Becky Says...

September 2004

Entries
Current Entry
Previous Entry
Next Entry
Archives

Links
Personal Sites
and Forums/Boards

Diaryland
The Hunger Site

Communication
Write to me


Subscribe with Bloglines






September 22

Multiple things on my mind tonight.

I've been getting an inordinate amount of religious spam this week. I don't mean the sick-sweet forwards from well-meaning friends. I'm talking about spam from some interest group or another, puporting to want my opinion on school prayer and don't I want a Christian mortgage to go along with that?

Frankly, this stuff offends me more than porn spam ever could. I don't like "Christian" used as a selling-point adjective, for one thing. If a business owner wants to live up to Christian ideals, that's a fine and wonderful thing. Attempting to flaunt it, and gain by that flaunting? Not so wonderful.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Something that has surprised me more than the question of whether or not Cat Stevens has any ties to a terrorist organization in light of his recently being denied entrance to the United States is the amount of truly impassioned speech against him. I haven't followed his story in a long time, so some of the information people were presenting (with appropriate reference) was indeed news to me. All I know for sure is that I always liked his music. And I still do.

* * * * * * * * * * *

I'm having to rethink some things in regard to my freelance work. I've come up against a client whose pay habits are slipping, and while I do expect the client to pay me for the last work done, I'm going to have to establish some concrete expectations.

I'm not an unreasonable person in terms of payments; if a client needs to take extra time to pay, I'm not likely to get upset about it, if I'm told in advance there will need to be a delay. But to fail to pay when the bill is presented, and to fail to comment on the need for delay, is not acceptable.

If for no other reason, a delay without comment makes me feel that my work is being undervalued. In this particular instance, I don't think that's the case; I think the client has forgotten to write a check. But it still makes me feel bad.

Okay, it makes me feel a little bit used and a lot taken for granted. I don't like either of those things.

Text © copyright 2000-2004 Becky