Design Rule #138
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- thompson
Never, ever, ever, under any circumstances,
Bring a Pantone® swatch-book to a cllient meeting.
- dippy0
I gotta hear the story behind this one! Tell all, thompson, please.
- cosmo0
dippy dude, i want to play in the damn poker tournamet bro.
- tny0
like kids w. matches
- dippy0
if you can make it out to central Jersey on the 19th, you're in, cosmo.
- cosmo0
DAMN IT!!!! u going to be playing?
- tkmeister0
all you need is 12 color crayon.
- dippy0
Yes, I'll be playing. And then I'll lose in the first round after going all in on pocket threes and someone else will win that iPod Shuffle!
- cosmo0
we need to put NT online poker tournament together.
- ivan_cook0
yes. please tell us more.
how is everything going?
- dippy0
lemme guess: the client meeting lasted four hours longer than it should've and now the Pantone book is in pieces.
And you hate your job.
- dippy0
cosmo, if you build it, they will come.
- thompson0
Me: "So here is a mock-up of what the color should look like, I think it works really well with the color we chose for the first print run"
Clients: "umm. Don't like it. yeah. it's too techy looking, to bright"
Me: "Well it should stand out from the other color, since it will appeal to a younger audience, like you said"
Clients: "Yeah, but maybe there is something better"
Me: "Well, we could invert the color pallet we have now for this piece, that way it's the same spot colors, but a different feel"
Clients: "Hmm. Yeah, that could be nice. But I am not sure if that is what we are going for with the decor."
Me: *pause*
Clients: "Don't you have your pantone book with you?"
Me: ".....yea"
–literally 30 minutes later–
Clients: "I like this color, it's fresh, techy, and I think since we are trying to reach to a younger crowd it needs to pop. Can we change the other color to this one? I know we are asking to change both colors, but this is fun"
Me: "I'll talk with the printer, I need to go, I will email you mock-ups"
- dippy0
Design Rule #139
Never entertain a client who even KNOWS what a Pantone book is.
- tkmeister0
always say no.
- monkeyshine0
I could have told you that. I learned the hard way too. Bring chips but leave the damn book at the office.
- ivan_cook0
client says: no it too techy....
< client is replaced by aliens >
client says: yes, like this! we must have something more techy!
:-)
keep austin weird
- thompson0
yeah I decided to bail out of their when they used the exact same word to kill the original color and then praise the similar one they picked.
ca-ray-zee.
IVAN_COOK IS MAD AT US!
kidding, times are a changin, but chemset will prevaillike a phoenix we will rise
- ivan_cook0
no way. :-) we should get a drink soon.
** hire these guys! they rock! **
- lifeinsodium0
what are some of the other 137 rules?
- JAO0
expect to get the response you were looking for by posting it where a bunch of poker playing alcholics dwell.
word.