Oct 31, 2019
PITA clients have nothing to do with breaking pita bread and
eating hummus with your editors. Today I’ve got in mind those
difficult clients who can be a real pain in the A.
We all have a different PITA threshold. I think of those emojis in
hospitals, where you’re asked to a face expressing your pain
level.
One person hit with a hammer says it’s a 3; somebody else says it’s
a 7.
Same with the editor who said they’d get urgent edits to you first
thing in the morning, but only send them through in the
evening. Ouch. For some freelancers, that’s a 3; for others it’s a
7. Or a 9.9. ;)
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