Image Designer Archive

Thread: ULTIMATE Pet Peeves!

MUSoprano
Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:26 am
#1

I discovered mine today, LOL.

As some of you know, I am sort of the old crotchety grandmother of image designers. I've been an ID ever since I started playing, but it irritates me so much sometimes thatfor a long time, I wouldn'tID anyone except myself, my friends and guildmates, or special referrals. Simply put, I HATE stupid people. However, I've missed my main character being an ID so much that when I mastered again on Fuschia the other night, I decided that I was going to be more public. To that end, I've been advertising, asking clients to refer their friends, and *gasp!* being friendly. And I've not turned down a single ID request. But today, I discovered what my ULTIMATE pet peeve is...

People who think they know my job better than I do.

I've had this happen a lot lately. Usually people who mean well, but seriously, when they ask me "are you sure this macro is right?" or say "I think that person's nose is just a touch too wide, you should take it down a bit" or say "oh, the person you're working on wants a tan? hey, give them so-and-so skin tone, I think that would be best" they insult me and my knowledge of my profession. If they want to be able to give someone what THEY think would look best, then THEY can grind out ID. In the meantime, let me do my job, kthxbye. *pulls out hair*

So, now everyone 'fess up... what gets your dander up quicker than anything else?



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Master Image Designer/Master Pistoleer/Smuggler Dabbler
Avadiha Lona-Soep
Master Image Designer/Master Dancer
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_Flash_
Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:26 am
#2

Drive through people



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MonkeyofDoom
Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:19 am
#3

People who ask for something, say "I want dark black hair", you do it, then they say, "No, I want it darker."


People who want to see EVERY single hair style.


People who don't have a clue what they want and give no feedback on what you offer them. I always try to prompt people along with a "too short?" or "too bright?"-type comment so I can hone-in on what they want, but some people just refuse the offer and give no comment aside from "no, I don't like it..."


People who don't tip.


People who expect you to travel miles across the planet at that very moment to do some work for you then don't even bother to include a tip on top of your standard fee.


People who, when informed of your standard rates, reply with a "nm" or "No, I need it for free."


People who, when you're working on somebody, insist on standing on top of/infront of you as a way to attract your attention.


People who, when you're working on somebody else, just walk up and say "I want my hair colour changing. Can you do it?" then get impatient when you explain that you're working on somebody else.






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mh307
Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:21 am
#4

yeah i hate every hairstyle viewers too, then there like ok go back to the 7th one you showed me, you know the short one....


and i wish we did have a blacker black cause its semi greyish


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Kwee
Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:21 am
#5

The ones who take FOREVER to say whether or not they likesomething you've offeredAND don't say anything at all while they're looking at it. *yawn* I totally don't mind if they take ages deciding whether they like something but I'd prefer that they talk while I'm just sitting there waiting and/or accept it so I can also see. It's like they don't trust you to put their hair back the way it was?




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Miyca
Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:45 am
#6

People who come up to you wanting hair and refuse your offer because it's not the right colour.



"No I want it <insert colour>"


"You have to HAVE hair before I can colour it"


"Oh"


/offer


/refuse


"No I want it <insert colour>"


"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"






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Sir_Voor
Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:58 am
#7






MonkeyofDoom wrote:

People who ask for something, say "I want dark black hair", you do it, then they say, "No, I want it darker."






LOL my first customer had black hair and he wanted me to change it to black!?!


My ULTIMATE Pet Peeve is customers who ask for ID by number.









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Gyopi
Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:00 am
#8

People who refuse to give any information about what they want at all ("I want something different"), refuse to answer simple questions to try to narrow it down and then when you offer something they shout "NEXT!!!" as if you just offered their 1337 fighter a bright purple pompadour.



Message Edited by Gyopi on 03-23-2004 12:24 PM




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Kwee
Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:57 am
#9






Miyca wrote:

People who come up to you wanting hair and refuse your offer because it's not the right colour.


"No I want it INSERT colour"


"You have to HAVE hair before I can colour it"


"Oh"


/offer


/refuse


"No I want it INSERT colour"


"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"




/shudder




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& Kwee-kwee ~ Master Image Designer
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Metis_Onea
Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:26 am
#10

People who can't grasp the concept that we do not create the hairstyles ourselves and that they are pre-made and in the game. I've had dozens of people say "Well, can't you just get rid of the bangs?" or whatever is wrong with the style they want.


Zabraks who ask for different colour horns (red is a biggy)after asking if I had anything new for Zabraks besides hair and horn styles.


Carbon copy characters. "I saw a girl with this hair style, lip colour, eye colour, eye shadow, skin colour, hair colour, height.. and.. everything else. It looked cool. I want that." Oi.


People who ask for the slider numbers without any concept of what the numbers mean. I had a guy who wanted his torso larger (it was maxed), so then he decided "Okay.. drop it down 20." I do so and then he tells me "That wasn't 20." Riiiight.






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Korrack
Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:37 am
#11

"I don't know what I want" <-- then why do you want a change?

"Can I see all the hairstyles?" <-- do you have an hour?



"Give me a mullet" <-- it didn't work on Luke, it won't work on you...


Anything that takes 30 minutes or moreto do. I tend to do ID work for free withinmy city. I don't mind doing it for free, I just don't want to sprout grey hair doing it.



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Priall
Tue Mar 23, 2004 10:04 am
#12






MonkeyofDoom wrote:

People who don't have a clue what they want and give no feedback on what you offer them. I always try to prompt people along with a "too short?" or "too bright?"-type comment so I can hone-in on what they want, but some people just refuse the offer and give no comment aside from "no, I don't like it..."






I had one guy who, though very nice, was completely uninformative. He wanted his hair changed, so I naturally ask, "Are you thinking of something long, or perhaps short?" His reply, of course...


"I don't know. Show me some stuff."


/cry


(and yes, I ended up going through every hairstyle at least once)




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MUSoprano
Tue Mar 23, 2004 12:08 pm
#13

I generally don't have a problem with people who don't know what they want, because it gives me something to work for. What I have a problem with is something like the following scenario:

Client: Can you change my look?

Me: Sure, what did you have in mind?

Client: Dunno, I just want something different. Anything will be fine, I'll let you make me over.

Me: *rubs hands together in anticipation* You came to the right person, let's get started...

Client: *refuse* *refuse* *refuse* *refuse*

Me: *disband*


VERY frustrating. If someone comes to me, says they trust my judgement and then refuses EVERYTHING I offer, it's an insult to me and a waste of my time. So I disband and refuse to work on them.

I've seen several posts in here that I can totally relate to... like the one about the hair/hair color issue. SO many people will ask me for a given hairstyle, and when I offer it, say "no, i wanted it to be blonde" or whatever. So then I tell them, hair color is separate, and offer it again... andthey refuse. "no, i wanted it blonde..." *bangs head against a wall*




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Master Image Designer/Master Pistoleer/Smuggler Dabbler
Avadiha Lona-Soep
Master Image Designer/Master Dancer
100% Imperial, 100% woman.
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