Rant Rant Rant

I have fought the man and won. I am as a result COMPLETELY stoked. This is the man who I took the 70K contract to, and who I went to all the meetings with til they all said YES and the contract was signed, the guy who I've done maybe 15 crap paid jobs for, thinking when the ship comes in etc. he'll take care of me, I can rely on him to do me a good reference if I need one etc, the guy who at the end of the first stage of the edit decided to hold out on me using it for promo til the ENTIRE job is done, mid next year.
Like I ranted a month ago, he didn't have to do that. He could've done the right thing straight away.
No courtesy, no honour, just flat out South African-male uber-controlling bastardry.
So I went into battle. I was calm and collected and careful to talk to the right people in the right, calm, controlled way, and apart from the first 3 days of it, I never again fell in a heap of weeping and rage, and I kept drilling quietly away, emailing him as required calmly reiterating the client's permission for release, carefully avoiding telling him what a MOTHERFUCKER he is, and yesterday, BingoMcBango, the DVD arrives in the mail. Not actually in a cover at all, or a label, or with a note at all, just folded into a piece of scrap paper and wedged into an A4 envelope.
Oh what a spoilt child he is.
And I am the CHAMPION of battles.

posted by Annie B @ 11:30 AM