Answering the question "how long or what is the cost to do X thing" only to be later told "don't work on it", is the most unpaid time consuming activity. Someti

Answering the question "how long or what is the cost to do X thing" only to be later told "don't work on it", is the most unpaid time consuming activity. Sometimes you really don't know if it will take 2 hours or 2 weeks without some investigation.