... (pronounced DOT DOT DOT!)

"Hey Buster, can you mock up an image of a tractor trailer with a picture of a frog on it? Here's what it should look like, but better."

 

"Uh, sure. No problem. You just want me to fix up this crappy image, right?"

 

"Yep."

 

File gets done, everyone is happy. Two weeks pass.

 

"Say Buster, we're ready to print that truck side now. Can you give us the file?"

 

"What do you mean? I already printed you a proof."

 

"Right, looks good too. Now we're ready to print the one for the side of the actual truck, so we need the file you made. Why? Isn't it done yet?"

 

"You didn't ask me to make a full-size version for mounting to an actual truck. You asked me to fix a crappy 8.5 x 11, which I did. It's a raster image, and it's done using perspective. You can't use that to print the side of a truck."

 

"Well that's what we meant. We need to print a frog on a truck. Hop to it."

 

"dot dot dot"

 

I love this job. It's full of such wonderful surprises.