Hit me baby one more time…

Even MORE shit to hate about Outlook

Why is it that Outlook lacks a “check spelling as you type” option like pretty much every other decent editor?

Dept. of Stress, A/R Division

As we approach 30d from our first invoice, we’ve had to pay the AX bill the first week of this fun-fill ride is on. Ouch. On the upside, we’re watching the A/R balance grow pretty dramatically every week. On the downside, it’s just an A/R balance, which as we understand it is not actually usable as legal tender.

Why we’re trying not to worry about this

Our contact at the contracting outfit assures us we’ll be paid on time.

Horrible things said to us in the dead of night by hotel employees

“Welcome back! You got some mail…”

Good things about this week so far

We’ve taken our last 5:30 Sunday flight. We have only 3 more Continental flights to go.

In which we notice that “plenty” doesn’t mean “well used”

The Client has a seriously Outlook-Exchange-Meeting-based culture, but we’ve already noticed a profound lack of actual written communication skills in the emails here. We send a clear email, with high ‘scan value,’ requesting specific information — and get back replies that, while prompt, are filled with essentially nonsequitor information orthagonal at best to the question clearly posed. We reply, restating the question. The phenomenon repeats, forever, until we actually go corner the person and ask the same question in person. We’d view this as very frustrating if we weren’t paid by the hour.