SeekingAfrica
Diamond Member
I've worked for months to now get all wound up and frozen anxious about work. I am currently unemployed and looking, and my first mini project has a really rude client. And the thing is, it's the only project I currently have so I need it. Plus I need good testimonials. But man- I haven't had so rude clients before and it's really getting to me. I've tried to be patient for 2 weeks,and it has gotten to a point where I dread getting emails from that person and having to update him on my progress.
He often comments in an inappropriate or childish manner: he asks questions without any verbs or only with question marks so I have to additional questions as to what he's referring to. Like after me writing a full sentence explaining something, his answer might only be 'so?'. To something that needed an actual answer and I should need to explain that.
He has odd standards. He wouldn't say this is my deadline and you're behind, but maybe instead say 'as a writer you should be writing this and this amount per day if you want to make it, my dear' (also too familiar- not professional- which made me uncomfortable and I pointed it out). He agreed with what I said, but seemed annoyed that I brought it up.
He would not respond for days when I need his input, then act entirely surprised that he needed to respond when I bring it up. But when he writes me he expects immediate answer and acts bewildered if he doesn't get it.
Am I overreacting? I mean, I know I need to be patient and be able to work with all sorts of clients.
But I worked for 4 months to be able to work at all because of anxiety and now are the first days when I am starting to dread each task in that project. This hasn't happened to me in a while. Anxiety in the last months have been for practical(financial for example) reason or just... random. But this project now is so hard for me to do. I feel like half of my energy is going into navigating my communication with that person and not with the project itself. Thank God I'm in a different country and it's all online. I would let this project go, but that would mean he would need to find a new person plus I'd get bad review. And unlike him I am professional and I need to finish this. But because of anxiety now I can't start my day doing the rest of my work (like job search) because I am too anxious about this gig. I think maybe I'll move working on it to the start of my day. But really, am I 'too sensitive'? This has been taking so much from my energy this week...
He often comments in an inappropriate or childish manner: he asks questions without any verbs or only with question marks so I have to additional questions as to what he's referring to. Like after me writing a full sentence explaining something, his answer might only be 'so?'. To something that needed an actual answer and I should need to explain that.
He has odd standards. He wouldn't say this is my deadline and you're behind, but maybe instead say 'as a writer you should be writing this and this amount per day if you want to make it, my dear' (also too familiar- not professional- which made me uncomfortable and I pointed it out). He agreed with what I said, but seemed annoyed that I brought it up.
He would not respond for days when I need his input, then act entirely surprised that he needed to respond when I bring it up. But when he writes me he expects immediate answer and acts bewildered if he doesn't get it.
Am I overreacting? I mean, I know I need to be patient and be able to work with all sorts of clients.
But I worked for 4 months to be able to work at all because of anxiety and now are the first days when I am starting to dread each task in that project. This hasn't happened to me in a while. Anxiety in the last months have been for practical(financial for example) reason or just... random. But this project now is so hard for me to do. I feel like half of my energy is going into navigating my communication with that person and not with the project itself. Thank God I'm in a different country and it's all online. I would let this project go, but that would mean he would need to find a new person plus I'd get bad review. And unlike him I am professional and I need to finish this. But because of anxiety now I can't start my day doing the rest of my work (like job search) because I am too anxious about this gig. I think maybe I'll move working on it to the start of my day. But really, am I 'too sensitive'? This has been taking so much from my energy this week...
