FFS! I just can't....Ever had anything like this happen? I don't know what to title it!

[theJackofHearts]

As part of my job I help new companies on startup.

I wrote to a graphic design company, explaining what a company did and asking them to design me a logo-I told them the company name and purpose and gave an example that I quite liked but added 'A little more professional looking, the writing 'gets lost' a little in this one'.

They agreed they'd come up with a few designs and I could choose one which they'd then format and send to me.

Today they've sent their proposed designs back. 6 altogether.

Every.Single.One has the company name and then 'Gets Lost' written underneath it.

In fairness in very prominent letters that certainly stand out.

Oh this is brilliant. Thanks for making me laugh on a tricky day!

I appreciate it's an exasperating situation to sort out though. Do you have to pay them for that!?

I’d be telling this company to Gets Lost

Is that real?!

Paid upfront but for 6 designs. I am not sure if they're going to try charge me for amendment-at least one of the designs is good if they remove the 'gets lost' part-I will be putting in a complaint if they try to charge me!

"Missing Missy" reminded me of Brenda Trent's (ai generated) obituary.

Thank you OP. I needed a laugh, and some of these responses...🤣🤣🤣🤣 then poor Brenda.

Dear Lordy! I haven't seen that before! 😅

I am howling at this, poor Brenda 😂

Jesus Christ 😂I cannot even begin to come up with what the thought process may have been behind that one!? Am I just not intelligent enough or not as thick as mince enough ?

Rookie mistake! You can pay a deposit, but never pay full price until you’ve approved the final art. And make sure at least two rounds of feedback and corrections are built in to the negotiated price.

Ditto - completely unfathomable. The worse part was that DP had actually written several chunks of the website so the designer had seen the word written down. Yet still decided to change it to Jean in other places. Bonkers.

You went with an Indian company trying to get something on the cheap, this is what happens.

By the way it will be logo designs that are already in use with other companies, either stolen/copied or mass sold to loads.

They are good companies to use if you have a strict brief and want to copy an existing design for something, useless if you want anything original or modified, as you've found out.

Sorry, but 😂😂😂

Sadly, we're moving into Idiocracy

Or, as Ripley in Aliens puts it "Did IQ's just drop sharply whilst I was away?" 😂

I recently read a post on LinkedIn by a graphic artist stating how so many companies had interviewed her for jobs and despite showing an extensive portfolio as part of the interview process had asked her to design something with the company logo. Only to be told she hadn't got the job but to see later they were using he design. Apparently it's a fairly common thing for creatives judging by the many comments. Maybe they thought they were being ripped off? Got to work for free?

Many years ago, so before AI, the company I worked for (Centaur is close enough, to give you the idea) hired a company to supply personalised giveaways - pens, memory sticks. I emailed them our logo artwork and stated that we wanted the company name, Centaur, in landscape. A box of samples duly arrived, with "Centaur In Landscape" printed on every one. I still have one of those memory sticks 😄

Brenda Trent's (ai generated) obituary really is quite awesome.

The Centaur in Landscape is rather good as well.

This is the most hysterically funny thing I have read in years. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Please tell me it isn't real! 😱😱😱

Remember the Parks & Rec episode where they use a local printer to design Lesley's campaign sign?

It reminds me of some poor person who had spent a bunch of money to get a 'professional' to design a 'logo' for her fledgling cleaning firm. It was just a terrible copy and paste of a Disney character in slightly different colours, and a terrible font logo that was barely visible.

There is a bench with a memorial label on a seafront near me which says.

In memory of Joe Smith who loved this view. That’s all

I am sure the ‘that’s all’ was not meant to be part of the memorial!

Lol, think that's bad, you really should look at this site and laugh your arse off and be thankful that what they gave you was only proposed designs' and not the final product you had already paid for....unlike these. (it's about cakes) I'll include some pictures, too. https://www.cakeflix.com/15-cake-decorators-who-took-their-orders-a-little-too-literally/

Images under review. Oops, just came through when I sent this.

Oh it's been way too long since I watched Parks & Rec! I even have an alternate UN dedicated to Ron Swanson 🤩

Meant to quote @FKAT - thanks for the memories!

Sounds like a Temu designer 😂