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Im a graphics designer in a printing company. The thing that REALLY anoys me is when i have to deal with people that dont have a CLUE what is going on.
I have just spent 3/4 of an hour on the phone to tell someone to re-send the artwork in a vector based format( after i explained what that was), only to recieve the same incorrect stuff again. After another lenghty conversation i get vector artwork, that is incorrect.
OMG by this time my head is exploding. I find it funny when you have to deal with people in a job that they have no idea how to do it.
I bet there are more tales of people who dont have a clue out there.
I bet He/She was a manager? 85 % of managers have not got a clue. I use to work for an large IT company and the area manger had no IT skills he even needed help to turn on a laptop :D
But had 540 BMw and £90k a year
how to these people get thier jobs :confused:
LOL yeah thats true....auch well thats the way the world goes round i guess
AlastairM
27-01-2003, 16:09
I could write a book about web related stories but don't want to offend anyone :D
As for print, been there, done that :)
Client: I'll supply my own images.
Next day a digital camera arrives, they didn't know how to get the pictures off...
Us: Please read and check your proof correctly
Client: OK
<two days later>
Client: The telephone number on my business card is wrong.
Us: Well it the same as the one you wrote down for us (produces paper)
Client: Yes, that was my old number
Us: :rolleyes:
We'd offer to do artwork, client would say: "I've got my own"
We'd say: "What DPI is it at."
<blank look>
We'd say: "Is it 72dpi"
They'd say: "Yes, yes that's it."
We'd say: "Sorry, we need at least 300dpi"
<blank look>
They'd say: Why?
We'd say: Its fairly common in print
<pause>
We'd say: Is it in <insert format>?
They'd say: No, I did it in publisher at home.
We'd then say: "Would you like us to redo the artwork for you"
They'd usually say: "yes"
If they'd only contacted us first we could have told them how to do it right if the really did want to do it themselves.
one of the funniest sources of clients ineptness was here:dreamless (http://www.derailer.org/clientquotes.php) but its offline at the moment. You can still find some of them if the google cache, well worth a look.
cheers
alastair
LMAO ...it must be something to do with us designers de we attract them?
Da_Rebel
28-01-2003, 14:11
The staff at PC World stores seem equally inept. First time I went looking for an external CD-ReWriter they took me right to the shelf and the assistant picked one up for me, over-eager to help as ever. After I pointed out that he had an internal one he muttered and put it back and picked up another for me. Yet another internal one. After a third failed attempt to tell external from internal he muttered again and ran off, saying that if I needed help just to ask someone.
Recently went to price new OEM motherboard, processor and hard drive (why are 2.2GHz Athlons about £70 dearer than 2.1?). Anyway, they told me that, contrary to their signs, if I booked in for a PC healthcheck, they would fit everything for free. I went, got my PC and came back. Only to discover that the guy was talking Sh1t. They wanted £25 per item.
Decided to buy alloys for my Clio instead.
PS - PC World also sold my Dad (who doesn't have huge knowledge of computers) the wrong type of RAM three times.
Originally posted by Da_Rebel
if I booked in for a PC healthcheck, they would fit everything for free. I went, got my PC and came back.
I wouldn't let PC World near my PC if they paid me!
I was in pc world the other day and was surpirsed to see that even though specialist shops havent been able to get hold of the 333mhz fsb xp`s they have them in speeds of 1600, 1800, 2000 and 2200.
I also heard a sales rep tell a bloke that he`d need to be a scsi hard drive and card if he wanted to do video editing.
And last year i went to buy a modem cos mine wouldnt work in linux. I knew what one I wanted but I thought i`d ask the peeps at the counter to be sure. Went up with the modem and asked if it was linux compatible. The bloke said that the staff member who`d used linux was on his lunch so I`d have to wait. Walked around the store for a bit and came back and cahtted to the bloke he was totally clueless. he looked on the box and it had windows compatible but nothing about linux. He told me it wasnt linux compatible. I put it back went home logged onto dabs webpage and ordered the exact same modem but guess what it works with linux. funny that :p
people actually buy stuff from pc world????
u learn something new every day
I just go in to drool at the macs.
Saw a wonderful one in Heathfield PC World, a wonderful deal for a Snow iBook, down from £999 to....
wait for it....
£998 !!
deal of the century!
:D
danielctull
29-01-2003, 12:20
Originally posted by *abe*
I just go in to drool at the macs.
Saw a wonderful one in Heathfield PC World, a wonderful deal for a Snow iBook, down from £999 to....
wait for it....
£998 !!
deal of the century!
:D
It doesn't matter if the saving's a pound or a grand, a saving's a saving. :D
and a macs a mac :D
Wether it looks like a table lamp or a bit of modern art it still wont let ya play champ manager 4 at release :p
Originally posted by kopite
and a macs a mac :D
Wether it looks like a table lamp or a bit of modern art it still wont let ya play champ manager 4 at release :p
It lets you play real games, not cm4 :rolleyes:
CM4 is not about life or death - its more important than that!
Schvetty
29-01-2003, 14:22
a mac is a mac and it can stay that way
Schvetty
29-01-2003, 14:30
Also A few mobile phone shops a idiots
carphone warehouse is stupid
i went in to buy a phone ages ago i had cash in my back pocket and just wanted to buy the phone sim free.. at the time it was a dear phone 299 quid but not that dear today standards..
i went in with cash and asked if i could have a "nokia 8210 sim free" with £300 quid in my hand ready as the price said..
so after 5 miniutes of him fumbleing in the backroom he came out with a 3210 , and i had 300quid in my hand ready to give him ,he looked at me very strange and asked why i wash giving him a lot of money...i said to him "PLEASE can i have a N-O-K-I-A 8210." he then said ok sir I wont be a miniute..5 miniutes(timed) later he came wih the phone and a piece of paper!!!..he started to ask my name,address,etc ..I twigged on and he was filling out a contract for me!!! OMG i nearly punched him..I then Gave him the £300 and asked for a phone ....with no contract....no simcard etc.... and walked out of the shop shouting what a w****r
never again will i go in car phone warehouse
Da_Rebel
29-01-2003, 17:12
Originally posted by danielctull
It doesn't matter if the saving's a pound or a grand, a saving's a saving. :D
Yeah but unless you live walking distance from the retail park petrol will cost you more than a quid
danielctull
29-01-2003, 21:32
Originally posted by Da_Rebel
Yeah but unless you live walking distance from the retail park petrol will cost you more than a quid
It's gunna cost you that in petrol no matter what though...
Yeah phone shop people are idiots. Except one guy at the Vodafone shop, because he knew what I wanted, mainly because he had one himself. But I went into the link a year ago and asked about bluetooth on phones, he knew nothing and didn't even know thats phones had it...:o
Da_Rebel
29-01-2003, 21:37
Yeah i guess so, but still a £1 reduction is pathetic. It's almost as bad as GAME's so-called "sales" - £5 off their worst selling games, lol.
danielctull
29-01-2003, 21:41
Originally posted by Da_Rebel
Yeah i guess so, but still a £1 reduction is pathetic. It's almost as bad as GAME's so-called "sales" - £5 off their worst selling games, lol.
lol, yeah. Spiderman the movie anyone :D thats so bad
LMAO at games sales....yeah i really want to buy combat flight sim1 at 19.99
WTF!!
i was speaking to that person who i mentioned in my first post...i send here an image...it was quite a large one... so when she open it up she only sees half,,, phones me up and says i can only see half....i say have you scorlled along to look at other half...Ohh she says....
OMG!!!
shifty.ricky
31-01-2003, 19:43
Originally posted by Schvetty
Also A few mobile phone shops a idiots
I then Gave him the £300 and asked for a phone ....with no contract....no simcard etc.... and walked out of the shop shouting what a w****r
So you left without your £300 quid and no phone? I think that salesman is pretty smart.
playbhoy
02-02-2003, 21:13
Originally posted by danielctull
It doesn't matter if the saving's a pound or a grand, a saving's a saving. :D
your the kind of person that puts the tomato ketchup bottle upside down in the fridge :D
danielctull
03-02-2003, 00:26
Originally posted by playbhoy
your the kind of person that puts the tomato ketchup bottle upside down in the fridge :D
We put our ketchup in the cupboard. And it's my dad that makes sure it gets turned upside down. One bottle had been empty, according to me,several times before my dad would accept the truth... :rolleyes:
Originally posted by danielctull
We put our ketchup in the cupboard.
Now there's a subject for rantage. It says "keep refrigerated" on the side, put it in the bloody fridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A sausage sandwich is glorified only by cold tomato ketchup, not room temperature, cold.
Fridge it! :D
danielctull
03-02-2003, 00:33
Originally posted by Forthy
Now there's a subject for rantage. It says "keep refrigerated" on the side, put it in the bloody fridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A sausage sandwich is glorified only by cold tomato ketchup, not room temperature, cold.
Fridge it! :D
Not my fault, was brought up that way. My dad's always right :rolleyes: lol
nooo HP sauce is the best sauce out there, you cant have it cold either, otherwise it makes the hot sausage or bacon butty go cold more quickly, keep sauces in the cupboard.
danielctull
03-02-2003, 00:35
Originally posted by Kynoch
nooo HP sauce is the best sauce out there, you cant have it cold either, otherwise it makes the hot sausage or bacon butty go cold more quickly, keep sauces in the cupboard.
Thats what I always thought... why make a hot thing cold after all that cooking? I hate HP, too many spices for my liking keep it plain and simple for me :)
Originally posted by Kynoch
nooo HP sauce is the best sauce out there, you cant have it cold either, otherwise it makes the hot sausage or bacon butty go cold more quickly, keep sauces in the cupboard.
You obviously don't eat it fast enough. That would be because it's not as appetising as mine, due to the fact you don't have cold tomato ketchup on it - lol :D :D
Schvetty
03-02-2003, 00:43
the tomato ketcup needs to be in the fridge for the bactirial content to be kept at a minimem level... .>)
b0ll0x to bacteria, if my body can handle a very hot curry it can handle some bacteria, has never bothered me yet, ive got a gut of iron.
Schvetty
03-02-2003, 01:11
umm your right you have got a lot of bacteria in your body...
1cm squared food can contain 2billion bacteria's before it gets dangerous..
hmmm i am bored
Wooo go bacteria.....anyway all we are are big backs of water and bacteria....
Im quite sure everytime you go to McDonalds you get more germs in a single sitting than you would from leaving your tomatoe(OR HP ) out the fridge for months....
One thing tha tbotehres me is when peeps leave Dribbles of suce downt eh side of the bottle and all over the CAP !!!
GRRRR
The new bottle of HP sauce we have just bought doesnt actually state on it that it should be kept refridgerated.
Not a HP fan tbh, but all the sauces I've got here in my fridge namely: Tom Ket, Garlic Sauce, Salad Cream, American Mustard and Sweet onion Mustard - - all say "once opened keep refrigerated and consume within 8 weeks"
It's still better cold anyway :p
Originally posted by *abe*
I just go in to drool at the macs.
Heathfield had a nice iMac2 with a 17" widescreen TFT, me wants one :D.
And for sauce, the barbecue tomota ketchup is great ;) :D.
HP sauce doesn't have to be refrigerated, - it's Heinz Tomato Sauce that states "once opened, keep refrigerated".
I told you HP is better :p
Schvetty
28-02-2003, 11:18
hp must be better it takes rust off metal thats why its better so imagine what its doing to your stomache
leave a saurcer of hp sauce with some rusty metal in it and leave it over night
owch
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