Secrets of Sylvia

There's a group of people I sometimes have to work with that like to gossip a lot. It makes me sick. They complain about parents and how some are stay-home moms and talk as if they're above them for it. It's kind of annoying.

I sometimes have to do projects for these people. Usually, the deadline is pretty much impossible, meaning I have to do a lot of work on my own, personal time. Then, the project gets sent to these people, who, I guess, must have it perfect even though they're having me do a professional's job, at which, I'm not a professional at (but they heard I do it as a hobby, so they want to take full advantage of it), not to mention it's not what I was hired to do, and they don't want to give me work time to do it----let's end the rant here. Anyhow, it always comes back with a list of complaints and demands with how either the parents won't like it, or they were wanting something else (though, when I pushed for info at the beginning of the project, they just said, "do whatever. It doesn't need to be perfect."), and once I even got a, "I never liked blablabla..." with no indication as to why. I'm supposed to read their minds or something.

And nobody offers any sort of appreciation. Not even a, "Thanks for doing this on your own time. We really appreciate it--especially since it's our project. We'll tweek it from here."

It's like, I've turn into their lackey and they feel they can just give me a project, with absolutely no background on why I'm doing this, how they want it done, and no work time to do it in. Then they sit around and complain about it and get back to me with a list of demands.

What kind of BS is that? Who sits around complaining about everyone else's rudeness, how stay-home moms have all the time in the world, and how their culture is just superior, but, yet, don't even have the time of day to offer a, "Thanks."

I think it's sick.