Me: “I don’t think I’ll be able to work on the site today; my dog just died.”

Client: “What’s that?”

Me: “My dog?”

Client: “You can just use my computer, if you’d like.”

Me: “What? No, I need to go run an errand at the vet. My dog died.”

Client: “Oh! Hahahaha.”

Me: “…”

Client: “Sorry, I though DOG was just one of those techie acronyms you guys like to throw around. See you tomorrow.”