Running a Shop Alone

Woah. This is a bit more than I expected. I have to make sure to handle multiple customers coming in at the same time. I even have to make sure to handle one customer coming in at the same time.

Customers... They kind of annoy me. One pair came in and they were arguing about the shirt they wanted the entire time. I thought they had a nice design, but it had a heart in it and they didn't want to pay for art charges. I guess I could look if there's a heart in wingdings. But they asked for Bookman. I can give them that font. Now what color do you want the printing in? Red. What kind of red? Oh... It doesn't matter. Okay. I think I'm going to go with a cherry red or a cardinal red. Hopefully they will like it. So I'm going to have to send the design out to the screen printer and have the warehouses ship the shirts there too. Then they'll come into the shop, I'll fold them, and the customer will receive a bag from me that contains all the wonderful they were willing to pay for. I hope they like what they ordered. Otherwise... I won't be responsible for the rage that ensues.

Also, a guy came in asking about tote bags. I haven't seen him since. Another wanted me to embroider a medicine ball. I told him the sand would fall out. He asked if I could print on it. I said I'd look at the ball, and unfortunately had to tell him I couldn't fit a foot diameter ball on a vinyl press machine if I couldn't empty it first. Doesn't press imply that it has to be flat? I'll never understand what goes through their heads.

Well, now I understand why my boss said people are so difficult. I mean the lady who said she needed napkins by Friday still hasn't come in to pick them up yet. I'm just going to have to handle being able to give people things, without being 100% certain what they actually want. Most of the time my boss does it and the customers love it. I suppose I'll learn how to in due time. I can use it as part of my practice. I will learn how to not know everything. I will learn how to not argue with people. I will be able to train myself over two weeks using people I will be paid to deal with.