Stupid things that clients say
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- protoculture0
"just make it really cool! not just cutting edge,..."
long pause.
"but bleeding edge!"
- Stanton0
I had to make a cdcover for a hardcore band once. They told me I could do whatever I want, just make something "hardcore". Ok so after I made it, they told me their bassplayer wanted something hiphop-influences too, so I change the damn thing. Afterwards the guitarist wants something more "emo".
And so on, .....
- paulrand0
(for a four color ad)
"can you fax it us?"
- paulrand0
want something "just like" another piece you've done, but want to substitute different colors, photography, type and all other components that make it what it is
- AD0
Client calls: Hi, I can't find the site you said you put up for us
Me: did you enter the url I told you correctly - maybe there was a spelling error?
Client: No, I know I entered it correctly.
Me: Well I just checked the site and it works for me. Can you spell the url - you are entering
Client: look I know I'm entering it correctly - but when I hit 'search' it says it can't be found
Me: When you hit search?
Client: yes, when I enter into the Yahoo search the web box and hit search it comes up with some results but not the site
Me: oh *goes on to explain about the address bar and how you just have to enter the url and hit return ....*
but maybe if they've never been online much -i've had this happen with several newbie clients - but here's the worst thing
-2 days later
Client calls: uh I seem to have lost the site you made again
Me: are you using the yahoo search tool again
Client: I'm not supposed to
Me: *holds phone at a distance and slaps head* - remember the address bar and explains about bookmarking
Client: oh ya right
I'm expecting another call like this any day now. How do some of these people operate a vehicle or get their microwave or VCR to work?
- mr_clean0
I had a client tell me that he wanted the colors to be more impactful.
Turns out he's colorblind!
Then he says that he knows someone with a good taste for color.
Turns out to be his wife!
Then they just give me a description of the color like ones found on a crayon box.
- oculasm0
these are had me laughing for a while.. as painful as they are to hear.. they make for a good laugh.
okay.. so we lovingly design some crisp looking logo's for a major client and then they get back to us after a week and say they want it the logo to be a funny "character" ...
so we do a couple of -"funny characters" over a couple of days and present it to them just as professionally as the first set and then they go back and pick the first logo we ever gave them.
giving us specific instructions about a tiny but important little thing that they want removing on the logo. so we do that and move to colour choices.
when it comes to colour spec we give them choices of colours.. then they mix and match the logo colour elements... and say can we have it in that that shade of blue and that shade of orange..
I say okay. and do it as they want..
Then at the end they say.. hmm could we put that thing back on the logo.