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Sometimes, good things happen to slack people. I've neglected this work thing and have been dreading having it come back to bite me in the ass.

Posted by ralph wiggum (aka Wiggum17) Oct 11 '11, 17:32

Client just called and my heart dropped. Then he basically said: "Hey, forget about doing X. We need you to do Y. Sorry if you wasted a lot of time doing X, we don't need it now."

Victory! Victory! My ass is pulled out of the fire!

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do you still get paid buckets of cash for X? no harm, no foul. -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 18:44 4
- The point is, I hadn't done X and now I'm not going to get screamed at for being late in delivering X. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 11, 18:47 2
  - not-screaming is awesome! -- nm - loosilu Oct 11, 19:16
  - Now you know why they call it X-mas! - prayformojo Oct 11, 19:03
- yes, and that's exactly how every lawyer does receive their paycheck. -- nm - moles Oct 11, 18:46
Abby, do not listen to the crazy lady! - prayformojo Oct 11, 17:34
conclusively proving that ignoring a problem is always the best policy - moles Oct 11, 17:33 2
- This is what I'm sayin! Procrastination paid off! It's vindication for my entire way of life! nm - ralph wiggum Oct 11, 17:34 1
  - Can I subscribe to your newsletter? - amoxy Oct 11, 17:39

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Sometimes, good things happen to slack people. I've neglected this work thing and have been dreading having it come back to bite me in the ass.

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