More of America's funniest glass stories
Thank you to everyone who continues to send in their funny glass stories. It is such a great way to start the work day. A few more for your reading pleasure...
The bedsheet pattern
I walked by my cutting table this morning, and my guy is cutting a custom tabletop from a bedsheet pattern a customer gave us (see picture). We warned the customer, who said, "Do the best you can." ...
'I nailed it good!'
A lady came in a couple of months ago and needed to order a mirror. As she was waiting for the mirror to be cut, she told me why she needed it. That morning, as she was putting on makeup in the mirror, a mosquito landed on it. Being like many of us who are human targets for mosquitoes, she gave the mosquito a smackdown, breaking the mirror ! It cost her about $60.00 to replace as I remember, but her response was: "It was worth every cent. I nailed it good!"
Two pieces of string
We had a customer come in and hand us two pieces of string. They told us to cut a piece of glass to the length of one of the strings and to the width of the other. They never came back, so I guess it fit?
And my personal favorite...
A woman came into our showroom and told my receptionist that she shops at Nordstroms and they have skinny mirrors in their dressing rooms, so she wanted to purchase one from us for her home. My receptionist wasn't quite sure what she meant so she asked me to intervene. I asked the woman if she meant the mirror was narrow in width. She said, "No, it makes me look skinny." At that point, I felt like I was in the same position as when my wife asks me if her new pants make her look fat.
Thanks for sharing, and please keep the stories coming. Have a great week!
Jenni Chase is editor of Glass Magazine. Write her at jchase@glass.org.
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A customer called complaining about bubbles in the recently installed fire-rated glazing they purchased from a competitor. I asked him to describe the make-up of the IGU (insulated glass unit). He said there was jelly in the middle. I said, "Well there you go. Jelly's great on toast. Not so great in an IGU!" We just LOL'd like crazy on that one.
March 8, 2011 - 1:59pm
Another one just in from a large manufacturer that did a lot of retail work at one of its branches: "A lady walked in with a large piece of brown paper. It was in the shape of a "half circle" with a 48-inch diameter. She asked if we could cut her a mirror to that pattern and, of course, we said no problem. She returned to pick it up in several days and when she saw it, she stated that is not what she ordered. I asked what was wrong with it and she picked up the pattern "and opened it up," which was now a circle. We re-cut her a new mirror but the funny part is that we put the half circle shape into our showroom and sold it the next day." In case you missed the first installment of these stories, you can read them here:http://www.glassmagazine.com/glassblog/americas-funniest-glass-stories-117473
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