Cartoon: If Web Designers Were Pizza Boys [005]
People working in the web design and development industry need to become thick-skinned over the years if they intend to survive long term. I am in this business since web design got invented in the early Nineties, and I sure know what I’m talking about when it comes to the hidden secrets of client communication. My remedy these days is laughing. I refuse to get angry anymore. Instead, I make fun of the situations that only a few years ago made me want to hire a professional killer. There are quite a few people out there who are only still alive for the fact I couldn’t afford to pay one. Nah, just joking. As making fun of it all is the healthiest way to cope with it, we decided to start a new cartoon series titled “If Web Designers Were” here at Noupe. This is part five. Hope you enjoy it…
WTF? Did we talk about me having to teach you how to replace me by yourself? I don't think so. Sentences like these always make me angry enough to dismiss such a client right away. Why do they think a lesson in design could be such a minor issue that it must be included in the price? We as designers seem to not be able to make neither the value of our work clear enough nor the extent of our service. Ah, come on. Of course we are, but the client doesn't want to hear it...
If Web Designers Were Pizza Boys
Clients always tend to stretch their orders to ultimately get more out than they put in. Paying little, getting lots is a wide-spread philosophy these days. Designers have to cope with that. The only way to actually secure yourself from delivering too much work for too little money is having everything fixed in a written contract with added written extension orders for every piece of work not initially having been part of the contract. But even then, you will fall prey to your client. They might not even intend to hurt you. Blame it on their unbelievably great ignorance. Our little cartoons will help you eradicate ignorance once and for all. Collect them and show them to your clients as needed. I’m sure they’ll understand immediately.Show me how I can do this without you from now on
WTF? Did we talk about me having to teach you how to replace me by yourself? I don't think so. Sentences like these always make me angry enough to dismiss such a client right away. Why do they think a lesson in design could be such a minor issue that it must be included in the price? We as designers seem to not be able to make neither the value of our work clear enough nor the extent of our service. Ah, come on. Of course we are, but the client doesn't want to hear it...
More Cartoons from the Series
- If Web Designers Were Tattooers
- If Web Designers Were Car Salesmen
- If Web Designers Were Plumbers
- If Web Designers Were Prostitutes
So funny, thanks for the share!
This is not only funny but true. Sad to say but very well observed and just how it really is
“You need to show me how I can do this myself from now on”. This was hilarious. It happened to me few times. I do WordPress websites and I tell my clients that they will be able to edit their pages content. But sometimes clients think that they will be able to edit everything.
This one definitely made me laugh :) It’s unfortunately true in a lot of industries these days, they expect a free lesson from you so they don’t have to spend money on you in the future!