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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: grnidone on July 25, 2012, 06:07:38 PM

Title: Client Stories from Hell...
Post by: grnidone on July 25, 2012, 06:07:38 PM
I don't own the site.  I wish I did.  Absolutely hilarious, especially if you've ever had to deal with clients.

QuoteCLIENT: "I don't mean to sound racist, but..."

ME: "But what?"

CLIENT: "But the site is too black."

ME: "Like, literally too black?"

CLIENT: "Yes. The background is too black."

ME: "That's not racist. That has nothing to do with race."

CLIENT: "Phew. I can never tell with you black people, what's offensive and what's not."

ME: "I'm actually Lebanese. And, yeah, that one might be a bit racist."

http://clientsfromhell.net/clientstories
Title: Re: Client Stories from Hell...
Post by: BoL on July 26, 2012, 01:06:40 AM
yeah the page has mileage in it, those are some good stories.

not quite a client but i replied to my colleague's "hi" on skype with "bj" once, and I didn't even say please. It was most surely a typo though.

i feel sorry for the folks who wrote those stories, it sounds like they're working against the tide with those clients.
Title: Re: Client Stories from Hell...
Post by: ergophobe on August 03, 2012, 02:13:54 AM
I would guess that the vast majority of those are fictional. Too many of them read like classic setup -> punchline structure.
Title: Re: Client Stories from Hell...
Post by: jetboy on August 04, 2012, 11:23:06 AM
@Ergophobe: I think that one in particular is a reworking of a conversation between Troy and Pierce (Chevy Chase) in the sitcom Community.