All in a Day’s Work
HUMOUR ON THE JOB98 | March• 2019
ILLUSTRATIONS: GETTY IMAGES; CARTOON: CONANHow to Work from Home
NOTE TO SELF: Before baby-talking
to the cat, make sure conference call
has disconnected. @BRADKNEWMANover a new bridge, the design
of which was very confusing.
Completely confounded, I muttered,
“I’d love to meet the genius who
designed this mess.”
With that, my passenger extendedA HARD TIME
I submitted a quote and a detailed
multi-page timeline of deliverables
with a breakdown of dates to my
clients.
CLIENT 1: Approved! When would we
see the first deliverable?
CLIENT 2: This is all great! Yes, approved!
What would your timeline be to get
everything done?
ME: All this information is in the
timeline you’re approving. Take a look.
CLIENT 3: Maybe this will help – I
made a timeline we can use!
clientsfromhell.net
BUILDING BRIDGES
We Uber drivers never know whom
we’re going to end up with as a
passenger. One day, I was driving
“I had to scratch and claw to
get to where I am today”