The Vendor Client relationship - in real world situations

It is the sad true. I deal with it every single day.

*applause*
To quote a song by The Police: "Truth hits everybody..." -- and this video is full of Truth. The only people whom it might miss are those who have mastered the Art of Dodging Reality.

OMG this is so true!!

One questions for you designer omigos.. what do you do to turn your clients down?

Same here. I'm a designer.

many clients/bosses (aka cheap bastards) are now abusing their power like crazy since it is the employers' market now in this economy...

There's a way around the (perceived???) high cost of the video. It's called piracy. The rest is admittedly hard to outsource. :-)

The waiter story is very real. If your tables out spend their budget it comes right out of your tip.

At the same time, if you help your clients overspend they see it as your fault. So in the end it is a matter or reading your clients.

Many times it is up to you to identify a loser that will promise you a back end to your services that will never come.

truth

Painfully familiar.

this would be funny if it wasn't accurate