You've told us your unavailable so you can't cancel now....

[jamesbrown]

Can't complain

About that...

[nomadd]

And it's all about you isn't it?

Permie talk.

[northernladuk]

About that...

He should start the statement like racists do when they don't want to appear racist but are going say something racist....

I not a complainer but....

[northernladyuk]

I'm not a toilet trader but... He should start the statement like racists do when they don't want to appear racist but are going say something racist....

I not a complainer but....

FTFY

[Old Greg]

Yes. Why would he give a tulip about anybody else, when ensuring cashflow for his business and therefore food on the table?

It doesn't mean being a nob, but when it comes to business, I only care about my own. What other people do/negotiate/get paid/whatever is their problem, I do what I need to do.

Because he is meant to be a commercial supplier in a business relationship. Why should the client, who may have less work to do and less ash available, accommodate a supplier who has now decided that he wants to turn up and work some billable days, where previously there was no need for that supplier to work? It's a real permitractor view of 'Oh I've cancelled my holidays so I don't want to use up my leave'. He could at least create a sense of urgency for why he's needed and then advise the client that he's cancelled his time off to accommodate the client's needs.

[vwdan]

Because he is meant to be a commercial supplier in a business relationship. Why should the client, who may have less work to do and less ash available, accommodate a supplier who has now decided that he wants to turn up and work some billable days, where previously there was no need for that supplier to work? It's a real permitractor view of 'Oh I've cancelled my holidays so I don't want to use up my leave'.

Nah, sorry Greg, that's weak as ****. Imagine if somebody comes to me and says "Can you make 100 widgets and deliver them by X Date" and I agree, then have to go back and renegotiate to 80 widgest due to staff absence. It's perfectly acceptable to rework things, go back and say "Oh, we can actually deliver the 100 if you'd like". It's also acceptable for them to say "Oh, nah, 80 is fine"

Psycho informed his client that he wasn't available - he's now unexpectedly available and offered up his services. They declined, both are fine.

He could at least create a sense of urgency for why he's needed and then advise the client that he's cancelled his time off to accommodate the client's needs.

I mean, he *could*. It would be pathetically transparent and make him look a tit, but sure he *could*.

Posts like yours are what make people come here, shake their head and leave. Exactly the same scenario plays out in business to business consulting relationships all the time - client wants x person for y time. Consultancy originally says no, then something changes and they go back and offer it up - getting billing days is business.

[Old Greg]

Nah, sorry Greg, that's weak as ****. Imagine if somebody comes to me and says "Can you make 100 widgets and deliver them by X Date" and I agree, then have to go back and renegotiate to 80 widgest due to staff absence. It's perfectly acceptable to rework things, go back and say "Oh, we can actually deliver the 100 if you'd like". It's also acceptable for them to say "Oh, nah, 80 is fine"

Psycho informed his client that he wasn't available - he's now unexpectedly available and offered up his services. They declined, both are fine.



I mean, he *could*. It would be pathetically transparent and make him look a tit, but sure he *could*.

Posts like yours are what make people come here, shake their head and leave. Exactly the same scenario plays out in business to business consulting relationships all the time - client wants x person for y time. Consultancy originally says no, then something changes and they go back and offer it up - getting billing days is business.

But PC is whining about it.

Now take a chill pill.

[vwdan]

But PC is whining about it.

Here yes, but it's kind of what he does.

Now take a chill pill.

Why do people always resort to this when they've got little more to say? Coming from you, it's particularly ironic.

[Old Greg]

Here yes, but it's kind of what he does.



Why do people always resort to this when they've got little more to say? Coming from you, it's particularly ironic.

Bless.

[vwdan]

Bless.

You'd look less foolish in front of everybody if you just admitted that you were wrong. But that's up to you, of course - everybody else can read the thread and make up their own mind.