For eight years I had my own graphics business. I learned to hate customers. I closed my shop when I realized I was starting to hate people in general. "Can't you make that a little smaller? Well, that's not right; it's too small." "His ears are too big. I know he's a kid but -- don't take this the wrong way -- aren't his features a little negroid?" "Can you make the red redder? No, that's not the red I mean. Oh, Pantone chips? Let's see, it's almost like this one but more like that one. Sort of." "Look, I've got the idea, all you have to do is put it on paper, right?" "Give me a break on the pricing and I'll make it up to you when I'm famous." "How much? Look, what I'm asking for is real simple, okay? There's a cattle stampede on one side and Custer's last stand on the other. Our name in the middle in fancy script. Only three inches wide. I don't see why I should pay more than $5 an inch."
For eight years I had my own graphics business. I learned to hate customers. I closed my shop when I realized I was starting to hate people in general.
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"His ears are too big. I know he's a kid but -- don't take this the wrong way -- aren't his features a little negroid?"
"Can you make the red redder? No, that's not the red I mean. Oh, Pantone chips? Let's see, it's almost like this one but more like that one. Sort of."
"Look, I've got the idea, all you have to do is put it on paper, right?"
"Give me a break on the pricing and I'll make it up to you when I'm famous."
"How much? Look, what I'm asking for is real simple, okay? There's a cattle stampede on one side and Custer's last stand on the other. Our name in the middle in fancy script. Only three inches wide. I don't see why I should pay more than $5 an inch."
Makes me feel pretty good about having a publicly funded job. It has its frustrations but I know my pay cheque will be there every second Friday.
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