Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Some persons know what they want, but they don’t have the resources to tell me. Perhaps they don’t know what they want. Perhaps they have many other reasons for passing me to another person. Perhaps I should just stay away.

Do you want to know what I want? Talk to Mr. ABC. He has worked with me before. He knows from experience what I want. He will tell you.

I:

1. have not written what it is I want
2. do not have the time to talk to you

There are several messages herein. Probably the most important message is:

Stay away from this person.

I have been in this situation several times. The person even directed me to hire a company as a subcontractor. The ABC company would sit in my offices and day-by-day, little-by-little impart bits of wisdom about “what the boss really wants” in this and that situation.

These situations never worked well. Perhaps they have worked well in other situations with other persons, but that was not my experience.