Semi amusing development stories

Well last night was a fun evening. Spent over a hour (billable time) explaining to a client I was not being rude within their project code.

How did this come about? Well the client asked to see their project and being a good obedient developer I complied. I opened up a remote desktop share session and got down to it. So I showed them their project and all was good all be it a few textual changes.

So I cracked open the project folder <website>.git. Wait, STOP, "why has my project got the word git at the end of it? Is this what you think?" At this point I think the word which came out my mouth was "Errmm, Huhh what?". To cut a long story short I had to explain that I didnt think he was a git (nor his project) and that in fact it was a technology.

Disaster inverted!

Well until he saw the grunt folder (and my push script grunt-onto). At this point he must have been tired and decided he had enough of gits and grunts and called an end to the meeting saying "how disappointed he was with my humours attempts in this `oh so important` project". I then had to craft an email to him with links to the project websites to prove in fact I was not being a but they are actually technologies.

\\ slaps head //

Have you ever had any misunderstandings involving project terminology or a client who just didnt get it; or is it always just me?*

Virtual punch in the head for the person who first mentions forking.