It's cheeky enough to charge your client for time while you're entertaining them, and super-cheeky if they're actually paying! Unless, of course, you are a prostitute.
If they take you on a full-day bender while you're supposed to be working for them, you can try arguing that this constitutes a "derogation from grant" with respect to your contract, and that they're therefore in breach of it, but that this is "remediable" by paying you your normal charge rate for the duration. For this to work, your client has to actually know piss-all about contract law.
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Previously on "if a client take you out for the night..."
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Originally posted by kramer.....ahh padawan you have a lot to learn.... pass the bolly yoda!!
Not a huge fan of champers really.
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Originally posted by PondlifeI would however drink my body weight in G+Ts though.
.....ahh padawan you have a lot to learn.... pass the bolly yoda!!
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If the client has invited you to attend a night out I would view it as taking the pi$$ to try and charge for it. I would however drink my body weight in G+Ts though.
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Obviously your comic timing is impeccable....Originally posted by n5gooneroh but they do !
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oh but they do !Originally posted by krameryou should really ask the client....... i would have thought they would not consider your wit and chat as chargeable....
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I dunno. His suggestion made me laugh...Originally posted by krameryou should really ask the client....... i would have thought they would not consider your wit and chat as chargeable....
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you should really ask the client....... i would have thought they would not consider your wit and chat as chargeable....
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Tight get!!! Unless it's work related, down as many beers as you can. If it is a 'business meeting', then charge for your time.Originally posted by n5goonerits a group thing, all fat old blokes, except one lady, but I would'nt shag her as she Welsh.
seem to remember last time I put in overtime for it...
The beauty with this is, if it's the first option, you'll probably end up sh@gging the Welsh munter anyway...
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its a group thing, all fat old blokes, except one lady, but I would'nt shag her as she Welsh.
seem to remember last time I put in overtime for it...
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Depends if I got a sh@g out of it too...obviously assuming the client is a bird (ahem).Originally posted by n5gooner..do you charge over time for it?
..or put it down to good relations....and just just the free food and wine tasting?
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if a client take you out for the night...
..do you charge over time for it?
..or put it down to good relations....and just just the free food and wine tasting?Tags: None
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