Stroll in with a 5k Italian suit, "work" for 3 hours while booking your next trip to the Caribbean. Bang a few hotties in Marketing then get in the Porsche and head home to your mansion to your trophy wife kids and "nanny". Bill for a few grand.
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How do you define "contractor attitude"?
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostPermie PM at ClientCo had forgotten his key fog one day so I lent him mine, which is on the key ring with the car key.
He looks at it and says “Oh, I’ve got WTFH’s car key, I’ll bet is some really fast little sports car”.
I say “No, it’s not, you know how unreliable Alfas are”
...I mean, it’s not little, but he was happy that I had some clapped out old banger.
What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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For me the right contractor attitude is;
Indolent
Self Important
Know it all
Never wrong
Money Grasping
Godlike
I strive to maintain the above at all times
Confusion is a natural state of beingComment
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You are Dilbert and ICMFP....Originally posted by Diver View PostFor me the right contractor attitude is;
Indolent
Self Important
Know it all
Never wrong
Money Grasping
Godlike
I strive to maintain the above at all times

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Diver!Originally posted by Diver View PostFor me the right contractor attitude is;
Indolent
Self Important
Know it all
Never wrong
Money Grasping
Godlike
I strive to maintain the above at all times
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Don't panic.Originally posted by cojak View PostDiver!

He hasn't sawn any more bits off so far as we're aware.
When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by cojak View PostDiver!

+1
I was starting to think you'd joined the great bench in the sky.Comment
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