Off topic: Fed up (ruining a weekend with work) Thread poster: Hilde Granlund
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Why did I agree to ruin my weekend with a huge job that I am still not done with :S
( I am not expecting any intelligent answers, oh, you poor thing will be ok )
[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2008-03-02 22:45]
[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2008-03-03 12:58]
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Juan Jacob 
Mexico
Local time: 07:51
French to Spanish
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| Oh, you poor thing! | Mar 2, 2008 |
And poor thing me too, by the way!
Four days stuck on my chair.
Dont' know where my rear is.
Well...
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Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:51
English to Arabic
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| Oh you poor thing! | Mar 2, 2008 |
Or to be less nice: I could have told you so!
Lately, I can't decide if I'm becoming more sensible, or if I'm just succumbing to my lazy side, but I've started rejecting all jobs which are going to ruin my weekends, or even my afternoon...
I'll probably change that attitude as soon as the next credit card bill comes in though...
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 06:51
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In memoriam | There must be an echo somewhere... | Mar 2, 2008 |
I only hope that the weather is really disgusting, that it's icy cold outside and you are locked up in your house by accident...
Must continue writing now...
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| hang in there | Mar 2, 2008 |
Hang in there, poor thing.
You'll enjoy it when it's done and you get paid nicely! =)
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Özden Arıkan
Germany
Local time: 15:51
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English to Turkish
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| Oh you poor thing! | Mar 2, 2008 |
Start your next weekend on Wednesday evening to make up for it
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biankonera
Latvia
Local time: 16:51
Italian to Latvian
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| join the club | Mar 2, 2008 |
Its the very same thing I keep asking myself Im only happy it rained here all day at least today.:)) Two days of work when its sunny would have been to unbearable...
btw.. great idea about starting weekend on Wednesday evening, Özden!:)
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Hilde Granlund
Norway
Local time: 15:51
English to Norwegian
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TOPIC STARTER | Thanks all :-) | Mar 2, 2008 |
I knew I could count on your support.
All done now, only the invoice left
Next weekend will start on Thursday, but will unfortunately not be completely free from work either.
[Edited at 2008-03-04 06:41]
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Agnieszka Hayward (X)
Poland
Local time: 15:51
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bramasole wrote:
btw.. great idea about starting weekend on Wednesday evening, Özden!:)
mmmmmmm, grand idea. I'm already enjoying the thought of it.
And I'm definitely going to introduce the idea to my clients. Really.
I love it!
Many thanks for the inspiration, Özden. And, yes, I mean it.
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| Been there, done that... | Mar 3, 2008 |
We all make foolish decision from time to time that we later regret...
I have accepted jobs that ruined my weekends and did not compensate me enough for the trouble more than once! I found comfort in thinking that every time I do a project, I learn something and build a base for the future jobs, that will be more interesting and better paid.
Not sure if it was on any consolation...
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| That makes plenty of us.... | Mar 3, 2008 |
doesn't it?
Oh, well... when we get the money, we'll be quite happy.
Ah, freelance translators...what a rum lot!
Best regards from a fellow sufferer in Mexico,
Y
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Özden Arıkan
Germany
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| Start it anyday | Mar 3, 2008 |
As we say in Turkish, "any day is a holiday for the fool" (Fool as in the 'village fool' - oh, perhaps we are the fools of the global village)
Isn't this the best thing about being a freeeeeelancer?
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