Know it all designers . . .

[hotmetal]

Originally Posted by wazeygoose

Come on all you prepress boys and girls, sing along with me

Hohoho Hahaha Heeheehee Hohoho Hahaha Heeheehee Hohoho Hahaha Heeheehee Hohoho Hahaha Heeheehee Hohoho Hahaha Heeheehee Hohoho Hahaha Heeheehee Hohoho Hahaha Heeheehee Hohoho Hahaha Heeheehee - now doesn't Monday feel a lot better!

No.

[hotmetal]

So, you know, at most of the places I've worked in the last 15 years, we were (and are) very specifically NOT allowed to tell any client or client's designer that they were actually wrong about anything - this is called talking down to the client and it can get you disciplined.

On the other hand, I'm still employed, I make good money, and I'm never, ever, ever... bored. I just... fix the problem... and move on.

[ronmatt]

I think we should be allowed to hunt for *designers*. We could dress up in camos on the 1st Sat of the month and ambush them as they leave Starbucks with Latte in hand. If they knew that they were fair game, they just might decide to learn their business, Ya think?

[pressman2]

I think we should be allowed to hunt for *designers*.

Do you think that we'll need a special license?

[prepress_brillance_43]

Is their a special "designers" hunting season?

[hotmetal]

Originally Posted by prepress_brillance_43

Is their a special "designers" hunting season?

Good question. When do they ever leave their native habbitat? When they run out of diet coke and cheetos?

[prepress_brillance_43]

When do they ever leave their native habbitat? When they run out of diet coke and cheetos?

I'd bet you could pick off several at the same time if you set up like a sniper outside of Starbucks and waited for them to close.

[geozinger]

Originally Posted by geozinger

Another client calls yesterday. We had been printing their monthly newsletter for the last 5 years. We have all of the files, all Mac/Quark/Illy/Photoshop. We had supplied background templates for other departments in house newsletters. But this one goes out to the general public. Similar situation, previous marketing guy moved on to another position, again, clueless administrative type decides, hey this stuff is easy, any monkey can do it...
Her: I would like you to supply me with templates for the newsletter.
Me: OK, what software are you working with?
Her: Publisher. Doesn't everybody have Publisher?
Me (in Fantasyworld): reaches thru phone, snaps neck like chicken.
Me (in real world): Yes, that's one of the many programs we work with here...
Me (still in real world): we supplied two other departments with background templates in .WMF and .EPS format. Will that work for you?
Her: Yeah, whichever is better.
Me (in Fantasyworld): reaches thru phone, snaps neck like chicken, again.
Me (in realword): OK. I'll send both. Be aware that the templates will use PMS 560 as a spot color.
Her: What do you mean, spot color?
Me (in Fantasyworld): reaches thru phone, snaps neck like chicken, for the third time.
Me, later: Where the h*ll did I put that bottle of Scotch? What do you mean it's only 9:45 AM???

Addendum to this horror story:
Part of this earlier story is that I asked this person if they could take a 'ZIPPED' file.
Her: Yeah, sure no problem.

Later that same morning, I make the .AI, .EPS and .WMF files. I ZIP archive them, send them to her via email.

Open email this morning, (Note: this is 5 days after her original request) and receive this message:

George
I was upable to open anything.

(I really enjoy the misspelling of the word 'unable'... harbinger of things to come, I'm sure...
Me: (in fantasy world again. Been spending a lot of time there lately...) reaches thru monitor, snaps neck like chicken...
Me: (back to realworld) picks up phone, like going to make call...
Me: (having an epiphany, or a stroke...) Aw, f**k it. (Puts down phone.) I'll just make her a CD and courier over it to her. It will cost me $30, but probably save me an hour on the phone. I can make up the $30 in that hour OFF of the phone...

I'm sure this isn't over yet. (I can't wait to get the resulting Publisher files... This will probably put me over the high-blood pressure threshold finally...)

Arrgh! :twisted:

Where IS my bottle of Scotch???

[prepress_brillance_43]

your scotch sir...

[geozinger]

I knew I left it somewhere around here...

Ahh, much better...