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Job Hunting
We had just launched a new community web site and the general manager
of the newspaper I worked for was peering over my shoulder looking at
the home page.
“Hmm, it looks great,” he says, “but that ‘Employment’ link…that
sounds stuffy. Can we make it snappy and call it ‘Jobs’? You know the
web is more laid back than print. Let’s make it fun.”
I obliged.
About a month later the GM is looking over my shoulder again as we
added a new feature to the home page.
He says, “Um, yeah, that’s nice. But why does that link say ‘Jobs’?
It should be like the newspaper and say ‘Employment’. That’s more
professional.”
I changed it back while containing my laughter.
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This is where you keep a notebook handy, when they ask for a change like this, you simply open the book and say “Well gee, let’s see what the book says about this….. Oh yeah, this is exactly what you requested. THAT is why it’s like that.”
LOL, I can’t even begin to list all the times something similar has happened to me. Sometimes I think people like to change stuff so they can have input (and forget that they are changing something back).
Happens to me alll the time. At least that’s not a major change. I feel your pain if it’s a regular occurrence!