Been there. Done that twice. Highly recommended. I've never regretted "firing a client". In fact, my only regret the first time around was not having done i

Been there. Done that twice. Highly recommended. I've never regretted "firing a client". In fact, my only regret the first time around was not having done it 6 months earlier. Everyone has their moods and passions. Any non-trivial project will almost inevitabley take a few unplanned paths and hit a few bumps in the road. Mr. Murphy never takes a day off. Alas, when performance demands keep reliably falling well outside the boundaries of the available (budget,staff,time) work-potential triangle, it's time to move on. Life is too short. It's simply not worth the wear-and-tear on one's health, staff, family, and the company's bottom line, to deal with consistently unreasonable people on a continuing basis.