I'll go first.
A client once emailed me at 11pm on a Friday with: "Can you just quickly tweak the homepage? Shouldn't take long."
The "tweak" was a full redesign. The "shouldn't take long" turned into 3 weeks of unpaid back-and-forth.
That was the project that made me build a proper system — clear scope documents, change request processes, and a clause that "quick tweaks" don't exist.
Now it's your turn. Drop your horror story below. 👇
(And if you've got a system that stops it from happening again — share that too. That's the good stuff.)