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After 12 years, I know this all too well. My point is, I guess, to simply tell the truth! If the expenditure/budget was pulled, just say so! As I say, I'm a big boy, I can take it.
All you need to know about the intelligence level of the correspondents is that they cannot use a dictionary, since they think the iPhone is an invention. It isn't. It's a progression of a kind of invention. Personally, I have doubts about whether the mobile phone itself is an invention, being...
For many years now, I've been using my elder brother's technique for dealing with nuisance callers (well, thse that et passed my TPS status).
You leave a pause of J U S T long enough, then say in your best serial killer voice: "Do you want to be my friend?" (Another pause) "I haven't got any...
I would strongly advise against that, unless you already have an offer of a long-term contract on the table for a skill which is in very strong demand.
Whilst waiting to hear whether or not I have been successful in securing a contract, I'm being told that the client is considering an internal candidate. Late last year, I was told that I'd missed out on another role as an internal candidate had been appointed. Now, this *has* to be a euphemism...