December 2010
Clients From Hell: A Kind of Betrayal →
clientsfromhell.net
A while ago I was working on a freelance job and I was in the design stage. So I mocked up a few designs and sent them off to the client.
She called me the next day, a bit disturbed and seemingly offended.
Client: “Yeah, Hi. I wanted to talk about the designs. I wanted to ask you about what…
Bang Bang!
My current client just asked me to put pictures of .45 hollowpoint bullets next to every item on a list, and when the user clicks the link, it makes a gun shot sound. He’s not selling ammunition, he’s selling clothes and jewelry.
During the presentation I kept getting distracted because the partner who didn’t know english would type into a little machine that looked like a labelmaker, then he’d look up, puzzled, and type again on the machine.
Halfway through the presentation it dawned on me that he was typing the filler into an English to Spanish translation device, and couldn’t get “Lorem ipsum dolor” to translate. I lost it halfway through the presentation. Luckily, they had a sense of humor.
Google Analytics
Me: “We will set you up with Google Analytics.”
Client: “No way. I don’t want that.”
Me: “Why not? its great!”
Client: “My wife has it on her website and she only gets 50 hits a month. No thanks. Get me something else.”
Clients From Hell: Fifteen years ago, I worked for a fledgling web design company that,... →
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Fifteen years ago, I worked for a fledgling web design company that, because of its fratboy owner, attracted more than the normal share of creeps, nutjobs, and sociopaths. About three weeks after starting up, the owner referred us to a friend of his who was a VP for one of the biggest ISPs in the…
Clients From Hell: [Dialogue started through the contact form on our website.] Client:... →
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[Dialogue started through the contact form on our website.]
Client: ”Hello. My name is [xxx] and I am the creator of [xxx] software in India. We looking for a marketing agency to help us with business development in the United States. Let me know you are interested, thanks.”
Me: ”We’re very…
Client: “I want the website finished by tomorrow.”
Me: “Sorry, tomorrow is Christmas and I’ll be with my family tonight and tomorrow.”
Client: “Do I look like Santa Claus? Get it done.”
The glass is only half Emptee
I just posted a shirt design on Emptees today. Check it out and love it if you love it. It’s for the band Against Me!. CLICK HERE to check it out!
I also posted another shirt a little while back for Less Than Jake. I was really happy how this one turned out and I heard the print is pretty fantastic as well!
