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    In Which My Client is a Directionally Challenged Timelord

    Not a terrible amount of suck, but enough to make me headdesk, LOL.

    Received an order for a promotional graphic, tiny order too, I gave him a price break, and told him I'd get to it as soon as possible. As a note, he emailed me the order at 10 pm, after close of business.

    Email from him at 7 am: "Hi, is it done yet?"

    Six messages from him in the space of one hour around 2 pm: "Is it done yet?" I try to reply that I am finishing up my other orders, but he logs off and I have to leave him a message. Around 5pm, I finish the huge order, and shut down everything, deciding I'll get to his stuff tomorrow. Bah.

    Emails at 9, 10, 11, pm: "Is it done yet? What is the status?"

    And then...THE email:

    "Two days ago you said you'd be working on it yestrerday, and so I said today is fine. Is it tomorrow, though?"

    hubuhwha?

    He then also proceeded to instant message me then (I managed to catch him this time) that the image had to be 750 pixels wide. No more. But hey, I can make it longer if I have to. But it can't go past 750 pixels. No. Not at all. What do you mean, that if you have to make it longer than the limit it will violate spacetime, I don't get what that is. Anyways, make it 750 pixels wide. But you can make it longer if you have to. Its simple, just make it 750px, but longer.



    Turns out he meant I could make the HEIGHT taller.


    I need a drink....
    Last edited by Seraph; 12-30-2011, 05:33 PM.
    By popular request....I am now officially the Enemy of Normalcy.

    "What is unobtainium? To Seraph, it's a normal client. :P" -- Observant Friend
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  • #2
    The basics of geometry elude this fellow.
    They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.

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    • #3
      Quoth Seraph View Post
      "Two days ago you said you'd be working on it yestrerday, and so I said today is fine. Is it tomorrow, though?"
      It's not tomorrow. It's never tomorrow. You are destined to be eternally disappointed.
      I speak English, L33t, Sarcasm and basic Idiot.

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      • #4
        Quoth houdini View Post
        It's not tomorrow. It's never tomorrow. You are destined to be eternally disappointed.
        That reminds me of a sign I saw at a local bar:

        Free beer tomorrow

        The joke, of course, is that it will never be "tomorrow."
        Sometimes life is altered.
        Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
        Uneasy with confrontation.
        Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right

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        • #5
          Quoth MadMike View Post
          That reminds me of a sign I saw at a local bar:

          Free beer tomorrow

          The joke, of course, is that it will never be "tomorrow."
          I should totally post something similar as my AIM status, just to see the reaction from my clientele.....but I have a feeling they wouldn't find it so funny, LOL.
          By popular request....I am now officially the Enemy of Normalcy.

          "What is unobtainium? To Seraph, it's a normal client. :P" -- Observant Friend

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          • #6
            ~ Don't worry about tomorrow, 'cuz, tomorrow never comes ~
            "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
            "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
            "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
            "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
            "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
            "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
            Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
            "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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            • #7
              I do believe that this used to be a bar on Stock Island, just one Key up from Key West.


              "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is               Still A Customer."

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              • #8
                LOL. Love the GIF of David Tennant.

                Yeah, I'm not a formally trained graphic artist but I do some on my own, and really, how hard is it to specify to your graphic artist that it has to be exactly 750 px WIDE but it can be TALLER if it has to be, to keep the proportions straight??
                "I was only LOOKING, I didn't mean to enter my card's CVV and actually ORDER! REFUND ME RIGHT NOW!!"

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                • #9
                  Not hard at all for people with brains. Apparently insurmountably tough for the client in question.

                  "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is                   Still A Customer."

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                  • #10
                    But..but ... it has to be exactly 750 px wide..but more then 750 px wide. Everybody knows this!!!!
                    Engaged to the amazing Marmalady. She is my Silver Dragon, shining as bright as the sun. I her Black Dragon (though good honestly), dark as night..fierce and strong.

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