{"id":31860,"date":"2019-10-29T12:55:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=31860"},"modified":"2019-10-29T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:55:41","slug":"nightmare-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/nightmare-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilarious Web Design Stories of Nightmare Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31860\" class=\"elementor elementor-31860\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6f2f7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6f2f7b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0878002\" data-id=\"0878002\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f689a85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f689a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Providing the best possible service to clients is always the best practice.<\/p><p>Halloween, however, is a great opportunity to let off some of steam and talk about the more&#8230; let&#8217;s call them challenging clients.<\/p><p>That&#8217;s why we decided to ask our very own community about their most memorable web design client horror stories:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ae6e15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ae6e15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"948\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=948\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/client-halloween-864x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-31986\" alt=\"client-halloween\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=864\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/client-halloween-864x1024.png 864w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=253\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/client-halloween-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/client-halloween-768x911.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=878\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/client-halloween.png 878w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a654c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4a654c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After collecting dozens of gruesome, nightmarish client stories, we picked the most horrific ones, and animated them for your viewing satisfaction.<\/p><p>Here they are in full gruesomeness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3035376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3035376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nightmare Client #1: The Case of the Mad Scientist<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f02fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"98f02fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/Helloween2019_Labrotory_v02_LowBitrate.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" muted=\"muted\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5976a2 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"a5976a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-facebook\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.78 90.69 226.38 209.25 245V327.69h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.31 482.38 504 379.78 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare This Client Story\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc3af1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cc3af1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some clients get the latest technology updates from movies like \u201cThe Avengers\u201d. Technology like 3D websites and\u00a0 AI contact forms. There\u2019s just no limit to the the client\u2019s imagination.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 11pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">Alex Gill told the story of a client with some rather unrealistic expectations:<\/span><\/p><p><b>Client: <\/b>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t the icons animate when I hover my finger over them on my mobile?&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Designer:<\/b> &#8220;As discussed in my first email, that technology simply doesn&#8217;t exist.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f9a81f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f9a81f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nightmare Clients #2: Attack of the 'Movie-Website'<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f64be5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f64be5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/Helloween2019_Cinema_v02_LowBitrate.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" muted=\"muted\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a904e elementor-share-buttons--view-icon-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"99a904e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-facebook\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.78 90.69 226.38 209.25 245V327.69h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.31 482.38 504 379.78 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare This Client Story\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a4cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10a4cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Strange, unrealistic client requests are quite common. Usually, though, you can at least foresee what the client has in mind.<\/p><p>Brian McCracken had a client who didn&#8217;t quite get the concept of a website:<\/p><p><b>Client: <\/b>&#8220;I want the website to be like a movie.&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Designer: <\/b>&#8220;You mean, to tell a story and take you through a narrative?&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Client: <\/b>&#8220;No. I mean, like a movie. Here, like this YouTube video.&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Designer: <\/b>&#8220;So, this is a video of guys sitting around a desk, talking. Do you want me to develop that imagery?&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Client: <\/b>&#8220;No. Just the movie.&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Designer: <\/b>&#8220;So do you want that specific video on the page?&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Client: <\/b>&#8220;Yeah, but like a website.&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Designer: <\/b>WHAT THE ^%$ DO YOU WANT EXACTLY?!?!? It&#8217;s a %$# YouTube video, that you want on the page &#8220;But like a website?&#8221;<\/p><p>&#8230;So I literally made a header, footer, put a video background in the center as a GIF that I made out of the YouTube video they gave me.<\/p><p>Their feedback: &#8220;But, can you make it more like the video?&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d57996 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d57996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nightmare Clients #3: The Abominable Font Shrinker<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eec48c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"eec48c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/Helloween2019_Lazer_v02_LowBitrate.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" muted=\"muted\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc4c0fb elementor-share-buttons--view-icon-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"cc4c0fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-facebook\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.78 90.69 226.38 209.25 245V327.69h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.31 482.38 504 379.78 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare This Client Story\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ccd4f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ccd4f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following the line of strange client requests, this trickster of a client decided to use a font so small, it would not be visible to the naked eye.<\/p><p>Nigel Hancock shared a client with sneaky intentions:<\/p><p><b>Client: <\/b>&#8220;Can you make that text smaller?&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Me: <\/b>&#8220;Yes, of course, how small would you like it?&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Client: <\/b>&#8220;How small can it be?&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Me: <\/b>&#8220;Well, in theory 1 pixel, about 1\/72 of an inch&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Client: <\/b>&#8220;That&#8217;ll be fine&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Me:<\/b> &#8220;But nobody will be able to read it&#8221;<\/p><p><b>Client: <\/b>&#8220;That&#8217;s the whole idea&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9058430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9058430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nightmare Clients #4: Invasion of the Body Exposers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c453e2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"c453e2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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Everyone has one. This is especially true for clients. What do you do when a single client turns into several?<\/p><p>Kayla Curry had to deal with more than just one nightmare client:<\/p><p>\u201cThis one client I knew through another client seemed cool and totally laid back. &#8220;Do whatever you want, just make it pretty&#8221; type of client, right?<\/p><p>So I take her on and all of a sudden, she&#8217;s got this ENTIRE TEAM of people who want to give input on the site. Literally, 4 other people who are not my client trying to tell me what to do&#8230; UGH. I made it through without losing my shit, but just barely. The project turned out gorgeous and I stood my ground on some of the more picky requests from the team. I explained that from a marketing standpoint what they were asking was unnecessary and counterproductive.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edadea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edadea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beware the Nightmare Client!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3c99dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3c99dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Don\u2019t expect too many encouraging words here.\u00a0<\/p><p>Nightmare clients will always be a nightmare. Once in every dozen or so clients, you\u2019ll come across a strange request, an overly demanding schedule or simply someone without clothes. Keep calm, keep smiling, and remember that what doesn\u2019t kill you, only makes your portfolio stronger.<\/p><p><b>Do you have your own creepy client story?\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #343352;font-family: inherit;font-size: 20px\">\ud83d\udc7b<\/span><span style=\"color: #343352;font-family: inherit\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><b>Share it with us in the comments. 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