I agree with point 6. Event if you seem like an asshole, you have to come to a point where you say no.

Scope creep sets in and you look like the idiot at the end of the day.

Your example of messages not to put in has got many people in trouble. Myself included.

I used to fill text fields with swear words to to see how the formatting looks etc.

Unknown to me, the client was told the site is "ready".

Had a bit of explaining to do.

Your whoohoo message: We bought a dll from a company. This was part of a service which clients connected to. It worked once then stopped. When we went to have a look at the server, there was a message box. "Willie is hier 1" (Willie is here 1) Clicked ok. "Willie is hier 2" The IDIOT had shipped his dll with a message inside a _LARGE_ loop.

I left the mouse resting on the Esc key and went for a smoke.....

Cheers,

Crispin