Don't Tread on Me
Aug. 22nd, 2006 12:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrockwellWriting
Got an email from an editor the other day saying it's been awhile since I submitted to them and inviting me to do so again. Always nice to know you're wanted, heh.
Up to Chapter Seven on my first round of revisions. Should go much more quickly now that the contractors from hell are gone.
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For all you contractors out there, I just want to know one thing -- if you didn't want to do the work, why in God's name did you take the job? And do NOT tell me that you can see hairline fractures in stucco twenty feet up from the ground; you're not wearing a blue suit with a big "S" on it, and you're nowhere near as cute as Brandon Routh. Get up on your fricking ladder and look. Or expect me to call my customer service rep and her manager down to have a little talk with you. And file a complaint with your boss. And warn all my neighbors who are also getting warranty work done about your lousy attitude and even worse work ethic. I've gotten two contractors fired since we moved into this house; I'm not afraid to go for three. Just so you know.
Interesting thing #17: I am a registered civil engineer, and I was making close to 6 figures before I quit to stay home with my kids. So I know a stucco crack when I see one. Again, just so you know.
Got an email from an editor the other day saying it's been awhile since I submitted to them and inviting me to do so again. Always nice to know you're wanted, heh.
Up to Chapter Seven on my first round of revisions. Should go much more quickly now that the contractors from hell are gone.
Everything Else
For all you contractors out there, I just want to know one thing -- if you didn't want to do the work, why in God's name did you take the job? And do NOT tell me that you can see hairline fractures in stucco twenty feet up from the ground; you're not wearing a blue suit with a big "S" on it, and you're nowhere near as cute as Brandon Routh. Get up on your fricking ladder and look. Or expect me to call my customer service rep and her manager down to have a little talk with you. And file a complaint with your boss. And warn all my neighbors who are also getting warranty work done about your lousy attitude and even worse work ethic. I've gotten two contractors fired since we moved into this house; I'm not afraid to go for three. Just so you know.
Interesting thing #17: I am a registered civil engineer, and I was making close to 6 figures before I quit to stay home with my kids. So I know a stucco crack when I see one. Again, just so you know.
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