“I want to logo to invoke intense feelings, like how I felt when my dad died.”
Category: Cairns Clients from Hell
Me: Shall I save the drawing as a PDF so it’s ready to be attached to an email?
Client: No. Just print it out and scan it.
“Please send this to us by postal method. We do not communicate electromagnetically”
– Hand-written letter
A client was having issues with a site I designed a few years back.
Client: I thought it you would cover it with a lifetime warranty.
Me: No, our contract stipulates a two year warranty.
Client: What’s the difference?
“Can you make the Facebook button display more likes? We want it to look like people use our website.”
Client tells me about multiple problems she’s having with her website.
Me: I recommend you to send me an e-mail.
Client: Like… uh… an empty e-mail?
Me: No, one that outlines all these problems so I can fix them for you.
Client: What makes you think I have time to figure out what my problems are?
Me: What makes you think I do?
I accidentally sent my client two identical attachments.
From: Client
We’re going with the top ad, please lighten the photo (same as the one below) and email only the top ad to ASAP.
I’m leaving to an offsite, I will follow-up this afternoon, thanks!
To: Client
From: Client’s Partner
Definitely the top one, slogan really stands out. Only concern is photo in bottom one is lighter and would be better in paper.
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“Why does he look so angry? Can you make him look passive aggressive instead?”
– Referring to a 3D rendering of a bull
Client: I can’t open your document…
Me: Do you have Adobe Reader? You need it to read PDF documents.
Client: PDF…? How do you spell that?