I forget to mention that?Mother of Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-1378572162856535742009-05-16T21:27:00.000-07:002009-05-16T21:27:00.000-07:00Whoa - you even doubled the bid and it still went ...Whoa - you even doubled the bid and it still went BOYOYOING! Nice of them to leave out a few tiny details in the original RFP.21stCenturyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02370504811536749950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-45988748244626782982009-05-14T10:54:00.000-07:002009-05-14T10:54:00.000-07:00Oh my! That sounds an awful lot like what happens...Oh my! That sounds an awful lot like what happens in my world. <br /><br />"Did we say we wanted XXX? Now that we think about it, we need to do YYY + ZZZ + AAA +.... in time XXX. Can you do that?" <br /><br />The project has just morphed from a pair of stockinette stitch socks into those fantastic thigh high lace stockings in the most recent issue of Vogue. <br /><br />Those are the times ISuperMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940267486342824376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-44074284787772688942009-05-13T18:14:00.000-07:002009-05-13T18:14:00.000-07:00Thank heavens for the yarn-related comparisons! Yo...Thank heavens for the yarn-related comparisons! Your audience now understands, thank you.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519183913166843527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-62790679640238670922009-05-13T17:25:00.000-07:002009-05-13T17:25:00.000-07:00Look at it this way: at least you learned the bad ...Look at it this way: at least you learned the bad news <B>before</B> you accepted the contract.<br /><br />NancyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-17401025244657304892009-05-13T15:46:00.000-07:002009-05-13T15:46:00.000-07:00I'm betting that first sketch was probably drawn u...I'm betting that first sketch was probably drawn up by someone who will never actually use it or have any idea what the users actually do when they sit at their desks. Having received your nice low quick bid, the sketch was passed to someone who knew what they really needed/wanted and who rewrote it so it has a passing acquaintance with reality. <br /><br />And they they will be surprised that eclairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-48494714536429265622009-05-13T12:57:00.000-07:002009-05-13T12:57:00.000-07:00Damn hell! Did you about wet yourself when you sa...Damn hell! Did you about wet yourself when you saw that?<br /><br />I wonder if they make the first bid simple so they can weed out the idiots who can't do the work and the idiots who think that basic work like that is a license to rob a company that doesn't know better stone blind?Sierciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03505170185697698789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-49821236094126981062009-05-13T10:17:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:17:00.000-07:00Did you get the sense that they really don't know ...Did you get the sense that they really don't know what they are talking about (in the first project description) or was it a weed out thing? Because those sound like two completely different projects. And if the people writing the descriptions don't realize that? I cannot imagine working with them.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501904682379824742noreply@blogger.com