Clients Are StupidI once had to train a client on how to use their new website. I said, "point the mouse at that button." They looked at me with a quizzical expression, picked up the mouse and held it to the screen. Can you beat this bit of client stupidity?
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rob, Sun 28 Dec 2003, 22:47)
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My old careersorry to post twice in a row but I keep remembering stuff from my old career, I used to be a sound engineer for touring theatre, mainly musicals, yes I'm glad I got out with my sanity, just try listening to Grease 8 times a week for a year....
I digress.
A common term amongst sound engineers is the DFA pot (Does F**k All) whenever a performer asks for something that they can't have, ie enough foldback to deafen everyone in a mile radius, we just used to pretend to turn a pot (knob) until they were happy. 99 times out of a hundred they went away happy despite us having done FA!
Another memorable time was when a particularly thick actor called in sick (this was before the whole 9-11 thing made this particular complaint more widely known)
Actor-I can't come in Today, I've got anthrax
Company manager-Oh god that's horrible
Actor-Oh it's just a twenty four hour thing ....I'll be in tomorrow
Company manager-....
she just hung up and recounted the story to me as i happened to be in the office at the time.
As far as I know the actor in question still works in musical theatre, I don't think the real world is ready for him.
(, Wed 31 Dec 2003, 1:54, Reply)
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