Strangest Client Request

[signworxonline]

I just met with a potential client last week who is the property manager of an older apartment community and he requested that we design him a monument sign that is 2 stories high in a gloss finish with waterfalls coming out the sides and a large screen embedded in the top so that he can display rates and specials etc. and he wants to remove trees along the main road that aren't on his property to improve visibility of this new sign. He then went on to say that he also is planning to junglefy his property with a lush landscape and he wants Emus or Peacocks free roaming his property, and if they decide to nest in a patio then that renter will get free rent for helping to protect the emus.

I thought he was seriously screwing with me and when I started laughing as he was telling me all this he got mad at me and I realized he meant everything he was saying.

I sent my request to the city planner and we both got a good chuckle!

 

[ProWraps]

ye old arizona jungle. sounds like a plan!

 

[Pat Whatley]

That's an easy one to handle.....it all starts with you saying "Sir, our new policy does require that we get paid 100% up front...." :ROFLMAO:

 

[HulkSmash]

I just met with a potential client last week who is the property manager of an older apartment community and he requested that we design him a monument sign that is 2 stories high in a gloss finish with waterfalls coming out the sides and a large screen embedded in the top so that he can display rates and specials etc. and he wants to remove trees along the main road that aren't on his property to improve visibility of this new sign. He then went on to say that he also is planning to junglefy his property with a lush landscape and he wants Emus or Peacocks free roaming his property, and if they decide to nest in a patio then that renter will get free rent for helping to protect the emus.

I thought he was seriously screwing with me and when I started laughing as he was telling me all this he got mad at me and I realized he meant everything he was saying.

I sent my request to the city planner and we both got a good chuckle!

You dont get those typo of requests in Colorado... just sayin. (When you moving back)?

Did you tell him 2 story high monument with a giant LED on top of it is going to be well over 60k?

We just priced out a 10x5 monument, with LED screens on each side. was around 16,000.

 

[John L]

Gloss Finish? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

[signworxonline]

Haha oh yeah that's the other thing ... he told me he is an engineer also, and he can build this whole sign for well under 10k ... I was laughing the whole trip back to the office.

 

[Tony Q's Kidd]

Haha oh yeah that's the other thing ... he told me he is an engineer also, and he can build this whole sign for well under 10k ... I was laughing the whole trip back to the office.

arent they all? lol tell him to build it himself then. i agree with the 60k in moderation, i wouldnt charge anything less than 45k bottom dollar

 

[Speedsterbeast]

I don't think any of the merchant members here sell flightless birds.

 

[Mosh]

That sounds cool. I have done a few signs with water features...just not any with game running loose!

 

[GAC05]

Sounds like something you could pick up surplus from Las Vagas.
Bet those Pawn Star guys have one or 2 of them in the back (including the emus').

wayne k
guam usa

 

[bob]

I don't think any of the merchant members here sell flightless birds.

Peacocks are not flightless, not by a long shot.

Emu's are flightless but the first time one of them kicks the crap out of a tenant it will be more than merely free rent.

 

[AzGene]

Funny stuff. First thing I'd ask is show me the money. Here is Az the only ones that can afford that extravagance are the Indians with their casino signs. If he shows you the bucks I'd play for awhile if I had the time. But looks like you're gonna make more money off the desk signs we talked about than you will from this character.

 

[signworxonline]

Hi there Gene, good to see you on here! I think you are right about those engraved signs being a much better deal!

 

[Mainframe]

FYI if an angry emu gets loose it has to be quickly killed, or it will try to kill anyone in it's path. This is what an emu farm told my kid when she went on a tour of one, they said they had no way to catch one if it got loose. I would check into that one.

 

[Speedsterbeast]

Peacocks are not flightless, not by a long shot.

Emu's are flightless but the first time one of them kicks the crap out of a tenant it will be more than merely free rent.

OK Jack Hanna, since you corrected me on the Peacock. When you say they are not flightless "by a long shot" that is a poor choice of words since, thay are in fact, only able to fly a short distance at a time. And we are talking about the garden type that is the national bird of India right? Not the jungle type that lives in flocks and runs extremely fast.

Zoology lesson over.

 

[Fanaticus]

Isn't it the female Emu who is sexually attracted to human males? Could be some issues. Every once in awhile I read a story about a local chicken f-er who gets caught with his pants down (usually on video).....

 

[Speedsterbeast]

I think this thread is going askew..

 

[bob]

OK Jack Hanna, since you corrected me on the Peacock. When you say they are not flightless "by a long shot" that is a poor choice of words since, thay are in fact, only able to fly a short distance at a time. And we are talking about the garden type that is the national bird of India right? Not the jungle type that lives in flocks and runs extremely fast.

Zoology lesson over.

The decorative variety, the ones seen strolling about in parks and cemeteries, are fully ably to fly. Perhaps not migrate down from the arctic circle but respectable distances nonetheless.

My father had a few of these, they would regularly take to the air and he was always getting calls from people some miles away to come and collect his birds. Maybe they walked or hitchhiked but the smart money is that they flew. When they were home, each night they'd roost in a giant fir tree. They would fly straight up from the ground to the highest branches of the tree. I saw this many times and it looked more like levitation than flying.

 

[petesign]

Wife and I went on a "safari" at a nature preserve last Sunday, you pay $7 each to drive through, and $5 for a bucket of food. The animals there were pretty in tune with what was going on. They had all sorts of free roaming animals there, and a ram comes up to the car and sticks his head up to the window and pretty much says "give me your bucket of food" - distracted by the ram, I was lucky to get this picture of this Emu sticking his head inside of my wife's window. Not so sure these would be a good idea for an apartment complex

That said, it was a lot of fun!

 

[Gino]

As for the flying of peacocks and hens, not much, but they can fly when necessary like fleeing danger or to roost up in a tree. The neighboring farm to us has some. They've had them ever since we moved into our home in 1986.

The male would take walks with his hen around the whole neighborhood and was always displaying his feathers. The only time I saw them fly was if a cat, fox or some other animal went after them. I don't think they can fly like most birds fly, but as ground birds go, they can take to the air when necessary.

However, their cry is horrible. When we first moved into our home it sounded like a little baby crying..... help !! help !! help !! help !! We found out about their cry from other neighbors who thought the same thing when they first moved in. Such a scary sound.