Just spend like an hour on it.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE doing design work for friends and friends of friends. And when I can, I try to do it cheap-ish - or free - especially if it's for charity or something.

But sometimes, I just don't have the time/energy/money/patience to do freebees.... especially for acquaintances. Here's what irks me. Example conversation:

Friend of a friend of a friend: So, I need some design work done.

Me: OK, great! What do you need?

FFF: I need a logo. I want it to incorporate a running person, but abstract and a lightning bolt that symbolizes "ideas" and I want the lightning bolt to fade into the background. I like blue, orange and purple. And can you use that font that Martha uses on her blog? I just want it to be really simple.

Me: Um, OK... I can probably figure something out.

FFF: How much would that cost?

Me: Well, my rate is $XX per hour. I can get you a quote.

FFF: Oh, well OK... can you just spend like an hour on it then? That would be great, thanks.

*sigh*

I love design, but c'mon folks.