Top 10 Signs It's Time to Fire a Client

10 Font-twiddling, need I say more?

9 They think everything you do is easy and only takes a minute… because the computer does all the work, don't it?

8 Their taste in design and copywriting was developed after many long years' scholarship… of late-night infomercials for salad spinners and glorified towels.

7 The work you do for them? Totally weird. Not really your thing. Doesn't fit in your description of services, but it just kinda… happened.

6 You're too embarrassed to put their projects in your portfolio.

5 You can draw a clear connection between them, and the increasing size of your therapist's yacht fund.

4 Their brother's cousin's friend's kid knows about computers.

3 You've formed a co-dependent relationship: you're trying to save them, meanwhile, they're doing their damnedest to fail.

2 You feel justified in charging them The Asshole Client Tax.

1 "If you do a good job, there's lots more work where this comes from!"

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