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Digital Revolutions
June 23rd, 2008
Haha, so true.
Alex Fraiser
June 23rd, 2008
Ah, gotta love the client from hell!
Tosin Matti
June 23rd, 2008
so true.. I hate when that happens.
Katharine
June 23rd, 2008
N.C., I’m an editor, not a designer, but I always find your cartoons right on target. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
liz
June 23rd, 2008
i think i know that guy…
trs21219
June 23rd, 2008
i have a client like that. he seems to think #CCCCCC is a great background color….for alll the content on a website….. right….. lol
MyRule
June 23rd, 2008
Sounds familiar, I had a client like that.
Benek
June 23rd, 2008
So true
Gregmayo
June 23rd, 2008
Italy is the same
Chris Hoeppner
June 23rd, 2008
I had one of those. After 8 months of continuous “I thought I told you that I wanted it this way”, he ended up taking the work to someone else “because you are working too slow”.
I usually don’t ever know if I should fire the client or continue to give in.
Olivier
June 23rd, 2008
Argl ! I’m living this right now ! Please, send me an exorsist to cast that client back to hell !!! (Experienced exorsist only please as i d’ like his money no to go in hell with him but in my paradisiac pocket :p)
Niki Brown
June 23rd, 2008
Omar
June 23rd, 2008
LOL trs21219 - I like the way you used a hex code in the middle
Like going out to buy a new shirt and asking the sales assistant: “Hi, do you have this shirt in #FF9900?” - I think web terminology is getting to us.
Filosof
June 23rd, 2008
And after three iterations of color changes client completely changes his mind.. a throws away the whole concept..
The Fen
June 23rd, 2008
Every client goes to hell
Melek
June 23rd, 2008
my old boss (before i went freelance) used to stand behind me and say, “that yellow isn’t quite right. add 1% magenta to it. ahhhhh, that’s it. perfect.” whatever dude.
your cartoons are always right on the mark.
A3sthetix
June 23rd, 2008
I got that call this morning. I’m glad my cellphone manufacturer placed a nice big ignore button on my phone.
Gabrielle
June 23rd, 2008
His face in the last shot is hilarious!! I feel your pain buddy!!!
Martha Retallick
June 23rd, 2008
Just be sure to tell such clients that a certain number of changes are included in your contract. And, after they’ve exceeded that number, they’re going to pay extra.
Sometimes, this brings the changes to a screeching halt. It can also mean that you could be billing a lot more for the project.
Aaron Riddle
June 23rd, 2008
We’ve all been there before…
Larry V.
June 23rd, 2008
Haha N.C.! We still use Vintage Taupe™ here.
Johan
June 23rd, 2008
That’s so true lol, I’ve also experienced this before.
Chris O'Connor
June 23rd, 2008
This is why I only do design work hourly.
I went to art college, but until a previous client, I never knew there were so many different colors that are the same color.
Doesn’t make sense?
Exactly.
Adrian | Rubiqube
June 23rd, 2008
This has to be the best comic ever! Awesome! And sad at the same time.
Gabe S.
June 23rd, 2008
“Just be sure to tell such clients that a certain number of changes are included in your contract. And, after they’ve exceeded that number, they’re going to pay extra.”
Martha, that’s the spot on solution to this one.
Good comic.
Alex Stubbs
June 23rd, 2008
Thats 90% of my clients right now…!
Stephanie M. Cockerl
June 24th, 2008
That at least happens to me once a week.
Mef Designs
June 24th, 2008
Am I the only one that charges per every change that wasnt specified in the original email?
trs21219
June 24th, 2008
@OMAR
yeah it happens sometimes…. such as when they make my steak just a little too #CC0000. idk why they dont understand it lol… i actually had someone comment on my shirt the other day… it reads, “There are 10 kinds of people in this world, Those who can understand binary and those who cant.” it took me about 15 minutes to make them understand that 10 in binary is two lol…. maybe its only funny to us programmers
Behzad Saeedi
June 25th, 2008
Hell yea!
so true! most of them don’t know what they exactly want!! lol
Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood
June 25th, 2008
Dirty white! Throw some mud on it and coffee rings please, and burn the edges while you are at it.
BANAGO
June 26th, 2008
True indeed. I have once sliced into xhtml/css/wordpress tree times. Everything was ok, but he did not like the designs he did himself.
However, I was paid well for that.
freelancer
June 28th, 2008
ooo bloody hell! soo true
this situation is what I currently have with my client! so annoying!
Lu Sancea
June 29th, 2008
HA! I am dealing with two clients just like that!