Is it just me, or everyone feels the same about when someone hands over a business card with an aol.com address on it? Almost feels like, you don't want to do business with this pre-historic animal!
This comment sounds funny at first, but it's SO true.
If the business card has an AOL address on it, it's a giant red flag that says "potential problem client" all over it.
My top 8 reasons why an AOL address on a business card MAY mean "problem client".
#8 This person will probably have NO IDEA how to send an attachment. I mean NOOOOO IDEAAAAAA!
#7 Need them to upload a photo to a website? Forget it. Just forget it. "Browse button? Browse what?"
#6 You never know if your email will get through to them or if it will be filtered.
#5 The "Internet" IS the AOL icon.
#4 When on the phone with your client, you will probably hear the distinct sound of a 56.6kbps modem tone when you ask them to pull up their email or website.
#3 They'll ask what "keyword" gets them to their website.
#2 Getting them to a browser to pull up their website first requires walking them through a series of pop-up ad windows that need to be closed.
#1 While walking them through a website or how to send an email, prepare for this statement: "Hold on, AOL crashed, I have to reboot. I think I need a new computer." (no. you do not need a new computer. you are doing it wrong.)
It also points clearly to a disquieting amount of stubbornness mixed with a strong dose of willful ignorance. Any project you do for them will not come out "as they had expected". You will always be wrong, they always right, even after you've both payed thousands into the legal system and had it proved otherwise. Then, you'll just be a dick who somehow managed to manipulate the legal system to screw them...
Ahh. Sorry to rant. I've been on this train all the way to its last stop...
