Funnily enough a client friend sent me a link to this on You Tube. Don’t watch if swearing offends!
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Wow easy on the swearing! I did really like the parts about microsoft word
This will make a lot of designers out there smile. Thanks for sharing.
This made my day
It’s nice to know I am not the only one who gets these sort of questions! I am going to have to pass this video on to a few people. Thanks very much for sharing, so funny.
I watched the video and the robots are cute.. hehehe.. I think i’ll need to buy headset so that i could hear there conversation.
This is too funny! I love it when clients tell me that it’s in Microsoft Word or to grab their 72 dpi logo from the website so I can put it in a 300 dpi brochure. Seriously, I feel graphic designers are LESS of graphic designers and MORE of educators. It’s sure as hell nice to blow off some steam though, once in a while! Thanks for making me laugh!
Laughed myself to tears watchin that.. It is SO true! I`m a graphic designer myself and this video looks like a regular day at the office.. xD
Loved the video – how true!!!
hi there!
im mary rose,a gd also. this is so fuckin’ real haha!nice dude!
Terribly profane, but funny and coming from a client, it confirms my beliefs that some clients know they press our buttons and they do it anyway. I guess we have to use our professionalism and pray it comes handy in times like these!
A really good cartoon. Lets have more of the same!
Thanks for the great share Tara, it actually had me laughing out loud, especially at the “are you going to do it in Microsoft Word?”
Had a good laugh and a cool cartoon to boot
Had to laugh real hard at that one, because something similar actually happened one day at work.. It never ceases to amaze me how “computer stupid” some people are, even when you explain things for them. It`s like they dont WANT to understand. “I`m your client, I pay your salary! You do what I say! Make it happen! In this industry, the clients word, that`s mine, is GOD!!”
too funny!
The video is hilarious and its actually part of a series.
Awesome video
. Thanks for sharing, it really make my day better today. And it exactly shows the real relation between graphic designers and clients.
XD .. i love this video, i understand only the half of what they are speaking about, but it’s enough
Very true, one of the guys at the office saw this on youtube first and showed me it, then nipped onto my favourite blog and what do you know .. got it on here too .. we all had a chuckle and linked it to some clients we’ve had recently, won’t mention names
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hilarious and so true
Great video. It had me LOL.
i watch this video i laugh this 2 funny robot.. hekek
Saw this on Youtube first as well – hilarious
This is SO true… anyone can say they are a graphic designer these days, its terrible for all those who have years of training behind them.
Great Post!
I agree with Sam, the microsoft word bit is the best. So funny
I always watch this if I’ve had a bad day, first time I saw it it nearly made me cry with laughter! Great video
This is hilarious and so so true. It actually inspired me to write this post about the problems with clients and a lack of understanding about design. I think the industry has a bit of crisis with this as its fast losing respect.
http://www.freddesign.co.uk/2009/11/archive/look-and-feel-and-other-design-buzz-terms/
HAHAHAHA!!! Tara your back! Brilliant video and so so true seems like that a place ive been before and sure I will be back in that place again a woe a woe is me.
I will have to post this on my site, Will add a link to you aswell.
Take care
Mali
Hilarious! I forwarded this to my friend.
Great video. This is worth checking too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY&feature=player_embedded. It’s another great movie telling about vendor & client relationship and its paradoxes.
Those are all over the internet. They made them for audio production as well. They are hilariously real!
Fantastic, had me in stitches!
Absolutely brilliant, naughty but absolutely brilliant.
How many of us have been there and bought the T shirt?
Clients who don’t know what they want, don’t have text or graphics and as you say… “can’t afford much”, but “it will give you a foot in the door”.
Problem is, with so many “create a free website” sites out there, what can we do?
I try to explain to clients that there may be adverts on their free site… but do they listen
SEO is just the same, “get me more links” easy isn’t it?
I’m still laughing from the vid.
You should post the other videos in the series. They’re all funny.
This is quite a good idea. You don’t need an art degree to do art- if you have talent and if you work on it. You can teach yourself.
Haha… I’ve actually seen this one before on YouTube. It’s fast becoming a classic.
Ha Ha Hilarious Video! I am in the middle of the night awake and laughing with my full voice. Quite true eventhough
really funny though..but hey excluding the swearing..it is a good video…
This Microsoft word section had me smiling over my morning coffee
I laughed myself to tears watching that… It’s so true! I`m a graphic designer myself and this video looks like a regular day at the office… LoL!
hillarious video….. too funnieee….
Thats just pure gold
I watch a lot of this type of videos on youtube, but havent seen this one before. Thanks for a good laugh 
Great Vid very funny
Just sent this post of to a client. Ok. he is also a friend. (I had to excuse the swearing though)
Spot on.
Ha! Great video! About 8 out of every 10 client meetings seems to go like that. I had one client, even after agreeing for me to produce their website, but before an actual contract was signed, tell me they’re going with “this guy they know who’s son knows a little html”. Needless to say they got what they paid for.
A great Video. Thanks for this great blog. This conversation should all clients view.
This is hilarious. Thanks for sharing!!!
thanks for sharing this info….
I loved this the first time I got sent it, great to see it again!
I think this video is funny because of the realisim of it. Lots of people looking for web design don’t know a thing about it or what kind of skill it takes to do it. Our job as designers should be to educate clients as to the business of web design. If we don’t educate them, it’s our own fault that stuff like this happens.
@Media Dew
I think that clients all want a great looking and highly SEO optimised site… on the cheap.
How many clients start by saying “I’ve just started a new business…. so I can’t afford much.”?
They don’t really want to know the details, it might cost them more money.
It’s just the nature of business!