* Clients From Hell *

Just found this website. makes me laugh because Shaun's a designer and he deals with this kind of stuff all day.

As a rare book conservator I also deal with clients who don't value the work we do and aren't willing to pay for our time. So this website is good for a few " Yeah, I've been there" laughs.

Clients From Hell

Here's my favorite:

Business as Usual

1. CLIENT: We’d like to go ahead and book you to handle this year’s edition but, of course, we’re in the middle of a tough recession. So we’ll only be able to offer you about 50% of what we paid last year.
2. ME: I gave you a heavily discounted price last year as an introductory deal. I said at the time it was a one-off and included a quote at the full price to illustrate.
3. CLIENT: Yeah… Anyway, we’d like you to get to work immediately, since the deadline is
4. this time next week.
5. ME: You had a three-month lead last time.
6. CLIENT: Uh-huh… Moving forward, we want you to treat this as urgent. Oh, and we’ll be paying you when the project comes into profit, of course.
7. ME: So, you want me to do three months graft in a week, on the promise that when or if you make money out of my work you’ll pay me less than half what my time is worth.
8. CLIENT: To be honest, we thought you’d be more grateful.