What clients say and what they mean (interior design)

1) what they say

 "Design something simple"

what they mean

"cheap cheap cheap, everything has to be cheap"

2)"I want luxurious design"

what they mean

"i want shiny glossy things in all four corners of the wall, empty wall is INSULTING! Marble and gold lining the heck out of everything! Ah....and i want it 'simple' (cheap)"

3) "Think outside the box"

what they mean

"college student designs"

4)" I want something unique, never been seen in the world"

what they mean

"college student designs (without the research image)"

5) "ASAP"

what they mean

"i don't really need it tomorrow, but, oh well what the heck, i paid u , tomorrow it is then" (well to be fair some of the time they are really in a hurry)

6)"slight changes"

what they mean

"i like what you did, but i saw this fantastic research image on the net....all u need to do is change the wall, the ceiling, the floor, and pretty much all of the furniture....no problem right...i need it tomorrow"

7) "it looks very 'indian'" (applicable only in Malaysia)

what they mean

"too much colours" (i am not racist but base on my experience most of the time that's what they mean)

8) "european style"

what they mean

"china style that TRIES to be european style" (coz most of the research image they gave me is from china)

9) "your design fee is too expensive"

what they mean

"I am under the impression that i only need to pay u 50 bucks or preferably free"