Craigslist Fun

I love Craigslist. You see a lot of decent gigs, but there’s also a ton of crap.

And every once in a while, someone lashes out.

Reply to: gigs-585642542@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-02-24, 9:19PM EST

Looking for someone to design a new company logo – the logo will be light-infused, modern, edgy, clean, and professional. Please link to examples/portfolio of past artwork done. Offering $80.

Oh, dear Gaahhhhdd.
Pardon me while I laugh until I wet myself… there, that’s better.

Twenty-five years I’ve been an illustrator, designer and art director — thirty, if you count my college paper — and everytime I think I’ve heard the stupidest, most otherwordly boneheaded requests ever, along comes one to top it.

Is this the same doorknob that wants his Web site redesigned for — what, a hundred bucks? Jeezus Christ on a Segway. Eighty bucks for a logo? I don’t mean to give you a heart attack or anything, pal, but logo/corporate identity/branding design that’s “light-infused, modern, edgy, clean, and professional” runs into the thousands of dollars, easily — sometimes more, depending on the scope of your campaign and how many different ideas you want and how many revisions you go through.

When I see shit like this in here, sometimes, honestly…I don’t know whether to laugh or cry (or stick a shotgun in my mouth).

Somebody drop a piano on this dope, and wake him the hell up.