In our weekly installment of Clients from Hell, a hilarious collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers, we present to you, "Your Fancy Vocabulary Doesn't Scare Me." For previous posts, click here.
Client: This color isn’t green enough.
Me: (Looking at the forest green on the computer screen) Well, what do you consider green enough?
Client: I don’t know, lime green?
Me: Lime green may not be a good contrast with the cream background.
Client: Just try it.
I change the color and send it back.
Client: That’s a childish color, and it looks terrible with the cream.
Me: Right. So would you like me to change it back?
Client: Absolutely not. The other color wasn’t green enough.
Me: So what green would you suggest?
Client: Didn’t I say lime green?
Me: We just tried that ten minutes ago.
Client: Um, that wasn’t lime green. That was bright green.
I try yet another green and send it back.
Client: If you’re not capable of creating a good color palette, maybe we should switch designers.
Me: I’m sorry you feel that way. Maybe we should just go back to the first green? Or possibly change color schemes entirely?
Client: Aren’t you listening? Nothing is green enough except lime green.
Me: But we agreed that the lime green did not make a good contrast.
Client: Your fancy vocabulary doesn’t scare me.