[ 2 favorites ] These can grow old fast, that's for sure. I prefer the surreal to the bitter -- clientopia's "put a landlord hat on the landlord" is probably my favorite ever. posted by mendel at 5:46 PM on August 16, 2010 [ 1 favorite ] Me: "No. Sorry. That's a little too advanced." Client: "Fine. I'll try another web designer." Well, that's just stupid. Instead of the smug insider-jokeyness of "That's a little too advanced" why not just say it as it is? "Sorry, but that's completely technically impossible. Monitors are not input devices. You could ask NASA to do that for you & they still wouldn't be able to make it work. Now, since that can't be done, would you like the password login, as I suggested?" posted by UbuRoivas at 6:20 PM on August 16, 2010 [ 3 favorites ] The shaded areas reflect areas we don't have service and the light areas where we do have service. Currently the Great Lakes are light, and implies that we deliver into the lake. Please shade all of the lakes. Well, that's just stupid. Instead of the smug insider-jokeyness of "That's a little too advanced" why not just say it as it is? Well I would imagine that they were a bit more polite about it, but I think leaving that client, unless the client was both rich and stupid, was the best course of action. It is the equivalent to saying to a home builder, "Okay so