I have a customer coming over later this week to watch me do a particularly tricky truck lettering job. He has a long way to drive, so I can't make him go home. I hate when they watch. I end up making more mistakes and having to redo things and looking unprofessional.
Here are ten excuses that might make him go away, but I probably won't use any of them.
1. I have a bacterial infection that is contagious to anybody who looks at me for more than ten minutes at a time. I probably only have a few weeks to live.
2. The aliens that own the driveway don't like strangers.
3. Could you run to Denver and pick up some burgers? I can't install vinyl without fries from a McDonald's that's four hour's drive away. (This would only work if he happened to have an extra vehicle though.)
4. My husband's a really jealous, steroids using, extreme cage-fighting kind of a guy and he's coming home early this afternoon. I'm sure you'll get along just fine.
5. The vinyl won't stick if you look at it while it is being installed.
5 comments:
I feel for you girl... If people want to watch it cost's them more money because I can't handle it and then my husband puts it on... Geesh I feel terrible for you.
Don't you wish you could just be straight up with him.. Hey, you can't come and watch it makes me nervous.. so go read a book or something. I come get you when it's done.. Yikes.. You have no idea how bad I feel for you..
Having someone watch me like that would make my hands shake.
I say just be up front with the guy and say 'could you not watch me while I do this' - I mean, he wouldn't want you hovering over his shoulder while he works, right?
Callie: It'll probably work out fine. It's cold outside and I will be using a hair dryer to heat up the truck surface. Surely he'd rather be someplace warm.
Mo: The problem is mainly that everybody seems to find the process fascinating and they really, really want to watch. What makes me crazy is the ones who watch and critique the work at the same time. "Isn't that crooked?" "What about that air bubble?" All the while talking about their first wife's mother and how their kids are doing in school. If they came back afterward it would look perfect.
Stop bathing for the next few days, and talk to him with your mouth full. My friend encountered a person like this and it drove him almost into a new career.
I get nervous when I'm running the computer for a presentation. I know how to work it, but I end up fumbling a bit because everyone is waiting on me.
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