Comments on: Business and friends don’t mix

By: nodnoly

nodnoly — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:44:14 +0000

I have never mixed friends and work before, but the comparision of mixing friends and sex it’s true…

I was lucky when that happened and we are still good friends… my best friend… I am lucky to have a friend like that
But I know that not allways is like that…

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:41:02 +0000

That really bites. I know the feeling; just today I got a call from a friend for whom I’d done free design work for a major 3 room remodel, under the understanding (non-contractual, of course…) that I’d be doing the work and providing the product. She said “Thanks SO MUCH for the help!! I love it, and I’m going to have _____ follow the plans to a ‘T’ when he does the work”

AAAAAUUUGGHHH!!!! All that time/work down the tubes.

Friends/Business are not good to mix.

By: Michael Guy

Michael Guy — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 03:54:42 +0000

Never do work for a ‘friend.’ It never works; I got screwed last Fall and wrote this post about my contempt for getting roped into helping friends. Never again.

http://troublespots.blogspot.com/2004/09/freelance-hell.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:11:21 +0000

whenever I have conflict, [after my first "fuck you" addict response] I try to look for my part in it.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:07:37 +0000

This is a tricky one… I’ve done design work for a few friends, and first of all, the money part can be messy. I invariably feel guilty charging friends money for my services, but I end up spending more time on their projects than my regular clients, since I care more about them, so my other projects suffer. Then… if they’re not happy with something, it causes friction. And in construction, there’s always SOMEthing that goes wrong.

By: Marty

Marty — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:31:16 +0000

Might I inquire just *how* exactly you offended him?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 05:43:06 +0000

Re the having sex with friends comment - think most of us would’ve done it one time or another. I guess the more you spend time with them, the greater is the risk that it’d happen. I’m still really good friends with my “mistakes”. In some ways, we’ve become even closer because of the sex - but that is not to say I think it’s a good idea. For one, my bf gets insanely jealous at the mere reference to that little bit of “history”.

By: SparklesMpls

SparklesMpls — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:05:19 +0000

LOL @ TexanDave! That’s funny shit.

By: riye

riye — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:01:41 +0000

Not sure what you did to offend him but… couldn’t he have given it a second chance?

By: higher powered

higher powered — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:23:37 +0000

8 out of ten comments I make on your post are not successful.