Web Design ‘Client Quotes’

From Fark today we get a link to a massive list of quotes from clients of web design contracts.  Things like these are why I’ve been hesitant to pursue a real career in web development.  Some favorite quotes:

client: why is our contact page not coming up?? there is just your logo with some text under it…
me: well did you read the text??
client: no…
me: please read the text and get back to me.
client: (2 minutes later) what the hell do you mean, by ‘this section has been taken down because of failure to complete contract’??

and, of course:

“Can’t we make the text blink?”
<blink>argghh!</blink>

Posted Monday November 3, 2003 in Humor by Chris Curtis

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Oh, another great one:

Client: “Can you make the background constantly change colors? I want people to know that we are fun and exciting.”
Me: “People will think you are trying to give them a siezure.”
Client: “Look, just try it, and if we don’t like it, we can change it later.”
Me: “Well, this will really, really make it hard to design the rest of the site if the background color is constantly changing.”
Client: “Then make the rest of it change, too.”
Me: “.........uhh, are you sure that’s what you want?”
Client: “Yes”
<two days later>
Client: “This looks like crap. Why did you make it like this?”
Me: “You asked me too.”
Client: “If you knew it was going to look like this, why did you even bother?”
Me: “Because I charge you by the hour.”

Because I charge by the hour… :D

By Chris Curtis on November 3, 2003 at 01:57pm link

Chris -

I am only halfway through that page and I am starting to tear up from some of those quotes.

Another good one:
we had a client who compained about the weight of banner adds, after a month of make
“it lighter” we asked what she ment, her responce-
“ 8 kilos is far to heavy for a banner add “

<chuckle>

By reedmaniac on November 5, 2003 at 01:15pm link

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