I’ve been a freelance graphic designer for over five years.
Recently, a client was referred to me by a business partner, who was in the
process of designing his website. The client needed a logo for his business,
but didn’t know what he wanted so he gave me “full creative reign.”
Shortly after the client signed his contract and made his upfront
payment, I sent him some artwork drafts and asked for his feedback. Three days
went by with no response.
Me: Hello,
just checking in to make sure you received your first artwork drafts.
Client: I
don’t like them. Make a new one.
Me:
Glad to! First, though, could you tell me what you didn’t like about the first
drafts? This will help me make something that you’ll like.
Five days went by with no response. Then I got a phone call.
Client:
Where’s my logo?
Me:
Well, as I mentioned, I need some feedback on the first versions. Without your
feedback, I could spin my wheels and waste time and effort making something you
don’t like.
Client:
(suddenly shouting) How the hell are you still in business? What kind of model
do you think this is? I owe you nothing! I paid $xxx and all I got was one
stupid little logo!
Me: Sir,
please calm down. Just let me know what you’d like changed, and I’ll…
Client: (screaming)
What is this? How dare you talk back to me! How old are you? You sound fifteen!
I’ve been in business for 25 years and you give me a stupid little girl logo
for STUPID LITTLE GIRLS!
Client:
(breathless) F*ck this. I’m done with you. I refuse to do business with a
stupid little girl.
Me: May
I consider this a formal termination of our working relationship?
Client:
Yes!
Me:
Happy to hear it. Thank you for your business.
I later learned from my business partner that this same client had
also tried to dodge paying for a website design. When the site was shut down,
he pulled a similar screaming rampage over that.
I really hope the silver/gray hair trend is making sweet old ladies feel better about their gray hair. I really really do.
just so you all know – i’m a hairstylist and i can tell you for certain that it is. :)
whenever a senior woman with gray/silver/white hair sits in my chair i always tell her it’s lovely (which it is!) and i’ve had numerous conversations with elderly women about how their hair color is “popular with the young folks these days!”
one woman with white hair said to me before that she’s been getting a lot more compliments about her hair from people my age (i’m in my twenties) and that it’s made her feel so good about “the hair that god gave her”. a few other older women have joked that the kids these days only wish they could have colored hair “as beautiful as [their] natural hair!”
a lot of women with white/silver/grey hair are very self-conscious about it and so many of them have told me honestly that this trend has made them feel so much more proud of their hair.
My buddy read an article about octopus intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler dumped some shrimp into an octopus’ tank. Then he went into another room and sat at his desk.
A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
The octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker. Not only does this showcase their problem-solving capabilities, but also that it could have escaped at any time. It just broke out this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at its handler. That’s not just intelligence, that’s a human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder exactly how smart these guys can be…
OH MY GOD
I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour and we walked past the octopus tank and it was duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was like. “Well, we had a problem before because these fish were disappearing randomly at night and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus had memorised the night guards rounds and would creep out of its tank, crawl across the floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be back in its own tank with the lid shut before the guard came back.” they are super smart
I love octopuses so, so much.
@_@
I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
Once I went to the aquarium where they had a baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone there to work on a few real life sketches, obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So I kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and started sketching. The octopus didn’t mind, he sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing. I don’t know how other to explain it but he started curlung his tentacles in this really graceful way then wouldn’t move for a few minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
