Putting my foot in it.

[Roboframer]

Yesterday a group of people came in to the shop, one guy was on crutches.

The shop was quite busy anyway - think I may have been taking a framing order - eventually the guy on crutches hobbles up to the counter -good looking guy, not old, very engaging.

Told me he used to have a framing shop in S Africa, evolved from his own artwork - glass engraved stuff - sells a lot to Dubia - difficulty photographing it due to reflection etc etc etc.

Do I have any ornate deep rebated mouldings - showed him some - went through some prices - I showed him museum glass - imagine engraving on that - all you see is your design. Wow - have you a sample I can test on?

Sure I do - (Is this really my own voice I am hearing - ex framer - free museum glass sample )

Anyway - asked about the problems of shipping this stuff to Dubai - Oh, no big problem - I accompany it - it's great getting air hostesses carrying your stuff for you - there are advantages to being disabled - no - I shouldn't really say that.

Oh - so the disability is a permanent one then?

He gave me a raised eyebrow - er, yes - car accident last November ....

It was a full 10 mins later that I realised he was missing a leg!

Both trouser legs were full length, there was just no shoe below one of them.

"The disability is a permanent one then?"

Oh Dear!

[Grahame Case]

the one that has caught me out lately is "When is the baby due"


the particular lady i asked wasn't pregnant... oops.

[fineedge]

serve the bugger right for not wearing shorts like most of us do!

I once told a customer (a regular one) to get her husband to drill into the wall and use a rawl plug to hang a frame only to be told he had just died by falling off the roof. Since then I have tried to never mention a spouse unless I am certain they are still with us.

[Roboframer]

We have a long-standing one-legged customer ...................



...... who once misplaced her car keys and came back into our shop to see if she had left them there.

I suggested she re-trace her footsteps.

Also once suggested that someone was pulling her leg.

(The 'long-standing' bit was not deliberate - thought I'd leave it in though - must add it to my list of things to never say to her!)

[fineedge]

They say that if one loses a finger or limb that it sometimes itches in that body part that has gone. I wonder if the lady who mislaid her car keys ever feels that the missing leg wants to apply the brakes.

[Roboframer]

I know what you mean - sometimes I think I have an headache!

[deejay]

My daughter had a friend who regularly came to visit some years ago. The doorbell rang one day and a person with long blonde hair, slightly plump with prominent boobs and fancy glasses, dressed in a sort of buff track-suit, saying 'Is my daughter here?'. My reply was 'Yes she is, so you're Gemmas' Mum, nice to meet you at last!'. The reply was 'Well actually I'm Gemmas' Dad!!!!!'. Red face all round.