January 2012
99 posts
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim.”
– Frida Kahlo (via fleshscars)
clientsfromhell:
A client has various business areas which are identified by acronyms, including LAP, EQP and FAP. They wanted some new online adverts made up. I asked what ideas they’d had for the text. This is what they came back with
FAP online (everyone is doing it)
FAP in schools
FAP for life.
clientsfromhell:
Client: Why isn’t this site working?! We have a meeting in a few hours and we can’t send them a broken site! Is it the network or do we need to buy a security certificate like it says in the error? Is this something IT needs to take care of or is this your department? Is it because of our firewall or is the site just down? I tried in IE and Firefox.
Me: You added a period at...
clientsfromhell:
Client: I can’t seem to find the search box, can you please make sure it’s working?
Me: The search box is in the top left hand corner of ever page.
Client: Is that on your left or my left?
“My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish...”
– Isidor Isaac Rabi
(via scienceisbeauty)
clientsfromhell:
A client rang me to tell me that the changes he’d asked for on his site were not appearing on his screen.
Me: It seems everything is there. Try refreshing?
Client: No, I still can’t see it.
Me: Are you sure? Try pressing Ctrl+F5 instead, there may be a cached version in your browser.
Client: No, I still can’t see it.
Me: What browser are you using to view the site?
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“We’re a pretty forward thinking company - with pretty tech savvy employees. As...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
