The relationship between a vendor and client can sometimes be quite fraught, especially when negotiating a price for a job. Watch the following video. Has this ever happened to you?
June 14, 2009
June 2, 2009
It Takes Guts!
The following item was posted by Paul Crabb on SfEPLine, the e-mail discussion group of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders.
“A recent Freecycle announcement:
‘Does anyone have a small fridge in working order. This is to fit under a
worktop. My friend runs a local village bowels club and they need a fridge.’
I bet they do, especially in this heat!”
How to Use an Office Chair
Christine Lindop, who is a fellow member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders, recently bought a new office chair and was somewhat bemused by the instructions that came with it. The User’s Manual had some wonderful pronouncements such as:
“Headrest height: It is the most suitable height that the scruff is fully supported by the headrest.”
“Arm-pad angle adjustment: It’s the available method to lighten the harm to the hand, that one puts the elbow on the armrest naturally according to the working need, and avoid working without elbow support.”
And best of all:
“Seat depth adjustment: It’s the best depth when the haunch is full on the seat, the waist is crutched completely and the inturn of the knee can not touch the seat brim.”
As Christine commented: “And to think all these years I’ve been sitting with a partly crutched waist…”
