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Friday, November 03, 2006 

Space for rent...

...should be tatooed across her forehead. I know this is not typical styling for Barbie, but in light of all the aggravation she has caused me, I figure I am owed monetary award for pain and suffering.

Besides the 10,000 questions she has to ask me (while a co-worker blurts "are you going to wipe her ass for her?"). My answers are brief and succient and most of the time I don't turn around to answer EXCEPT when she adds the inquiry, "are you sure?"
To answer without physical violence is the following:

  • No, you can print a brochure from 200K jpegs.

  • You can't open the file, you don't have the program.

  • It is fine the way it is, don't overthink it (ha, ha, that was a nice compliment from me, right?).

  • A PDF printout is not high-res art, you need a digital file.
  • The PDF is printed from the screen, the proofs are off the file, the printers proofs are more accurate.

  • Your printed samples may have been delivered to the warehouse, go down there and look(which she won't and manages to call the facilities manager to complain, so now any item that is dropped off or picked up has to be signed for). The two sweet ladies at the front desk are arming themselves with pitchforks, awaiting her next demand.
And my favorite of all is her stomping and telling me something is wrong. She holds a printed sample, raving how this was printed wrong. I calmly remove it from her hand, open it and simply said, "no this is fine, its a roll fold."

"ARE YOU SURE?" (thems fighting words)

"Yes I am sure. The design is the same as it was printed previously. The copy has been updated. It is printed exactly to spec"

In the air, I felt another question pursing across Barbie's lips.

You know the expression, if looks could kill, my look to her was 'maim, torture, bludgeon and then kill'. In her moment of comprehension, she turned and walked away.
See what I mean.

So here's my question to you kind folks, what do you think I could charge to advertise across her forehead?

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