this is from the archive:
me > "okay, i've made the changes you've requested and added the new product pages to the website, please look over them to make sure they're correct."
client (and from a major int'l electronics company too) > "oh, we don't have computers in here, or an internet... we trust you."
(man it was SO TEMPTING to leave easter eggs all over the site...!)
and here are s'more 'strokes of brilliance' from the same computer/electronics company:
client > "i sent you a fax with new products on it. could you type everything up and scan the image?" (note: their fax prints black & white, no grays -- the text is almost incoherant against the *convienent* gradient background, and the image is a big black blob. further note: the original brochure was PHOTOCOPIED before faxing!!!)
me (annoyed -- data entry at $150/hr company time is plain STUPID> "i can type the copy up, but the image looks really bad--"
client > "--oh that's okay. just scan it."
AND lastly:
client > "could you print out the entire site (with 100+ product pages and frames) and fax it to us? we want to make some changes."
after explaining to my project manager what a BAD IDEA this is, the final decision is to courier the 100s of pages to their office. what is returned is the ENTIRE stack with one out of 15 pages marked with some kind of red scribble. ARRRGH!
in conclusion:
STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BREED or get promoted to management... ;)