Why Is It?

[mrlich]

 Why is it that every time someone asks me to do illustration work for them they feel the need to insist "It should be something easy for you." or "I'm sure you can whip that out in no time."

If it's so easy, then why aren't you doing it yourself and saving the money?

Because it's not. That's why you're hiring me.

I'm envisioning people greeting their surgeon with "Oh - it shouldn't be any big deal for you - you've done all that schooling, worked hard, and got some experience under your belt. You should be able to rip out my appendix in seconds! So let's say you give me a discount huh?"

/end grumbleBitchMoan

Comments

[ms-violet.livejournal.com]

This is such a catch-22.

I've had experiences where I've been told exactly that; you can do this quickly and easily like ripping off a band-aid. I then see myself presented with two choices:

1)Do it quickly and easily like ripping off a band-aid, risking my professional reputation i.e., "she sent me the shittiest, terse e-mail, why should I bother seeing this show she's talking about?"

2)Put in the time and have the respondent say, "That was such a nice e-mail she sent."

If I wore glasses I would wish I could put a little meter in the bottom right hand corner of my eyeglass frames so I could pretend it's me racking up karma points.