Bad client stories anyone?
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"our web site doesn't load if I turn javascript off... please fix this"
- tofslie?VectorMasked
- HAHAHAHAHAHAHsublocked
- pure goldMidge
- shouldnt it?Stugoo
- rafalski0
An agency upon receiving design for a battery recycling organization on a Wednesday:
"simply put, grass background is not something our client wanted to see on his website"
Friday layout reiteration:
"..I can't see the grass from the Wednesday design, where is it gone?"
- ian0
How about working on a magazine with a tight deadline:
me: So if you're happy with the images, I can start buying the high res ones and artworking while you get me the last article...
client: so I'll have that article over to you later.
me: ok, so can I start artworking so this can go to print?
client: as I said, I'll get the article over to you later.
me: so can I start artworking this then?
client: I have to go I'll get back to you later...days later:
client: This needs to go to print today...
me: ok, so can I start artworking so this can go to print?
client: as I said, I'll get the article over to you later.etc etc etc
- trooperbill0
Having spent months on a project been down to their offices and had them show us their systems and data we finished a project client says "youve missed off lots of our system" then proceeds to show us lots of different systems than we were originally shown WTF! he said "you should have asked" we went down there for a week for them to show us all this stuff ffs!
nother client commissions 7k work and goes bust just as we're about to launch (and get paid)
current client - i do some great, considered UI designs for an app, he wants them 'more designery... you know like web 2.0" i show him stuff like basecamp etc he says "yes like that" then i re-show him the ui design and talk through the process and he just doesnt get it! so im having to over design it as eyecandy which will make it unusable :(
- forbes0
another bad one is when you finsh a long-winded, pain in tha arse website and have the client say - how do i update this site myself?' when no CMS was agreed upon in the first place!
from that point, either client agrees to pay extra for a CMS to be built into the site and it drags on forever as usual..
or we take the client to court over non-payment. happens alot
- rafalski0
for trooperbill
- Midge0
work would be so great without clients.
- VectorMasked0
life would be so great without work.
- Midge0
don't you love:....
"we want to stand out, be risky, take a punt, be hip, really do something amazing and something that will shock people"...followed by....
"can you tone it down a bit, i don;t think we can say that, its a bit risky"
- Jordy0
Client: We want the "Wow-effect"!
/kill client
- rafalski0
This button should have more "oomph" and less "eeew"
- modern0
Had the usual shitty coloured menu items on a government site, the FAQ section was just some generic orange.
"Try darker orange to get away from EasyJet orange!"
- Stugoo0
design the site, get it signed off, build it, get paid.
week later:
the client comes back.. oh that yellow isnt right can we make it orange?
revamp psd, sign off make ammends, get paid.
week later:
the orange isnt right... can we have red?
repeat.Another one.
Design > sign off > build go to launch... client changes thier contact who demands to go back to the design stage...
Client comes in with some MS word Logo and a starburst 90's design.
"can we incorporate this into the site?"
eventually we part ways.
- VectorMasked0
nOOb client: I don't like them.
us: what's wrong with them?
nOOb client: the colours are way different that the previous batch.
us: yeah, that's normal. we told you.
nOOb client: but I like it better like before.
us: yeah, but we went over this. It's 100% impossible to achieve the exact same colour in every run.
nOOb client: But I don't like it. I can't pay for this.
us: You do realize this batch is a lot more accurate than the last one — the one you like.
nOOb client: But I liked it.
us: we went over this. We gave you options and you decided on options we didn't even put on the table such as the most affordable print run, no pantones, cheapest paper...
Not even print runs that cost 10 times more get 100% accuracy. Humans have not invented such technology.
nOOb client: well can I get them cheaper?
us: *sigh*- Thats just a standard prick of a client trying to fuck you up the ass.ian
- nah... this time it was a spoiled and ignorant girl. Couldn't comprehend basic technology.
She was blonde btw.VectorMasked - was she hot?modern