I despise end users

[scaeagles]

I suppose I shouldn't let this bother me, as this type of stuff keeps me employed.

I manage the programming and design of a financial system for a division of a defense contractor.

The users ask for things. I give the users what they ask for. Exactly what they ask for. They look at what I've given them. They tell me it is exactly what they asked for, but not what they want. So I have to change it.

This happens over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

I just spent a few weeks giving them an expansion of a certain financial report. It is exactly what they asked for. Upon reviewing it, they decided they didn't need it after all.

I've had year long project going on changing their financial account structure across the system. Upon completing it in a test environment/database, with everything converted and hundreds of programs modified to accomodate what they asked for, they've decided they just don't like the new structure and are going to change it again.

I'm glad I am employed. It would just be freakin' nice if SOMETHING I did for them SOMETIME they would ACTUALLY USE instead of constantly CHANGING THE FREAKIN' TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!