@alan fraser said:
They seem to think you're hanging on the end of the phone with nothing better to do, just waiting to commit yourself fully to their demands.
Construction industry is much the same. If I had a dollar for every time someone called me on a friday afternoon, in a panic, hoping I could get something turned over by Monday morning.
A few years ago, I would do what I could to help, but now I just laugh and tell them good luck.
What's the quote? A failure to plan on your side does not constitute an emergency on mine? Everything would be a lot easier if we didn't have clients that were humans, haha