Thanks for giving us an amusing window, Su. I’m sure many customers would be very glad to be told that. My sister is going through a major house renovation at the moment and I know she gets to the point where she has no idea what she wants, having looked at so many taps, tiles, windows, doors, cupboards, floors, ……..
I feel for her. Our renovation probably took so long partly because we could only make so many decisions at a time, and just put some things “on the back-burner.”
Hmmm… I am happy to wallow in my ‘pathetically unclear and dismally vague notion of what I want’… It’s comfortable, changes with the wind and the temperature of the air… I am definitely not looking for accuracy.
I know what I want and I get rather perturbed with contractors who think they know what I want but don’t have a clue. I would not be hiring her.
Leslie
It was a marketing agency I think; and it resonated with me because I have had also had many clients who were vague and waffly. My skill was understanding that they didn’t have the same technical language as me; listening to what they said, and asking lots of questions. I was told by one client that I was the writer who wrote exactly what he would have said, if only he could write as well as me. I thought the sign captured the essence of that.
One of the things I like about it is that the kind of clients I like to work with are the ones who would find this funny rather than offensive, and probably have a really good retort.
I was thinking the other day how much text has become image. I pretty much only use my phone camera as an alternative to writing things down— packaging, so I buy the right thing when I’m shopping; price tags; recipes; even the shopping lists we invariably have scattered around can be snapped as one image — the mega-list?
It started as a way of remembering details and prices when I was doing comparative shopping. Then I started photographing the labels of things I needed so I’d buy the right size/gauge/whatever. I always have my phone with me, and I notorious for forgetting/losing shopping lists.
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I kind of like the way it filters people. The people who’re going to bristle and be offended by it are probably not the people you want as clients anyway.
😀 😀 😀
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Thanks for giving us an amusing window, Su. I’m sure many customers would be very glad to be told that. My sister is going through a major house renovation at the moment and I know she gets to the point where she has no idea what she wants, having looked at so many taps, tiles, windows, doors, cupboards, floors, ……..
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I feel for her. Our renovation probably took so long partly because we could only make so many decisions at a time, and just put some things “on the back-burner.”
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Honk 😀
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Hmmm… I am happy to wallow in my ‘pathetically unclear and dismally vague notion of what I want’… It’s comfortable, changes with the wind and the temperature of the air… I am definitely not looking for accuracy.
Lieve
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😂😂
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Excellent!!
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Ha, ha, ha. Great find, Su.
janet
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Hah! “And if reading this offends you, you have too much ego to be a client of ours.”
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😂😂
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ha! This is wonderful!
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I know what I want and I get rather perturbed with contractors who think they know what I want but don’t have a clue. I would not be hiring her.
Leslie
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It was a marketing agency I think; and it resonated with me because I have had also had many clients who were vague and waffly. My skill was understanding that they didn’t have the same technical language as me; listening to what they said, and asking lots of questions. I was told by one client that I was the writer who wrote exactly what he would have said, if only he could write as well as me. I thought the sign captured the essence of that.
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The sign said that and I admit a lot of people have no idea what they want…but that isn’t me… 😉
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but WHAT were they advertising ?
and don’t you think, dear friend, that this is a rather long ONE WORD Sunday contribution?! 😉
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Advertising and design I believe.
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Me, too. Really funny!
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Ha ha, but they might not have stayed clients for very much longer!
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One of the things I like about it is that the kind of clients I like to work with are the ones who would find this funny rather than offensive, and probably have a really good retort.
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OMG! This is hysterical!
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That is so funny and true.
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ONE word Sunday?
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Absolutely 😂😂 Text as image!
I was thinking the other day how much text has become image. I pretty much only use my phone camera as an alternative to writing things down— packaging, so I buy the right thing when I’m shopping; price tags; recipes; even the shopping lists we invariably have scattered around can be snapped as one image — the mega-list?
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You obviously use your phone a lot more than I do! I have never even thought about using it to capture shopping lists 🙂
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It started as a way of remembering details and prices when I was doing comparative shopping. Then I started photographing the labels of things I needed so I’d buy the right size/gauge/whatever. I always have my phone with me, and I notorious for forgetting/losing shopping lists.
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That’s perfect in so many ways. I can immediately think of a whole bunch of applicable markets etc.
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🙂
I kind of like the way it filters people. The people who’re going to bristle and be offended by it are probably not the people you want as clients anyway.
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Very true
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LOL! 😂
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