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Originally Posted by dsvick
The worst thing is the expectation that what you do takes no at all. The best one was the job order I got from a sales rep that put in the order (without consulting me) that had a time estimate on it of 1/2 hour. The job said "Add a create user button", or something similar.
I added a button to the correct page that said "Create User". I even did it in 1/3 of the time allocated. We had a nice long talk the next day when I explain that if they actually wanted the button to do anything I'd need at least several hours and a fair amount of discovery. She wasn't happy.  |
That's not bad; I would have made it throw an error pop-up pointing out (rubbing in?) the fact that it didn't do anything, but I understand time is money.
That's similar to my recurring computer-building scenario:
Client: "How much will it cost me to have you build a computer?"
Me: "That depends; what will you use the machine for?"
Client: "Oh, I want it to do everything."
Me: "That'll be $10,000, please."