A potential client was looking for someone who could create a scraper process that could parse a deep database. It was pretty complex, and the client asked if I could offer a detailed explanation of how that would work in my application. I complied.

Client: Thanks for getting back to me on this project. I can see you have some experience in the field, but I want someone who can explain to me in layman’s terms how something like this works. I couldn’t follow your email, so I’m going to find someone else. Thank you for your interest.

Me: How’s this for layman’s terms? Just use Google.

Source: Clients from Hell