Things that jerk my chain...

[budafist]

That's ok Aerix, one day you will find a job and they will still be hanging out with students all day :D

[Riya]

Aerix, just give him his words back to him. "That's one way to do it, but not the way I would do it."

[hewligan]

How about just asking him why he'd do it that way instead?

Either he has a good reason, and you learn something, or you shut him up.

[Aerix]

It got to the point where he wouldn't call on me for answers to his questions, because I would know how he would do it, or I would say an alternate way, that he wouldn't feel like explaining. I was the only person in the class who finished the final before class was up.

[Samakimoto Graphics]

If he has a weak ego he would deliberately down grade you. I had an Econ class proff down grade me in my first year of collage for such a stupid reason such as this. I could've challenged the "D" he gave me (IMO I deserved a B)
but the process to do so is so negatively beauraucratic that it would've resulted in a lot of bitterness on my part and no punishment on his part... that's a rotten system right there.

It's great to challenge your proffs intellectually, but sometimes you need to gauge your position and apply a little humility; choose your battles and opponents carefully.

Perhaps I'm being presumptuous with my advice, your system may be more tranparent than ours...

[Logo-Mechanix]

I like Hewligans solution, just punch him in the face.

[Typically]

or kick him in the nuts!

[Logo-Mechanix]

Maybe puch him in tha face and then kick him in the nuts or the other way around. Of course once you kick him in the nuts it may be hard to get a good shot in the face, due to him being doubled over in pain and quite possibly laying on the ground.

[SpugNothuson]

it may be hard to get a good shot in the face, due to him being doubled over in painThat's where your knee comes into play. and quite possibly laying on the ground.In this situation a second use of the foot is allowed.

[Virgo Nightingale]

GO GO N.A.N.K.A.™ BOOTS!!

[Aerix]

I wish I could, but I have him for Typography, Animation, and Computer Graphics II, lol.

[Typically]

ok easy fix for that. just buy a bum a 40 of OE and promise him one more after he completes his task. have him kick him in the nuts and then knee him in the face. then you can sit back with a video camera laugh and record it!

[Logo-Mechanix]

^Now thats problem solving right there people.

[Exodus]

GO GO N.A.N.K.A.™ BOOTS!!

You called?

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[Typically]

ugh.... one of my bosses wants me to take a 4 page flyer that i just did and make it into a 1 page flyer. he doesn't tell me what he wants on it but he wants to see something by 3 today!!!

[Virgo Nightingale]

HA! I love when people expect you to cram 4 pounds of dirt into a 1 pound box.

[budafist]

ugh.... one of my bosses wants me to take a 4 page flyer that i just did and make it into a 1 page flyer. he doesn't tell me what he wants on it but he wants to see something by 3 today!!!

That's easy. Use Univers Thin Ultra Condensed and set it in 3pt with 3pt leading. EASY!

[Typically]

haha well he gave me till 10 today because he had an impromptu meeting yesterday. i got a good chunk of it done yesterday so now i just have to pull it all together.

[PrintDriver]

HA! I love when people expect you to cram 4 pounds of dirt into a 1 pound box.

Actually it's more like a 'blivot' which is 100 pounds of crap in a 50 pound bag.

[CatintheHat1]

That's easy. Use Univers Thin Ultra Condensed and set it in 3pt with 3pt leading. EASY!

hahah...I sometimes send work to another designer when I get busy and some client sent like 700 or 800 words of text for the back of a novel and she did the proof up with the whole thing in about 8 pt...I loved it.

[budafist]

A few days ago, got a job that wasn't urgent but I couldn't start until all the images were provided to me.

Got a CD of images today from client. It is now urgent because they have been trying for the last few days to email the images to me but they have been bouncing back.

The images totalled 250MB. I wonder why they were bouncing?

If you are having problems, and aren't technically minded, for goodness sakes just ask!

[MD]

The images totalled 250MB. I wonder why they were bouncing?!

LOL
I don't know what they capped upload speeds at in your neck of the woods but that must have taken forever to try and send!

[foxo]

I bet they work in a government position!

[budafist]

No foxo. If they worked in a goverment position, all the pictures wouldn't equal to 1MB combined. They would then be easily emailable but would still make want me to hit someone!

What are we supposed to do with 10kb images for print? :confused:

[urstwile]

What are we supposed to do with 10kb images for print? :confused:
Don't you know how to use Photoshop, Buda? :D

[Samakimoto Graphics]

I have been having trouble getting a client to send me their logo as a high res Jpeg they keep sending me PDFs or Word docs with the logo in them. As a result the publication is stuck at production...So I've moved on to another job.

[MD]

If you wont something done right ya gotta do it yourself samakimoto. Can't you just copy and paste from word or open the pdf in photoshop?

[CamarotaDesign]

Or can't you crack open the PDF in illustrator? I always prefer a PDF to a JPEG.

[Samakimoto Graphics]

They simply picked the photo from the word doc and saved it as PDF, so it's extremely jugged. I managed to resize it in photoshop to a relatively acceptable level.

[Typically]

when people request "hi-res" photos at 500px for a website! and it's not just a few images it's every photo in the pancaking catalog!!! UGH!

[fredrich]

when people request "hi-res" photos at 500px for a website! and it's not just a few images it's every photo in the pancaking catalog!!! UGH!

Wouldn't a batch process make this very easy?

[Typically]

yea but that isn't what bugs me. its the fact that they want hires photos for a website. i have all the files at 800px already so there is no extra work just the annoyance of burning 4.4 megs to a cd rather than emailing them.

[Missi_Kay]

I am a Vis Com student and the teachers and students ridicule me alot for my ideas but later I will notice that my ideas have been used on magazine covers, on websites, on AIGA...
Why am I getting this reaction when obviously my ideas weren't that bad if other designers are doing the same thing...and was chosen to be used on popular magazines and such? Someone please if you have experienced this or know what this is about...let me know what's going on...:confused:

[budafist]

What are your ideas exactly? It's hard to know what you are talking about. Perhaps give an example of your idea and where you saw it done. Maybe what was being ridiculed by your peers wasn't the same thing as what is being done in the industry?

[budafist]

Co-worker chats to her non-work people on the phone constantly. Loudly too. Do some work girl!!!

She apologises to me after each phone call. Apparently she can't get hold of any of these people after hours so has to organise her life during work hours. I've got a headache because she talks so loud. So far she's called people about a circumcision and birthing. She's called her husband and children to get updates on their lives and hers....I've heard enough about circumcision to last a very long time.

She's the kind of mother that calls to make sure her kids arrived to school safely.

So I'm going to pop a painkiller and go eat out for some lunch for some peace.

[budafist]

Man...I'm not in a good mood today.

We don't have any managers currently. 2 are in Australia and 1 is in hospital. One of our clients had the cheek to call my manager on his mobile in hospital! Is nothing sacred? My manager can't do anything about this client's job, he's in hospital for crying out loud! So we get a call from our manager in hospital...

[urstwile]

Co-worker chats to her non-work people on the phone constantly. Loudly too. Do some work girl!!!

She apologises to me after each phone call. Apparently she can't get hold of any of these people after hours so has to organise her life during work hours. I've got a headache because she talks so loud. So far she's called people about a circumcision and birthing. She's called her husband and children to get updates on their lives and hers....I've heard enough about circumcision to last a very long time.

She's the kind of mother that calls to make sure her kids arrived to school safely.

So I'm going to pop a painkiller and go eat out for some lunch for some peace.

I have a co-worker like this also, Buda. She even takes her cell phone into the bathroom with her! I've been working with her for years, however, and I'm pretty much inured to it by now. But at the beginning, it was pretty annoying to deal with, not to mention how much it interfered with her getting her work done.

[budafist]

I'm a pretty subtle person...If I feel like someone isn't pulling their weight I don't say anything, I just put a few more things in their intray.

Only 1 week to go until she goes though. Then I have a whole new person to find flaws in! :D

[fredrich]

I'm a pretty subtle person...If I feel like someone isn't pulling their weight I don't say anything, I just put a few more things in their intray.

Only 1 week to go until she goes though. Then I have a whole new person to find flaws in! :D

Just pop in one of those articles concerning the usage of mobile phones as a possible cause for brain cancer.

[budafist]

Are the also bad for pregnant women? Because she's 9 months preggie!

[fredrich]

Are the also bad for pregnant women? Because she's 9 months preggie!

If you say brain cancer is contagious it might be. ;)

[Typically]

they are putting a new roof on the building i work at and it wreaks like tar inside and outside the building. its so gnarly and im starting to get a headache from the smell. does anyone know if tar fumes are harmful?

[CkretAjint]

ugh... tar fumes, MAJOR BOO!!!!

I think they are quite harmful, but don't quote me on that...

[Logo-Mechanix]

Only when feathers are added.:D They did the building I'm in a couple of years ago and it was pretty bad and I don't think it went away for about a week although it did diminish day by day.

[Virgo Nightingale]

A neighbor of my parents' died while sealing his driveway with tar. I don't know if it's the same kind of tar, and I don't remember if it was a result of the fumes or if he had a heart attack from over-exhertion.

[Logo-Mechanix]

I put sealer on my driveway every couple of years and while the fumes are not pleasant and prolonged exposure is probobly not good it didn't kill me...at least I don't think it did, let me check and get back to you though.

[Typically]

hahaha well i guess as long as i stay away from the pillow factory next door i should be alright =] this smell is so gross though i don't know how roofers do it all summer.

[budafist]

Surely the roofers wear masks!?

[CamarotaDesign]

they are putting a new roof on the building i work at and it wreaks like tar inside and outside the building. its so gnarly and im starting to get a headache from the smell. does anyone know if tar fumes are harmful?
I'm sure you could use it as a pretty good excuse to take a few days vacation. I'm sure I'd be getting a headache from it, and unless there was an extra important deadline to meet, I'd be gone till the smell dissapeared.

[Typically]

yea i wish! they aren't taring today or at least not yet so it doesn't smell horrible today. i'm leaving early today though because mr. bush is attending a fund raiser in the industrial center i work in =]

[reuber1]

Heehaw. Jury duty summons in the middle of my ****ing internship. :mad:

[Jackimalyn]

aw that blows. Act crazy during your interview. Hopefully they'll weed you out...

[morea]

I think that your employer will realize that you have no choice in that matter. No worries, reuber. Chances are you won't even get called.

(Did you guys notice that when this thread comes up on the list of new posts it shows as "sticky things that jerk my chain"? Man, I was reading too fast or something!) :o

[reuber1]

aw that blows. Act crazy during your interview. Hopefully they'll weed you out...
I know. Crap like this always seems to crop up at the worst possible time. I'll just employ the Homer Simpson philsophy on jury duty; I'll just claim I'm prejudice against all races.

[CamarotaDesign]

yea i wish! they aren't taring today or at least not yet so it doesn't smell horrible today. i'm leaving early today though because mr. bush is attending a fund raiser in the industrial center i work in =]

hey, maybe you could leave some of these lying around the place!

http://www.indybay.org/uploads/bushpooflag.jpg

[jessicam]

I know. Crap like this always seems to crop up at the worst possible time. I'll just employ the Homer Simpson philsophy on jury duty; I'll just claim I'm prejudice against all races.

If you explain to them how hard you've worked to get your job and how you are afraid it will jeapordize it, they will probably let you go. They don't want anyone there that doesn't want to be there.

[budafist]

Heehaw. Jury duty summons in the middle of my ****ing internship. :mad:

Around here, most people with jobs get out of service. Bad huh?

I've been summoned 2 times and always got out of it...

[urstwile]

I know. Crap like this always seems to crop up at the worst possible time. I'll just employ the Homer Simpson philsophy on jury duty; I'll just claim I'm prejudice against all races.
Can you do a postponement? Or have you maxed those out? In San Diego, anyway, as long as you call for a postponement before your reporting time, you can schedule another time that's more convenient.

This is how nerdy I am, however, I really want to serve jury duty (on an actual case). The three times I've been called, I haven't been even put into the pool. Maybe I'm on some kind of list. :D

[jessicam]

I wanted to serve, too! I was bummed I didn't get picked. Maybe next time. :)

[Typically]

hey, maybe you could leave some of these lying around the place!

http://www.indybay.org/uploads/bushpooflag.jpg
hahahaha oh man i would have put those everywhere!

[Kool]

Are we legally bound to serve on jury duty? If we should just say "nope, not gonna do it", can they come and arrest us or something?

[Typically]

i think we are legally obligated to but there are ways to get out of it.

[carter the artist]

I believe it is a legal obligation. It's part of the "Civil Contract" we are inherently assigned by our birth. But I got out of many because of the Army and College. Then they stopped letting me out, I tried to use the "I'm too poor" excuse, but then I called for a week straight they never needed me. One of these days, I'd love to do it at least once. Maybe I just have seen too many court room dramas.

[CamarotaDesign]

civil contract we signed when we were born? well thats illegal, you have to be 18 to enter a legal contract....right?

[MD]

I know when I served last year there was an option to postpone your service for up to six months. I forget what the penalty for not showing was ...

[carter the artist]

civil contract we signed when we were born? well thats illegal, you have to be 18 to enter a legal contract....right?

hey, that's a good point.

[John G]

civil contract we signed when we were born? well thats illegal, you have to be 18 to enter a legal contract....right?
That doesn't stop the youngin's from spending money (which are legally binding contracts).


Just say "I can tell by lookin' he's guilty". you're out.

[jessicam]

Client: Don't do X!
Me: Ok, here it is.
Client: Where is X?
Me: You said not to do X because of (good reasons).
Client: Do X because of (reasons contradicting what I just said).
Me: Ok, so you want me to do X even though (good reasons restated).
Client: Don't do X!
Me: ...

[carter the artist]

Client: Don't do X!
Me: Ok, here it is.
Client: Where is X?
Me: You said not to do X because of (good reasons).
Client: Do X because of (reasons contradicting what I just said).
Me: Ok, so you want me to do X even though (good reasons restated).
Client: Don't do X!
Me: ...

Yep!!:D

[Typically]

when the air is on for half the building but not the half im in!

[CamarotaDesign]

Our IT guys is a #@$&@%ING MORON!!!!!!!

our email is down once again. "ohhh, I dunno why it's doing that, It shouldn't be on our end"

you'd think that because this happens like 5 times a month, he'd realize it's his fault. I swear, If they'd just fire this #%&)^ING moron and get a real business solutions IT person here, we'd be having no problem.

[budafist]

Can you call an independent person to fix the problem? Or is that stepping on too many toes? The worst kind of colleague the kind that can't admit that they are in over their head.

[CamarotaDesign]

Yeah, its not really possible, owner has the final say. I am getting tired of the #$@&-ups around here.

[Mynock]

When a customer calls around lunch time, "Don't mean to rush you, but I'm going to swing over and pick it up in an hour? Will it be done?" "Sure I didn't want to eat until 1pm anyway." Than the customer does come until like 3pm. Ugh, it always seems to work out that way. Anyone else get that? My lunch is more important that yours.

[carter the artist]

being told that it's okay to copyright infringe!! AARRGGHH!!

[BJMRGTIVR6]

When a customer calls around lunch time, "Don't mean to rush you, but I'm going to swing over and pick it up in an hour? Will it be done?" "Sure I didn't want to eat until 1pm anyway." Than the customer does come until like 3pm. Ugh, it always seems to work out that way. Anyone else get that? My lunch is more important that yours.

I had this at my last place. Boss says it is a major Rush for a big client (as all of them seemed to be to him) and to get it done first thing, then the customer sometimes would come in the next day, while a job that was halted was picked up first...or they called and were going to pick it up (on time) and it was delayed.

[budafist]

being told that it's okay to copyright infringe!! AARRGGHH!!

I'm getting this a lot these days. Just had to scan a bunch of DVD covers for someone who is printing them off by the hundreds. Dodgey!

[carter the artist]

yeah i was supposed to design a poster for my boss, where he wanted me to take pictures off the internet of these individuals... besides the resolution issue, I was NOT comfortable with the copyright situation. I told him this, he gets mad at me and says I'm "not up to the challenge". His new partner even tells me that it's Great portfolio work and that the worse that'll happen is a C&D letter, which is fine since we are doing only One drop.

Then we "Discuss" it again today and he tells me that as long as only 30% of the original is recognizable then it's legal.

oohh...

[budafist]

Oh, is it 30% nowdays? :rolleyes:

[frankster]

Best be on the safe side and make it 31% :rolleyes: WTF!?!?

How does anyone assume they can compute a specific percentage by which an image has been altered?

[John G]

Time to get him an early birthday present.
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Understanding-Ethics/dp/0028643259/ref=pd_bbs_1/105-6307752-4842853?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181136346&sr=8-1

[morea]

lol, John - nice one!

[budafist]

We have several trays for different jobs - the trays are clearly labelled. My boss still puts his jobs on a shelf across the other side of the room and expects us to know what they are for.

[urstwile]

Ya know, I don't often post in this thread, because I've been working in this biz for way too long, things usually just roll off my shoulders.

But today, grrrrr. One thing I hate is when people try to position culpability on other's shoulders simply because they can't just admit that they made a mistake. Move on people, mistakes are made, there's generally not a huge deal to make out of them, they happen, if they happen a lot, yeah, that's a problem, but if they don't, no need to analyze why.

Long story short, it's about a production manager who gets bent out of shape when procedures are circumvented, but sees no problem in circumventing those procedures herself.

So basically, I uploaded an ad three different times due to the lack of procedure being followed, and ended up getting passive-aggressively blamed for the error as well. LOL. I love my job. ;)

[carter the artist]

WOW, thanks Urst.

my new word of the day:

culpable |?k?lp?b?l| adjective deserving blame : sometimes you're just as culpable when you watch something as when you actually participate. DERIVATIVES culpability |?k?lp??bilit?| noun culpably |-bl?| adverb ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense [deserving punishment] ): from Old French coupable, culpable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare ‘to blame,’ from culpa ‘fault, blame.’

[morea]

pleh. Sorry to hear it, urst.

[Red Kittie Kat]

sorry Urst :(

[carter the artist]

Oopsie. I was uploading to a printers FTP yesterday. It was taking forever. So i went home. came in this morning, it canceled itself at some point and now I cannot get into the FTP due to too much traffic. Way to end a week.

[budafist]

Got a phonecall from a client asking where their email proof was and had I received the email of changes they had sent me this morning.

ME: Yes I have, I've made them and sent the proof back an hour ago. Have you received it yet?
THEM: We can't check our emails because we have no power on the island.
ME: Ok, you'll have to wait until your power is back on to check your emails or you could use someone's laptop perhaps?
THEM: No, we can't use a laptop, our emails are on our computer system.

Ok, so uh...what do you want ME to do about it?
Perhaps this client has no power and therefore nothing to do but to chase up jobs by phone?!?!!

[reuber1]

Holy shitballs it's hot outside.

[jessicam]

Ok so my pancaking focus broke again, only this time the magic warranty fairy pooped in my eye instead of paying. H8 ford.

h8h8h8h8h8

[BJMRGTIVR6]

that stinks.
I was thinking of a camera focusing thin at first.

well, i am going to Bonnaroo tomorrow night (4-day camping Music Festival with The Police as Headliners) and my stomach is feeling awful. i feel like heaving but nothing seems to be helping.

hopefully tomorrow at work i will feel better.

[jessicam]

Ooer, BJMR, I hope you feel better for your trip!

[Drazan]

Got a phonecall from a client asking where their email proof was and had I received the email of changes they had sent me this morning.

ME: Yes I have, I've made them and sent the proof back an hour ago. Have you received it yet?
THEM: We can't check our emails because we have no power on the island.
ME: Ok, you'll have to wait until your power is back on to check your emails or you could use someone's laptop perhaps?
THEM: No, we can't use a laptop, our emails are on our computer system.

Ok, so uh...what do you want ME to do about it?
Perhaps this client has no power and therefore nothing to do but to chase up jobs by phone?!?!!

Well... don't you know that you are supposed to hop on a plane with a printout proof and hand deliver it? :rolleyes:

Lol. Reminds me of my tech support days when people would call up asking what's wrong with the internet because they can't see anything on their screen. Then they'd say "wait a moment, I have to get a flash light because it's dark behind the computer." I wait and ask if they see any lights on the modem. "Well, no the power is out." heh. Then they have the audacity of telling me that the cable should work just like the phone line.

[budafist]

Eeek!

Got a client that needs a bunch of ads to go to a local publication. Instead of proofing the ads to the client, my staff was going to proof it to the publication. Lucky I stepped in just in time.

Common sense isn't all that common...

[Typically]

why would someone take all of the green jolly ranchers? i don't mind someone taking a piece of candy outta my coffee mug hell that's what it's there for but you could alternate your pickings. within 2 days of it being there all the green ones disappeared (after hours i might add) and all the cherry ones too. ugh the green ones are my fav!

[Jackimalyn]

you know what you should do? glue a green one to the bottom of the jar and watch the culprit struggle as they try to get the last green jolly rancher... haha.

I have some in my desk, but i dont eat them because my favs are purple and blue and a colorful tongue isnt very professional...

[Typically]

haha that's a good idea but they candy culprit strikes after i leave so i wouldn't get the satisfaction of seeing it all go down.... maybe i can hook up a webcam and watch from home! or maybe i could just sacrifice a few green ones and super glue the wrapper closed. so no matter how hard they try to get the wrapper off they would never succeed!

[The_Black_Knight]

What is it with marketing types and the use of the word "everyday" when they mean the phrase "every day?"

For example, I have some hand lotion at home that describes itself as "an everyday lotion" (or something to that effect). I frequently see packaging where a marketing point is that the product is safe enough for "everyday" use. They almost got away with it on a product I worked on at my last job, but I convinced them to change it.

Why is it that none of these dweebs realize that "everyday" means ordinary, plain, boring? Is that really what they want to say about their product?

Is this something that gets taught in marketing school, along with terms such as "actionable" and "win-win?"

[reuber1]

Retraining for a 10k after about a month layover from cardiovascular exercise. Ughh, my legs are hurtin, and this heat isn't making things any easier.

[budafist]

why would someone take all of the green jolly ranchers? i don't mind someone taking a piece of candy outta my coffee mug hell that's what it's there for but you could alternate your pickings. within 2 days of it being there all the green ones disappeared (after hours i might add) and all the cherry ones too. ugh the green ones are my fav!

That's hilarious. Does that mean someone has fingered all your candy? ;)

[AlexNJ210]

sitting at work with absolutely.....litterally.....absolutely nothing to do but play with my mouse wheel because its monday and there is never any work on monday.:mad:

At least the GDF is here for me to vent:p

[Typically]

That's hilarious. Does that mean someone has fingered all your candy? ;)

hahahahahahaha i guess that would be correct

[Typically]

so i go back into my cup for the last jolly rancher and it's gone!!! who takes the last one??? that might be the lamest thing ever. i have a hard time taking the last of anything if someone offers it to me. ugh now i want some sort of candy but have nothing. i'm about to go to quickchek just to get jolly ranchers

[Virgo Nightingale]

Typically, does anyone else have goodies on their desks? If so, go around and take what you want, especially the flavors you like (or if you know a coworker likes a particular flavor, take all of his/her faves). And do it right in front of them. When someone asks what the hell you think you're doing, just say "Well, someone around here has set the precedent that it's okay to take all the candy off someone else's desk. I'm just joining in on this newly-adopted practice. Besides, all my candy is gone." ;)

[carter the artist]

why would someone take all of the green jolly ranchers? i don't mind someone taking a piece of candy outta my coffee mug hell that's what it's there for but you could alternate your pickings. within 2 days of it being there all the green ones disappeared (after hours i might add) and all the cherry ones too. ugh the green ones are my fav!

Have you seen "Bravo 20"?

[frankster]

booby trap your candy! or have a mug printed up with your "candy rules"

1. No candy snatching while my back is turned
2. Never take all of one flavour.
3. Take your empty wrappers away with you
4. Say thank you
5. Remember that someone elses candy always tasted better, so offer me some of your candy once in a while.

etc...

[Typically]

Have you seen "Bravo 20"?

nope


haha i think i'm going to make up a list and stick it to the side of the cup at first. Then if that doesn't work i'll just leave it on the cup. That way if they want a piece of candy they have to pick up the paper which should make people a little more reluctant =]

[frankster]

I've been sent 4 pages of 10pt text that for some bizzare reason the client thinks will fit on an A5 flyer!?! For those US folks, A5 measures 148mm × 210mm. I can only assume that they are expecting me to do the copywriting for this and cut it down to the important points. They will be getting an email back telling them that it's thier project and they know best what the important points are, and it's for them to decide on the final copy. Sigh. :rolleyes:

[Virgo Nightingale]

We have a print-broker client who does crap like this (the candy-taking, lol)whenever he comes to our office. First off, he blows right past our reception area and through the door labeled "Employees Only" into our back offices. We often have candy or chocolates of some sort out on one of the tables, and he not only assumes that it's free for the taking, but free for the "grab-a-handful-and-shove-it-into-my-pocket-for-future-snacking" taking.

We recently had a batch of pads printed up with our name/logo/address etc., and they were in a box on the floor. The box wasn't exactly open, but the flaps weren't totally shut, so he saw what they were and literally reached into the box and took a stack for himself. He once took a few pads that were out on someone's desk. Granted, the person who's desk it was no longer worked there so it was technically empty, but still...

He never asks, he never thanks. Just assumes that he has the right to take what he wants. My boss has worked with him for nearly 2 decades and really hates confrontations, so he says nothing.

[carter the artist]

Well, it was a story about some Brits who helped the US in the first Iraq war. And these guys would argue about the green candy. First thing I thought of on this discussion. Great movie, btw.

[budafist]

I've been sent 4 pages of 10pt text that for some bizzare reason the client thinks will fit on an A5 flyer!?! For those US folks, A5 measures 148mm × 210mm. I can only assume that they are expecting me to do the copywriting for this and cut it down to the important points. They will be getting an email back telling them that it's thier project and they know best what the important points are, and it's for them to decide on the final copy. Sigh. :rolleyes:

Can you convince them into an A4 folded to A5? That at least gives you 4 panels to work with.

[Mynock]

99,500th view :)

[frankster]

Can you convince them into an A4 folded to A5? That at least gives you 4 panels to work with.

nope, they have blagged a one side of A5 on the back of a solicitor's flyer.

[budafist]

Bugger.

[frankster]

buggeration indeed!

[hewligan]

2 pt Helvetica Condensed it is, then!

[budafist]

Yup! Don't forget the 1pt leading :)

[hewligan]

Also, you should replace all the carriage returns with paragraph symbols! It's the new hotness :D

[budafist]

Absolutely. You can even do away with all the punctuation. Punctuation is over rated anyway :D

[CkretAjint]

Absolutely. You can even do away with all the punctuation. Punctuation is over rated anyway :D


I have to agree ever since I did away with puncuation I am much more efficient in what I do my clients really like it and I can fit so much more on a single sheet of paper double sided printing is way over rated most people dont even realize it this technique is especially helpful when editing legal copy since no one really read it any who



:D

[Typically]

might as well get ride of capitals while were at it

[Virgo Nightingale]

omitthespacestooitwillmaketheirpiecequiteamemorabl econversationpiecethepeopletheysolicitwillneverfor gettheirflyer

[Two-Toe Tom]

also, u can change the "you"s to "u"s and "your"s to "ur"s. thats what i do a lot of the time.

[budafist]

I've handed over a client of mine to the new designer. We have a job that is being printed by another printertomorrow morning so they want the disk this afternoon. When I asked him how the job was going, the designer told me that he hadn't finished yet because he was missing a few pieces from the client. Articles, ads, copy etc. I told him to get them from the client asap.

Next, the boss came in and said that we need to run a colour proof for the job to get sign off. Client was coming in in 5 minutes to sign off. My designer said ok.

I said to the designer (in front of the boss): "How can you get sign off when you haven't finished it and don't have all the copy from the client?"
Designer (mumbles): "Oh yeah... I haven't got everything so I'm not quite finished"
Boss: "Well I need sign off now. Client is coming in now to sign off."

It's annoying because the designer I work with never speaks up with he can't meet a deadline. He never says that he's waiting on files from the client. He just says he can do it and then watches the deadline "woosh" past.

[carter the artist]

ok, called a vendor to tell them we have the umpteenth change to our project, talk to the boss later and now I find out he wants the design stamped an additional time... yeah but the same price at the last quote. How do I talk someone into lowering their price? especially when they have a price chart? arghhhh!

[Mynock]

I didn't know asking to converting your fonts to outlines was too much to ask. Jeez. Why doesn't everyone have the exact fonts, programs, and operations system as them?

[AlexNJ210]

I didn't know asking to converting your fonts to outlines was too much to ask. Jeez. Why doesn't everyone have the exact fonts, programs, and operations system as them?
holy bad grammar batman!!!!

[reuber1]

Some elderly woman rear ended my ****ing car (lightly...no damage thankfully) so they could watch the goddamn parade this morning, and she didn't bother backing up before putting it in park! I confronted her about it as I saw her do it and she was completely oblivious, going on some tangent about her niece or some such, which led me to say "What the hell does that have to do with this?" as I point to the front fender and my rear bumper, which were clearly touching.

Dumbass.

[Red Kittie Kat]

sorry reuber :(

[frankster]

You should have totally flipped out like a ninja, upper cut her and then wailed on your guitar! Oh, and porked a hot chick too.

[Red Kittie Kat]

you are too much Frank :D

[reuber1]

You should have totally flipped out like a ninja, upper cut her and then wailed on your guitar! Oh, and porked a hot chick too.
Like, totally. I would've flipped out on the whole town.

http://www.realultimatepower.net/

[doctorfoz]

that website is awsome!!! where did you find such a gem??

my favourite bit of the whole thing has to be this:
"Here's me ready to ROCK (or ready for bed)!!!"

:)

[grandloser]

i hate it when ur walking on the pavement and there is someone walking directly infront of u and u make the the effort to move and the person opposite doesnt, and i barge into each other. and then they complain.. i crack a fit :)

[Virgo Nightingale]

I really REALLY hate going to see a movie and having the person in front of me talk on the cell phone. Are you kidding me? Is your life soooo important that you must take calls during a movie? And even if it is, are you too cool to take it out into the hallway so I don't miss the dialog in the movie I spent $10 to see? And if you're asked politely to be quiet, why can't you take a hint and shut the pancake up instead of continuing your phone conversation and then taking yet another call? :mad:

And parents: you know your kids better than anyone else. If you know your four-year-old is a little on the hyper side and doesn't quite have the attention span to quietly sit through a 2 1/2 hour PG-13 film, why do you take them to see it in the theater? Hire a babysitter or go see a kids' movie. Or wait for the grown-up movie to come out on DVD and watch it at home. At a kids' movie in the theater it's fine, let them scream in giddy excitement because the main character did something silly. It is a kids' movie after all. Kudos to the parents who do try to keep their kids calm during a movie and take them outside if they can't be quiet, but I just hate watching a movie geared towards adults that has quiet dialog that is important to the storyline and having a kid nearby who won't shut up and the parents say and do NOTHING. :mad:

[frankster]

that website is awsome!!! where did you find such a gem??

my favourite bit of the whole thing has to be this:
"Here's me ready to ROCK (or ready for bed)!!!"

:)

This page gets me every time...

http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm

The first time I laughed at this site must have been about 2001 or so, and I still giggle out loud when I wander past the site these days. Sometimes I am ashamed at my evidently purile sense of humour :rolleyes:

[The_Black_Knight]

Short version of quote: PEOPLE IN MOVIE THEATERS SUCK!All of these reasons are EXACTLY why I very rarely go to the movies. I would much rather watch them at home on DVD, because I can't deal with the dimwits that go to movie theaters anymore.

[Virgo Nightingale]

I wouldn't really bother going to see things in the theater, I'm not a movie nut. I have 11 HBO's and a bunch of Encore stations and my bf's roughly 150 DVD's at home (plus Netflix), I can usually find something good enough to watch, and in an envirnment I can control (read: no loud strangers to ruin things). My bf however is a movie nut and does love to see new releases on the big screen. And about half of the time we go to the theater, sh!t like that happens. I'm so sick of it.

[hewligan]

This page gets me every time...

http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm

The first time I laughed at this site must have been about 2001 or so, and I still giggle out loud when I wander past the site these days. Sometimes I am ashamed at my evidently purile sense of humour :rolleyes:

I've always thought the best part was the hate mail from people who, you, know, *really* know about ninjas :rolleyes:

[budafist]

When other people have "lost" something when they just haven't looked for it properly.

Then they want you to find it.

Oh look! It is exactly where I told you it would be.

[Riya]

The boss walks in the store today for the first time in three weeks and says, "It's really hot in here!" Ummm, yeah that's what we've been telling you for the last two months. It was 88 degrees (F) yesterday. So he starts talking about getting the air conditioner replaced next year.

[budafist]

It's hot in here too. But that's crazy unnatural because it's winter here. Someone's just cranked up the heating too much. It's drying out my eyes.

[budafist]

I just had to fix up some transparency issues on a document but my boss said that we had ages to do it in and not to worry about it. That was last week.

It's only Tuesday now and it's at the bottom of my pile coz I got other stuff to do. My boss comes in asking where is it? I said that he told me that I had ages on it and unless he gave me a deadline, it would sit in my tray until I had free time.

He said he'd like it by the end of this week. :rolleyes: So why are you bothering me for this job every single day? End of the week means end of the week. If it's not the end of the week, stop bothering me!

[frankster]

Hey Budda, how on earth do you handle or manage your workload when the people handing it to you are all willy nilly higgldy piggldy about it but have already said yes to clients? Do you ever have the ability to say "actually, unless you get a cloning machine or a van load of Modafinil I can't do that for you on time"?

[budafist]

I dunno. The thing is, for once, the client has given a long time for this job. Just that my boss isn't used to having a week to do a job so that's probably why he's freaking out. He's used to me doing things "now" or "in a moment".

[idaho]

Here's a chain-jerker:

People who try to be clever using web speak.

It is "your" not "ur"
It is "because" not "cuz"
It is "the" not "da"
and my least favorite so far... "i em jest doin sum yoga"

AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I makes me wat to just gouge my eyeballs out with a spork!

STOP USING THE GETTO/WEB-SPEAK!!!

[Two-Toe Tom]

I don't think they're trying to be clever, it's just faster. i use "cuz" all the time.

[Kool]

Am I the only one who wants to reach through the TV and smack that little girl in the cell phone commercial who is talking in nothing but chatspeak acronyms?

[Virgo Nightingale]

Just think.... in another couple hundred years, the English language will evolve into this ghetto-web speak. You think I'm kidding? This is how languages change over time. They've just never had the internet to help it along.

[Two-Toe Tom]

yep, here's an article in today's paper about new words:

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/234537

among them are "ginormous" and "smackdown"

[carter the artist]

It reminded me of the old "Ain't ain't in the dictionary", then a few years back they finally put it in.

[Two-Toe Tom]

"truthiness" was word of the year for merriam webster, but they don't have it in their dictionary :S

[Typically]

Am I the only one who wants to reach through the TV and smack that little girl in the cell phone commercial who is talking in nothing but chatspeak acronyms?

idk my bff jill? haha

[Two-Toe Tom]

i've never seen it, what cell phone company is it for?

[Jackimalyn]

There are no cars behind me!! why did you have to cut me off and then drive 5 under the speed limit???? comeon!

[carter the artist]

i lv tht commerc

[Kool]

i've never seen it, what cell phone company is it for?

I'm not sure, I always dive for the remote as soon as it starts LOL.

[reuber1]

Price jump of gas of 25 ****ing cents, overnight.

[Jackimalyn]

it went up 30 cents while I was on my lunch yesterday!! Whats goin on????

[reuber1]

Supposedly there's flooding around a refinery in Kansas.

Supposedly.

[Typically]

why does the price jump up so fast but take a month to drop 5 cents? it makes no cents =]

[WannaBrie]

I don't buy into any flooded refineries or any of that crap anymore...for the last couple months I have been watching several gas stations between work and home, one of them the price was going up and down 3 cents every day for a month, then aweek ago, it started climbing 2 or 3 cents twice a day! its almost back to $3 now...$2.91 this morning...I wonder what it'll be on my way home. I just do not get this at all.

[Jackimalyn]

why does the price jump up so fast but take a month to drop 5 cents? it makes no cents =]

somebodys makin cents.

[carter the artist]

If it wasn't for the Billions they made last year, then Maybe, I'd go for the whole "refinery" thing.

[CkretAjint]

Carter:
I agree 100%... You can't loose a refinery(s) and still come out on top the way that they do, it just doesn't make sense! :mad:

For the year (2006) the company (Mobil/Exxon) earned net income of $36.1 billion, or $33.9 billion excluding special items. That's up 31 percent from the $25.9 billion it earned on that basis year earlier (2005).

[carter the artist]

they had this skit on Mind of Mendcia this weekend. He had "people" (read:actors) from the audience "Speak their mind" (read: act) about certain things they really wanted to speak up about.

This one guy, who was really pissed, about paying five bucks a gallon when we're attacking and in control of a country that exports oil. I liked it at the end where he sits down all in a puff, Mencia is all rolling on the ground and gets up and asks,"Now, don't you feel better, it's off your chest?"

the angry old man shoots up and says," NO!, My gas is still 5 bucks a gallon!!"

[idaho]

it went up 30 cents while I was on my lunch yesterday!! Whats goin on????

A fly farted in Greenland.

[idaho]

With gas prices so high and getting higher it might be a good time to buy stock in the oil companies. Let them pay us for a change!


WooT!!! Post #750!!!

[Logo-Mechanix]

then aweek ago, it started climbing 2 or 3 cents twice a day!

I don't know how the state laws are there WannaBrie but here in NJ it is illegal for a gas station to raise there price more than once in a 24 hour period and the fine is nothing to sneeze at either.

Gas prices here have been holding steady lately around $2.79, at least in the north western part of NJ. I know it gets more pricey closer to the city and on the parkway and turnpike.

[Typically]

I don't know how the state laws are there WannaBrie but here in NJ it is illegal for a gas station to raise there price more than once in a 24 hour period and the fine is nothing to sneeze at either.

Gas prices here have been holding steady lately around $2.79, at least in the north western part of NJ. I know it gets more pricey closer to the city and on the parkway and turnpike.

when did they start that??? 2 summers ago i went to work at 7am gas was one price. lunch break comes around and they raised it by like 10 cents. as of lately though i haven't seen it go up more than once in a day

[WannaBrie]

Apparently there in no law like that in the state of florida. it went up to $2.98 on my way into work this morning. I bet dollars to donuts it'll be at $3.00 before the weekend.

[BJMRGTIVR6]

Our state law has no controll of pricing rising.
In fact, in one day 2 years ago some stations went up $1.50 in a day and some were gouging (sp?) customers at $6-8 a gallon...though why someone would pay that who knows.

but each state is different...like in NJ can you pump your own gas??

[Virgo Nightingale]

In NJ it's illegal for a customer to pump his/her own gas.

[cornfed]

We're hovering at about $2.89 here. Pretty steep if you ask me. If a gas station attendant pumps for you here then it's about 10 cents more per gallon. I'll pump my own, thank you.

[cornfed]

I'll tell you what jerks my chain and that's having my air conditioner break for the 3rd time in 3 months. This is crap. My house is 87 degrees right now. It's getting up to 105 degrees here today. The good news is that it's under warranty since we bought the house. The bad news is that every time they come out I have to pay a deductible of $50. So, if you're the praying kind, please pray that they condemn my air conditioner today so I can get a new unit while it's still under warranty. The warranty is one that came when we bought the house, not one that came with the air conditioner.

[reuber1]

I don't know how the state laws are there WannaBrie but here in NJ it is illegal for a gas station to raise there price more than once in a 24 hour period and the fine is nothing to sneeze at either.
That reminds me on Septemer 11th of '01, when I got off work that morning and was finished with classes in the early afternoon, there were MASSIVE lines of cars to all of the gas stations; like the lines looked like a mass hurricane evac, it was really creepy. Many of the stations throughout Iowa were hiking the prices up, some went as high as $5 a gallon if I remember correctly. Funny that I think about it, the station where I finally filled up that night (because I had to) moved it's prices up from where they were at the time, which by the end of the day is exactly the same price as gas is at now.

Anyway, many of them were fined very heavily, several of them having to close down.

[Logo-Mechanix]

when did they start that??? 2 summers ago i went to work at 7am gas was one price. lunch break comes around and they raised it by like 10 cents. as of lately though i haven't seen it go up more than once in a day

That law has been in efect for quit some time but the way you worded it they only raised it once that day. Now if it was one price in the morning and another price in the afternoon and it changed again in the evening they would be rasing it twice in less than 24 hours which would be trouble if they got caught.

[Typically]

ahhh yes you're right. for some reason i wanna say they raised it again that day but i'm not totally positive. i just remembered that because the gas went up like 75 cents in like 2 days it was so lame.

[Logo-Mechanix]

Yeah it sucks when they raise it like that. I have two stations near my neighborhood one a no name and one a big guy and they are always competing but the no name guy is always like 2 cents cheaper.

[AlexNJ210]

a word to the wise about gas and always trying to find the cheapest, some gas companies are able to charge less because they use less detergents in their gas that would normally help to reduce or prevent carbon build-up inside the engine. Ive noticed the difference between gas stations gas quality and its definitely true. So if youre going to fill up, go to the place thats more reputable, even though it may be 2 or 3 cents more per gallon, it makes a long term difference that could save you more money than just getting the cheap stuff all the time.

[CkretAjint]

VERY true Alex.

I ALWAYS fill up with Mobil1/Exxon gas. The other day I replaced my valve cover gasket on my car, and after 90k miles on my car in a 6 year span my engine still looks BRAND NEW inside. I was rather surprised when I cracked it open... :)

[captain spanky]

it's a £1 a litre here... so thats about $2.50 a litre at the mo... and HALF of that price is all duty for the government :(

seven years ago we had crippling fuel protests when the price went up to 76p a litre... the gov did nothing as they knew that all the dummies (read: us) would just start accepting it... and lo we did. now more than £1 a litre and we just keep on paying. Tax on petrol, road tax.. and they're starting a 'charge per mile' on certain roads and motorways too... and we'll just accept that too... how many times do we have to pay for the same thing?!?!?!? :mad:

[Virgo Nightingale]

it's a £1 a litre here... so thats about $2.50 a litre at the mo... and HALF of that price is all duty for the government :(
What really sucks for you is that a liter is about half a gallon – so you're paying about $5 a gallon. :eek:

I feel lucky enough to live in an area were although the price for everything is above the national average, the price of gas is somewhat relatively low in comparison to the rest of the country. I paid $2.73 last week. The prices are all going up again though, the cheap-o place across the street from my work is about $2.87 now.

[Two-Toe Tom]

gas prices in toronto have dropped below $1/litre for the first time since march, so maybe they'll drop in your area soon as well?

[morea]

holy cow, lucky you! We're still at about $1.14 per litre in QC.

[Kool]

Actually a litre is just a tiny bit more than a quart 3.8 litres to the gallon so the Brits are paying almost $10 a gallon yikes.

[Virgo Nightingale]

I'll never forget $.89/gallon in Syracuse in 1997. Those were the days.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Actually a litre is just a tiny bit more than a quart 3.8 litres to the gallon so the Brits are paying almost $10 a gallon yikes.
HOLY CRAP, BATMAN!!! :eek:

[Logo-Mechanix]

I remember the gas shortage of the seventies with all the long lines and people getting in fights and everything. I was only a kid but I remember my Dad griping about it the whole time in line it wasn't pleasant and he was not spouting kind words either.

[morea]

I am kind of proud of the fact that I have put almost three times as many miles on my bicycle as I have on my car so far this year.

[Logo-Mechanix]

Thats is something to be proud of and you are probobly healthier for it as well.

[morea]

whoops, I forgot what this thread was about for a minute...

I wouldn't have sprained my ankle if I had been driving the car. ;)

(whew, that was a close one!)

[captain spanky]

i wish i could cycle to work... but 40 minutes at 70mph on a motorway would kill me ;) :D

[Samakimoto Graphics]

it's a £1 a litre here... so thats about $2.50 a litre at the mo... and HALF of that price is all duty for the government :(


OMG!!!:eek:

That's twice what we are paying for a litre over here!

It's climbing to USD 1.50 per litre = USD5.70 per gallon.

I can't wait till Sudan is peaceful it will be USD1 per gallon. And it will get better once they strike a well in East Africa as already theres natural gas in Tanzania...Oh man I hope it will be in my life time.

[Two-Toe Tom]

it jerks my chain when ppl knee me in the calf while playing basketball. grrr!

[Virgo Nightingale]

At least you weren't "kneed" someplace else!

[Two-Toe Tom]

haha, that's true, i should've posted this in the "things that make me forget i have a chain" thread :D

[Jackimalyn]

OK cant take it anymore. chick who sits next to me, chews so obnoxiously. You can hear the food in her mouth. And then she talks while shes chewing (not while her mouth is full... while shes chewing) AGH! Its so gross. SHould I tell her? Its getting hard to hear my boss with my headphones up this loud.

[Two-Toe Tom]

just make even more annoying noises when you eat, i have this noise i make to annoy ppl, but its hard to translate in text. sort of like khhhhalp... gnum gnum gnum gnum gnum :D

[Jackimalyn]

khhhhalp... gnum gnum gnum gnum gnum :D

Alright, I'll give that a try.

[CkretAjint]

Jacki — video tape her chewing her food from behind and the upload it to YouTube. Then play it one day (quite loud) and just start laughing outloud while watching. Make sure you tap her on the shoulder and show her 'this funny video your friend sent you.' ;)

[Jackimalyn]

lmao, thats great CkretAjint. Shes done eating today though. I just dont know why some people are the way they are. Didnt your mother teach you manners? bleh

[CkretAjint]

If you wanted to get really creative with your YouTube upload you could show her eating, then flash to a boar gruntting while he chews his food down. Then back to her, then to a pack of lions feasting, then back to her, then to a cow chewing its food up close.... You get the idea.

This sounds like a common problem for you, so getting the proper footage wouldn't be to hard over the course of a week! Think of the reward you will recieve once it up uploaded for the world to enjoy?!?!?!!!! :)

[Jackimalyn]

well if the world can find joy in my misery...

OK, maybe misery is a bit extreme, but then again im not a very tolerant person.

[budafist]

Co-worker only gets phone calls from his girlfriend. If he is not at his desk and I (or anyone else in the office) answer, she hangs up. So rude!

[frankster]

Tell him that someone keeps ringing his phone and then hanging up. Maybe he will realise it's his GF and tell her to stop being a spaz.

[budafist]

That is a really good idea. Thanks Frankster. I'd only been talking about it behind his back, but it's not his fault (well, not entirely) that his gf is a spaz.

[CkretAjint]

The best is when you get to meet 'the spaz', and find out how much of a spaz she really is!

[budafist]

I don't think I will ever meet her. Thank goodness.

[budafist]

Things that jerk my chain:
People trying to pass off urban myths as their own experiences.

[frankster]

Ooh, that sounds juicey! Like what?

[CkretAjint]

LOL.... I once had a guy at a bar try and pass of a Tucker Maxx story as his own. Yah, I called him out on that one. I mean who doesn't/hadn't read the Tucker Maxx Drunk Sushi Story? *sigh* people now and days....

[frankster]

I mean who doesn't/hadn't read the Tucker Maxx Drunk Sushi Story?

Me! What's the story?

[budafist]

The Gerbers baby food story. Product has baby or cat on the front. Illiterate people buy the product thinking that it is baby or cat meat.

[frankster]

Eeeeeeew! So wait, someone you know claims to have bought baby food thinking it was made of babies? You know some special people!

[budafist]

Special smelly people don't forget.

[frankster]

Have you apprehended the poo fairy yet?

[budafist]

No, the poo fairy never reared it's ugly head again.

[frankster]

I'm just trying to think it through. Did you lose anything the day the poo fairy delivered? Oh, no that doesn't work does it, because although the tooth fairy gives you money when you loose a tooth, she doesn't give you teeth when you lose money, so technically the poo fairy should deliver you something when you lose poo. hmm, back to the drawing board.

[budafist]

Does that mean I'm supposed to give the poo fairy a coin for losing his/her poo?

[frankster]

hm, yes, I think so. It is the only logical conclusion. But where do we look for a poo fairy? Is there more than one? I'd hate for you to find and pay off the wrong fairy.

[budafist]

That's it! I could have lured the poo fairy out of my co workers by offering a dollar to the fairy! Then whoever came to claim the dollar would have had to clean up the poo.

[SpugNothuson]

:confused: Poo Fairy? :confused:

Bloody tooth fairy is bad enough.

Things that jerk my chain today... Waking up an hour late for work, bloody girlfriends fault or lack of having one to kick me out of bed when the alarm goes off. Still her fault though. :)

[CkretAjint]

Me! What's the story?

The famous 'sushi pants' story (http://www.tuckermax.com/)

WARNING: Content may not be safe for work, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK OR AT HOME!!

Oddly enough I live about 5 minutes from his families steak house in Mizner Park in some of his stories... :D

[Typically]

wow that story is awesome! i have to check out his other ones later

[frankster]

Can the mods not do anything about the spastics that post in the classified section? I'd get rid of that section altogether, or be really strict about what is allowed to be posted there, because it's very frustrating to see muppets like the bloke offerring 40 quid for a custom illustration of his girlfriend that needs to be completed in a week and you can't even reply to the post to inform him how insulting he is being to the people on here. Urgh! I have to stop looking in there, even out of sick curiosity, cos it makes me mad! Mad I tell you!

[Two-Toe Tom]

me not knowing the exchange rate for a quid prevented my chain from getting jerked :D

[Kool]

Can the mods not do anything about the spastics that post in the classified section? I'd get rid of that section altogether, or be really strict about what is allowed to be posted there, because it's very frustrating to see muppets like the bloke offerring 40 quid for a custom illustration of his girlfriend that needs to be completed in a week and you can't even reply to the post to inform him how insulting he is being to the people on here. Urgh! I have to stop looking in there, even out of sick curiosity, cos it makes me mad! Mad I tell you!

Heh heh, you wouldn't believe how many times this has been discussed amongst the mods and admins. We did bring up removing it one time and the response was huge in favor of keeping it so we finally settled on the current situation with all threads being locked and all posts having to be approved by one of us. I approved that one myself even though it is a small amount. I figure a student or somebody may want to do it. You wouldn't believe how many we don't approve. :)

[budafist]

I'd do a stick figure for 40 quid :D

[hewligan]

Just do what I do - don't read the classifieds.

No, wait, that's what I used to do. Now I see them in the mod queue - including the ones you don't have to have your chain jerked over. But at least I get the satisfaction of not validating the really dumb ones.

[budafist]

My boss told our client that I could give them a proof for a job today. The client came in with some samples to show me about 5 minutes ago. They can't provide me with any images or any of the text but they would like to see a proof. OK, what?

Why do you need to see a proof if you haven't got your act together. It's ridiculous.

[budafist]

I've responded to a couple of classifieds on this forum. Never got an email to say they don't want me. Sad huh?

[budafist]

Tell him that someone keeps ringing his phone and then hanging up. Maybe he will realise it's his GF and tell her to stop being a spaz.

She did 2 hang ups just before in the space of 5 minutes. Our receptionist was near my co worker's desk on one of them and she got hung up on. The girlfriend called again a few minutes later and I answered it and she hung up on me again.

I told my co worker that he got 2 mysterious hang up calls while he stepped away from his desk. He called up his girlfriend straight away to tell her about it. Hopefully she realises she is a spaz now. He didn't tell her she was a spaz though.

Maybe next time I answer his phone I should answer: "Hang up and die" and then hang up on her...but then I risk the 1% chance that it's not his girlfriend. :rolleyes:

[SpugNothuson]

Just had a meeting with the boss. I am so angry!

He was pissed that I'd been to see one of his clients on the way home from work without his express permission. I picked a pancaking disc up from them! Then went home, well crap on me, I may have exchanged pleasantries as well.

Started telling me that my priority was to my job at the printers, not seeing customers. It was the end of the day, I'd clocked out and was on my way home, took a slight detour for the disc. How the hell did that jeapordise any ongoing work in this place!?

We have no contracts here, but we do have a letter of appointment stating job title and duties, fair enough picking up discs aint one of them, but so isn't a lot of things I do in this place that he's more than happy to let slide. Tempted to start doing the job I'm paid for down to the letter. I just know that'd create a seriously naff atmosphere, I hate naff atmosphere.

[doctorfoz]

that sucks, Spug. Employers can be really short-sighted sometimes

[budafist]

Got to work early this morning. My co worker couldn't have been in the office for more than 10 minutes yet the whole place smells like him. People really shouldn't smell so strongly on Monday morning at 7.30am.

If I had to put a label on the smell, it's rotting meat. Not the sour rotting meat from the fridge smell but more a decaying dead animal smell. Even my airfreshener (that sits about 12 inches from my head) can't overpower it!

[budafist]

Just had to add:
Client provided a rough sketch of what they wanted their logo to look like and instead of finding a suitable font, my co worker ACTUALLY livetraced the text. Lordy lordy...

Sometimes I'm not sure how people get hired in the first place. :rolleyes:

[SpugNothuson]

Usual crap, they can probably talk the talk but unfortunately walking the walk is difficult with two left feet and pancakingly stinky shoes!

[Virgo Nightingale]

If your deli/sandwich place offers wraps, please make sure your employees making the sandwiches know how to wrap a wrap. Simply folding in the four sides around the meat n' such is NOT a wrap. It's a leaky mess that I can't easily hold.

It's just this one new woman they have behind the counter who can't do it right. I didn't see her back there when I placed the order, so I went for the wrap. Turns out the guy back there was newer, and the woman comes out from the back and is training this new guy. I hoped that she would just let the new guy wrap, perhaps he knows what to do. But no. She took over and used her fold-in technique. Now I have filthy fingers. *sigh*

[Logo-Mechanix]

I agree Virgo, nothing worse than a wrap that is not properly wrapped, especially when you are trying to eat it while driving or working.

[cornfed]

Last time I went to Quiznos I ordered a wrap. The lady making it fell down while she was making it! She'd slipped on some liquid on the floor. Of course, one of my huge weaknesses is that I crack up when someone falls down. It was so funny! She was on the floor holding my wrap up in the air as high as she could. I'd have let that thing go flying and save my own butt. My food felt tainted after having experienced that - even though none of it hit the floor. You just don't want your food to have any out of the ordinary experience before you eat it.

Virgo, you need a moist towelette. I love those things almost as much as I love saying "Moist Towelette."

[Logo-Mechanix]

I think I would have held my laughter until after I got the wrap if you know what I mean but that must have been pretty funny.

[Virgo Nightingale]

I don't eat while I drive, unless it's simple bite-size food like chips. I'm way too easily distracted, if I ate something complicated while I drove I'd drop something and be so preoccupied about where did it fall and did it stain my shirt, I'd rear-end someone. :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

Aside from witnessing this spill (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=404031&postcount=11), one of my favorite falls was me. I was carrying a tray of sodas and milkshakes and my foot slipped out from under me and I went straight down. Right in front of the customer I was delivering to. Unbelievably, I didn't spill a single drink, the tray was still perfectly balanced on my hand. :cool:

[The_Black_Knight]

Aside from witnessing this spill (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=404031&postcount=11), one of my favorite falls was me. I was carrying a tray of sodas and milkshakes and my foot slipped out from under me and I went straight down. Right in front of the customer I was delivering to. Unbelievably, I didn't spill a single drink, the tray was still perfectly balanced on my hand. :cool:I hope they tipped you extra for that kind of performance. :)

[CkretAjint]

Something that irks me?

Having your ex contact you on your birthday when you haven't spoken to her in over 6 months.... and for good reasons for that *heart breaks again* :(

What a crappy feeling on your birthday.... *sigh*

[budafist]

New client.
Did an easy flyer design for a client based on a flyer she had done by her previous designer. She couldn't supply open files of previous jobs as she had promised so I recreated it - it only took half an hour (we agreed that it would take less than an hour).

I didn't have the exact fonts so I used similar ones that I have and also asked her if she knew the name of the fonts she wanted. I ended up finding the font online and emailed her to let her know that if she wanted me to buy the font it would be $50.

I got a call from her this morning 7.40am - she was very upset that she wasn't told from the start that she would need to supply the font or buy the font. The phonecall went on for ages. I told her that it was normal for clients to supply a font or purchase a font if they had to have a specific font. Otherwise if it wasn't important, it was normal to accept a substitute font. I couldn't purchase the font for her if she wouldn't agree to pay for it. The phonecall went on for ages and in the end I just wanted her off the phone!

I told my boss right away. He called her a little while later for damage control. He ended up going round in circles with her on the phone too and it was agreed afterward that we didn't want her for a customer.

On the bright side, though she was going to bring in quite a lot of design work, her print runs were tiny (she only wanted 20 copies of the flyers to start with. 20!!! Who gets a flyer done for 20 people?!). So I guess my boss isn't too concerned about losing her. We are super busy in the design department here but quiet on the print side. So her design-heavy, print-light jobs can go where she wants to take them!

I should have been suspicious the moment she came in with a bunch of designs because she had moved on from a previous designer. My boss said that she said that the designer was a friend and was pregnant so couldn't work for her anymore but really... :rolleyes:

[Virgo Nightingale]

I didn't know pregnancy could render you unable to design for a friend. :rolleyes:

[budafist]

My thoughts exactly! I would think that with a baby on the way, you would keep your friends contracts for the extra money.

The client is a photographer but she advertises herself as a photographer/graphic designer but outsources all of the design stuff. I guess she saw that there was a chance for her to make some money for her clients, but in order to make her profit on top of it, she can't afford things like fonts.