I have a client like that, it's the worst. She pays on the reg so I'm reticent to let her go, but she can be legit unbearable to deal with too, like forgetting what individual payments were for, so that I need to bring up the conversations in written form to convince her I don't actually have to do anything more for her. Her lack of professional boundaries make it worse, she flips me from being friend to being employee whenever it suits her: if I don't want to tailor a specific piece a certain way, it's "I thought we were friends," but when I'm not around to take her call right away it's "I've paid you thousands of dollars, you can't do this to me, blah blah..."
So I have professional boundaries for my client interactions now. Business hours during weekdays only for business calls. And she pays half up front, with all interactions on that end being in writing. I don't have time to be playing the "what can benefit someone else the most this exact second?" game with anyone, let alone her.
So I have professional boundaries for my client interactions now. Business hours during weekdays only for business calls. And she pays half up front, with all interactions on that end being in writing. I don't have time to be playing the "what can benefit someone else the most this exact second?" game with anyone, let alone her.
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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