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I never want to see another bolt of fleece ever again.
I know you're probably thinking to yourselves, "What's so bad about making a $900 sale?"
When it's fabric(fleece), and you're the only one cutting it.
A little girl came in and said that she was making fleece blankets for kids in the hospital with cancer. "Well, good on her," I think to myself, until I hear her say she wants to make 50 blankets. Her dad wants to know if we would cut the fabric into the 1.5 yard increments she needs.
Um...no. How hard can this be? She is NOT sewing this blanket! It is a no sew blanket, which means that you basically cut fringe into the sides of your fleece after you have cut squares into your corners. And then you take the fringe and tie it together.
That's it.
And you want me to cut your blankets for you? Fuck no! I was impressed with your desire to be charitable, but I believe that it stops being as charitable when someone else does all the work for you!
Not only that, but her dad thought that it would be a quick 10 minute in-and-out trip. What is the matter with you? Why would you think that I could measure out and cut 150 yards(for those of you doing the math, the girl bought fabric for the front and back of the blankets) of fleece in ten minutes? People with one or two yards don't make it out of the store that quickly!
I have no idea how long it took me to finish, all I know is that it was DAYTIME when I started!
They weren't exactly sucky, it was just really annoying. Our recovery(bolts and trim to be put away) got backed up along with scraps of fabric to be logged in. We couldn't get anything done tonight because of that huge order!
More fleece, this time for a total BETCH!
I so hate fleece right now. I can't wait for summer to roll around again.
Anyway, this EW soccer mom wants to do one of those ever popular "no sew" blankets and is pissed at the amount of work she has to do for it! She wanted me to cut off her selvage edge for her and cut the fabric into the sizes the blankets were supposed to be.
I don't know what her problem was! And then she gets pissy because the edge is not perfectly straight. Lady, that is the nature of cutting with scissors!
One thing after another, just bitch, bitch, bitch! Nothing could make her happy! I was glad when she finally left and cursed the heavens when she returned two hours later. Fortunately, another co-worker cut for her the second time.
Are you serious?
This is a story about my co-worker. I didn't want to make eleventy-billion threads tonight, so bear with me.
I was talking to my co-worker about the elections. Not because I normally talk politics with my co-workers, but because of the historic evnt itself.
Personally, I voted for Obama(not saying why, I have my reasons). I'm going to head the mods off here and tell you guys that if you want to debate, go to fratching. If you start, I'll report you. I don't want my thread to be shut down.
I'll call this co-worker Lee. Lee is really down to earth, she won't take crap from anyone, and she has completed 200 quilts since 1985. That's impressive. I really respect her and I like her a lot because she doesn't play that passive-agressive game like my other, older co-workers. She just tells you what's on her mind.
So, we were talking about the elections.
Lee- Well, this will certainly be interesting. This is why I love to quilt, because I have control over it, not like the elections.
Me-(I was a little confused. If you vote, you have control. Whether you win or lose. You have control.) Um, what do you mean?
I can't remember the exact words, but she told me that she thought Obama was the anti-christ.
Me- Er...are you serious? Or are you just taking that title out of context for humor?
Lee- Have you ever read the Bible?
Me- (Oh jeeze. Of course I have. How do you live in the south and NOT read it?)Um...
Lee- The book of revelation says that when a man of mixed race, that no one has ever heard of before, and who is worshipped and adored by the people comes to power, it marks the end of times because he is the anti-christ.
Me- Uh....okay
She went on to say about how a couple people who voted for Obama, voted twice. She implyed that he would have won if, I dunno, over 5 million people voted twice. That just doesn't seem likely to me. I'm sure there were people on McCain's side who voted twice too.
She also told me that Obama got all of his campain money from terrorists in the middle east. Don't they track where that money came from? I'm sure if THAT were at least true, McCain would have jumped on it faster than you can giggle at the latest lolcat and probably would have won the campain.
I went home that night, got on the interwebs, looked up the book of revelation and read it myself. The passage she told me about is NOT THERE. Neither is any other passage that remotely resembles Obama. It's moslty animal imagery, stars falling from the sky, and numerous descriptions of Jesus.
I just thought it was so nuts. I thought she was, like, I dunno, not crazy? To me, this is just so out there! Completly nutter-butters! Even my friends who voted for McCain thought she was a bit of a loon! Oh well, I know who not to talk with about serious topics. Not that I would have those kinds of discussions at work anyway. That is all I'm going to say on the subject. If you want to discuss it with me further, or at all, PM me.
I know you're probably thinking to yourselves, "What's so bad about making a $900 sale?"
When it's fabric(fleece), and you're the only one cutting it.
A little girl came in and said that she was making fleece blankets for kids in the hospital with cancer. "Well, good on her," I think to myself, until I hear her say she wants to make 50 blankets. Her dad wants to know if we would cut the fabric into the 1.5 yard increments she needs.
Um...no. How hard can this be? She is NOT sewing this blanket! It is a no sew blanket, which means that you basically cut fringe into the sides of your fleece after you have cut squares into your corners. And then you take the fringe and tie it together.
That's it.
And you want me to cut your blankets for you? Fuck no! I was impressed with your desire to be charitable, but I believe that it stops being as charitable when someone else does all the work for you!
Not only that, but her dad thought that it would be a quick 10 minute in-and-out trip. What is the matter with you? Why would you think that I could measure out and cut 150 yards(for those of you doing the math, the girl bought fabric for the front and back of the blankets) of fleece in ten minutes? People with one or two yards don't make it out of the store that quickly!
I have no idea how long it took me to finish, all I know is that it was DAYTIME when I started!
They weren't exactly sucky, it was just really annoying. Our recovery(bolts and trim to be put away) got backed up along with scraps of fabric to be logged in. We couldn't get anything done tonight because of that huge order!
More fleece, this time for a total BETCH!
I so hate fleece right now. I can't wait for summer to roll around again.
Anyway, this EW soccer mom wants to do one of those ever popular "no sew" blankets and is pissed at the amount of work she has to do for it! She wanted me to cut off her selvage edge for her and cut the fabric into the sizes the blankets were supposed to be.
I don't know what her problem was! And then she gets pissy because the edge is not perfectly straight. Lady, that is the nature of cutting with scissors!
One thing after another, just bitch, bitch, bitch! Nothing could make her happy! I was glad when she finally left and cursed the heavens when she returned two hours later. Fortunately, another co-worker cut for her the second time.
Are you serious?
This is a story about my co-worker. I didn't want to make eleventy-billion threads tonight, so bear with me.
I was talking to my co-worker about the elections. Not because I normally talk politics with my co-workers, but because of the historic evnt itself.
Personally, I voted for Obama(not saying why, I have my reasons). I'm going to head the mods off here and tell you guys that if you want to debate, go to fratching. If you start, I'll report you. I don't want my thread to be shut down.
I'll call this co-worker Lee. Lee is really down to earth, she won't take crap from anyone, and she has completed 200 quilts since 1985. That's impressive. I really respect her and I like her a lot because she doesn't play that passive-agressive game like my other, older co-workers. She just tells you what's on her mind.
So, we were talking about the elections.
Lee- Well, this will certainly be interesting. This is why I love to quilt, because I have control over it, not like the elections.
Me-(I was a little confused. If you vote, you have control. Whether you win or lose. You have control.) Um, what do you mean?
I can't remember the exact words, but she told me that she thought Obama was the anti-christ.
Me- Er...are you serious? Or are you just taking that title out of context for humor?
Lee- Have you ever read the Bible?
Me- (Oh jeeze. Of course I have. How do you live in the south and NOT read it?)Um...
Lee- The book of revelation says that when a man of mixed race, that no one has ever heard of before, and who is worshipped and adored by the people comes to power, it marks the end of times because he is the anti-christ.
Me- Uh....okay
She went on to say about how a couple people who voted for Obama, voted twice. She implyed that he would have won if, I dunno, over 5 million people voted twice. That just doesn't seem likely to me. I'm sure there were people on McCain's side who voted twice too.
She also told me that Obama got all of his campain money from terrorists in the middle east. Don't they track where that money came from? I'm sure if THAT were at least true, McCain would have jumped on it faster than you can giggle at the latest lolcat and probably would have won the campain.
I went home that night, got on the interwebs, looked up the book of revelation and read it myself. The passage she told me about is NOT THERE. Neither is any other passage that remotely resembles Obama. It's moslty animal imagery, stars falling from the sky, and numerous descriptions of Jesus.
I just thought it was so nuts. I thought she was, like, I dunno, not crazy? To me, this is just so out there! Completly nutter-butters! Even my friends who voted for McCain thought she was a bit of a loon! Oh well, I know who not to talk with about serious topics. Not that I would have those kinds of discussions at work anyway. That is all I'm going to say on the subject. If you want to discuss it with me further, or at all, PM me.
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