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First, a guy pays two mags about Prince (total: $13.52) with all quarters. Could be worse.
So the main story is due to the fact the bookstore does free gift wrapping of stuff people buy at the store. So a woman guys 3 books and a vinyl of AC/DC back in black. The vinyl is a gift, so I offer gift wrapping.
She picks a paper and I start cutting the paper. She tells me that she knows how to wrap, she wraps a lot, and I should cut the paper with an extra inch on each side (as in, everyone knows that). I tell her "it's a record, it's really thin." Now I wrap gifts a lot in real life (not just job related) and find having too much paper makes bumps on corners so an inch of paper on something so thin would lead to bumps. Now I know there are people who cut the paper (like cut out triangles from the corners before folding the corners so there are no bumps) but I know how to measure the paper so I don't need to use a lot of paper. Not to save paper, but because I know how to wrap. Most people* I wrap for at work liked my work.
Anyway, I tell her "it's a record, it's really thin," and she said, "Do what you want," after waving her hand in a "whatever" motion.
Then she tells me to have the overlapping fold on the back. I always put the overlapping fold in front (mostly because I make fold that doubles over the edge of the paper), because it makes it easy to open the gift. I don't really care, if she wants on the front fine, but I did want to make sure that's what she wants so I asked, "The fold is in the front?" She tells me "yes, so you can put the ribbon and bow in front."
I try to do what people want, but if I wasn't doing it the way she wanted, she should just stopped me and just asked for her gift back. I don't know if she is the type that would have taken what I wrapped home, and re-do it (probably is).
*I did have another person question my wrapping. First, she tells me "do a good job." Then she wanted a bow and ribbon, which we don't offer for free. The reason I offered to wrap for her in the first place was she wanted a free gift bag. But she seemed happy with the finished wrapping. I was annoyed that she was thinking I would not do a good job. Did she think people always do a half-assed job unless she insists on a good job?
So the main story is due to the fact the bookstore does free gift wrapping of stuff people buy at the store. So a woman guys 3 books and a vinyl of AC/DC back in black. The vinyl is a gift, so I offer gift wrapping.
She picks a paper and I start cutting the paper. She tells me that she knows how to wrap, she wraps a lot, and I should cut the paper with an extra inch on each side (as in, everyone knows that). I tell her "it's a record, it's really thin." Now I wrap gifts a lot in real life (not just job related) and find having too much paper makes bumps on corners so an inch of paper on something so thin would lead to bumps. Now I know there are people who cut the paper (like cut out triangles from the corners before folding the corners so there are no bumps) but I know how to measure the paper so I don't need to use a lot of paper. Not to save paper, but because I know how to wrap. Most people* I wrap for at work liked my work.
Anyway, I tell her "it's a record, it's really thin," and she said, "Do what you want," after waving her hand in a "whatever" motion.
Then she tells me to have the overlapping fold on the back. I always put the overlapping fold in front (mostly because I make fold that doubles over the edge of the paper), because it makes it easy to open the gift. I don't really care, if she wants on the front fine, but I did want to make sure that's what she wants so I asked, "The fold is in the front?" She tells me "yes, so you can put the ribbon and bow in front."
I try to do what people want, but if I wasn't doing it the way she wanted, she should just stopped me and just asked for her gift back. I don't know if she is the type that would have taken what I wrapped home, and re-do it (probably is).
*I did have another person question my wrapping. First, she tells me "do a good job." Then she wanted a bow and ribbon, which we don't offer for free. The reason I offered to wrap for her in the first place was she wanted a free gift bag. But she seemed happy with the finished wrapping. I was annoyed that she was thinking I would not do a good job. Did she think people always do a half-assed job unless she insists on a good job?
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