Our copy editor is annoyed.

He just realized that the project that was communicated to him is not what needed to be done. What needs to be done requires much more effort.

So, he called in for clarification.

CopyEditor:
This is way more than what was told to me.
Nouveau Sidler:
Just do it.

The copy editor spends 2 full nights (till the wee hours) trying to get the work done. He asks again, because it’s taking way too long, and it’s way more than anticipated.

This is where I get called in. I’m asked to please “clarify the project”.

I don’t know what’s been said to date. I explain what is to be done, what is not to be done, and find out that directly contradicts what Nouveau Sidler told him.

So he’s pissed. He’s done a bunch of unnceccesary annoying work which he won’t get paid for because Nouveau Sidler told him incorrectly and didn’t know wtf was going on.

Round 2

I’m reviewing the work. It turns out that all the source files Nouveau Sidler gave him were OLD. There had been substantial edits since, so everything the copy editor did is now irrelevant anyways because he’s using old material given to him by Nouveau Sidler.

FUCK.