friggin rip-off artists

so occasionally in a bout of procrastination, i'll cruise online for hours, which sometimes includes googling myself and whomever else i think of at the moment. and last night at about 3:30 am, instead of turning up on the usual jean quan list of supporters, guess what i found?

http://www.sinomedia.net/eurobiz/v200704/view0704.html

my little article, submitted to the editor in early january after which i never heard a fucking peep from, just happens to turn up, published. the editor never even responded after i sent him my draft. i was considering sending it to another publication because i thought, obviously, that he didn't like it because he never said a word to me. can you believe this shit?!?! i shot off an immediate email and his response:

Hi Carolyn,

Yes, we decided to use the article in the April issue. Sorry for not getting back to you earlier – I thought I’d written back, but it appears that I didn’t.

uh, no shit. i don't believe that shit for second. if i wasn't so obsessed with google, i'm sure i never would be getting paid for my work. wtf?!?! the magazine is called Eurobiz, but i think it'd be better off being called Chinabiz. i mean, at least then i can be prepared to be ripped off. they sure seemed to have caught on to how things work here.

fucking assholes. that's 1580 rmb they weren't going to pay me.