I’m a freelance designer. At lunch with a client, he requested to see a wireframe on my laptop.
Client: Wow, that loaded really fast! How is your laptop that fast?
Me: Well, I had to pay extra for a faster processor. This way, I get an extra gigahertz, and my programs can launch and render that much faster.
Client: Don’t you mean gigabytes? Everything in computers is measured in bytes and gigabytes.
Me: No, actually, that number is in gigahertz. It represents the frequency of—
Client (outraged): HOW DARE YOU TALK DOWN TO ME LIKE THAT! I was on IBM’s board when they designed the IBM PC! I have more knowledge of computers in one finger than you’ll ever have in your life! GIGAHERTZ HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH COMPUTERS!
And right then, I decided I wanted nothing to do with him.
