I was sitting in a meeting with the marketing director going over the proposal for a 15 product rebrand when the owner of the company barges in and yells: “Is this him? I’m not going to let you retire on our dime, kid. Your work is great but you’re about $7,000 over priced compared to my cousin.”  I stood up and said, “thanks for your time,” to the marketing director, nodded to the owner and then left.