I’m a day late with my Monday meltdown post and it’s totally off topic, but better late than never (and better something than nothing).

In my line of business you meet all kinds of wonderful people, and I have to say, I’ve been extremely lucky and have met some amazingly wonderful clients and friends. But every once in a while, you get one.

While this is from a long time ago, I had the opportunity to revisit something that I cannot stand - those people who expect you to give them something for nothing.

You know the type, they think because they hired you to do xyz you should also throw in abc and possibly def for good measure.

Now, I love to help people, period. In most cases, I will bend over backwards to help someone if I could, especially if they are polite to me, but the moment they act like I owe them something they will receive a pink slip.

It is one of the biggest pet peeves I have - those who try to take advantage of another.

So what’s my meltdown about?

Well, if I went into the details, this post would be password protected ;) - suffice it to say that I just had a good chuckle at one of those people who informed me quite arrogantly that he expected me to move the mountains, rearrange the sea, and alter the molecular structure of O2 for him in order to show my appreciation for letting him be my client.

Does that make sense to you? It didn’t make sense to me either.

I kindly informed him that there was a surcharge for arrogance and divine actions which probably required a personal consultation with the Almighty himself at which time he said he didn’t like my customer service. Notice, he loved my customer service up until the point I refused to give him freebies.

The sad part? I probably would have done it if he hadn’t been so arrogant and condescending.

He is no longer a client.