It's just been one of those weeks. One of the most stressful, hellish, frustrating weeks I swear I've ever had in my life. Now, I'm not one to usually bitch - especially about clients, especially online - but god damn has this week been shit.
As simply as I can put it, my company wrote some software for hospitals according to government specifications. Currently my client is using said tool in production and I spent my whole damn week writing code updates (for features that they "forgot" they needed until we're in fucking production), and when I wasn't doing that, I was on the phone with them answering their questions as to why the software won't allow them to do blank.
And by blank they mean ridiculous things.What do you mean that's contradictory to the government specifications?! But this is how I want to do it?! Why can't the software sprout a unicorn horn, poop some glitter and then magically throw up thousands of dollars?!
Okay okay. My client's aren't monsters. Most of the time. But this week seriously put me through the ringer. The worst part about all of it has been the constant distrust of the software. Oh, how I hate the blanket statement "It's broken." Well what is broken?! The button? The dropdown? The graph?! Every time I talk with them, "the software" isn't doing what its supposed to. And when we drill down to the real issue, it's a data issue. No, actually, in order to get a passing grade you must use a date from the last 12 months - three years ago doesn't fucking count! It's almost always user error on their part, with the exception of a couple of small bugs that I admit were there, and yet it's still always the software's fault.
The absolutely wonderful good news - and the silver lining to my shit week - is that I posted my first hopeful set, so I'm now officially a hopeful. Goodbye member status - hello hopeful! And hopefully in the future, full fledge suicide girl!
Anyone else have a shit week? Feel free to comment and bitch as much as you need. I'm listening. :)