Clients of the world: this is what you sound like to us.
"I can't offer you any payment, but you'll get great exposure!"
"I can't offer you any money for this car, but everyone will see me driving around in it!"
"My son/brother/sister/aunt/dog/goldfish/pot plant knows how to use a computer and they can do that design work for nothing."
"My son/brother/sister/aunt works in a pharmacy, they can do my heart surgery for nothing."
"I like it, but can you make it 'pop' a bit more?"
"To get to my house, simply turn bloobly at the smoo, and then tweedle gubble blonky dink."
"If you change the background to purple and brown it'll make it stand out more."
"If I get a vast pink afro and wear tie-dye clown pants all the time, it'll make me stand out more."
"If you change the font to Comic Sans, it'll seem less intimidating."
"If you lower your IQ by 70 points, you'll seem less intimidating."
"Actually, can you do me a proof from the other mockup? It's not quite right somehow."
"Actually, can you cook me a whole new meal? That one wasn't quite right somehow."
"What do you MEAN it took you 30 hours to do that illustration?! You're doing it all on a computer!"
"What do you MEAN it took you ten hours to fly across the Atlantic?! You travelled on a plane!"
Anyone got any more?
March 4 2010, 14:48:05 UTC 2 years ago
March 4 2010, 14:48:35 UTC 2 years ago
March 5 2010, 04:25:13 UTC 2 years ago
Hahahaha love it :D That's my facebook status now.
March 5 2010, 13:59:31 UTC 2 years ago
March 5 2010, 13:56:52 UTC 2 years ago
And yes, "To get to my house, simply turn bloobly at the smoo, and then tweedle gubble blonky dink."... This is utter brilliance! *snerk*
March 5 2010, 13:59:57 UTC 2 years ago
August 2 2010, 22:41:53 UTC 1 year ago
March 5 2010, 15:34:07 UTC 2 years ago
And one of my personal favorites:
"I'll know what I want when you give it to me."
"Keep repainting my house until I figure out what my favorite color is."
March 5 2010, 15:36:21 UTC 2 years ago
March 6 2010, 06:36:00 UTC 2 years ago
"I'll know what I want when you show it to me."
("I know fuck-all what the hell I want, but your time is mine to waste")
"Make the logo bigger."
"8.25 inches on a letter size sheet isn't big enough?"
"It didn't look like that on MY screen. I thought you were a pro?"
"I have never calibrated that $98 Dell monitor."
One of the downsides of surviving in this biz for 30 years... (EGAD)... is that you'll have heard all of these...
...more than once.