How a Webdesign goes Straight to Hell

I am not joking, I am dealing with a client RIGHT now that is like this:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

Today I got this in an email:

The designs are not BOLD enough, our entire advertising campaign needs to be very bold and exciting to the customer.

P.S. Their colors are hot pink and purple. The colors alone can make a person go blind.

Being a web designer is supposed to be a fun career, at least graphic design sounded fun in high school, when I started playing around in Photoshop seriously. But clients can really ruin the fun....