16
Vent: The time a customer asked me to forge a "spoon" but meant a flat bar with a dent
Last Tuesday this guy comes in with a photo of a fancy antique spoon and says "make me one just like this, but stronger." I spent 4 hours forging this beautiful, curved spoon with a proper bowl, only for him to yell at me that he wanted a flat piece of steel with a little scoop shape hammered into the end. Has anyone else had someone describe a basic thing in fancy words and then get mad when you build it right?
3 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In3 Comments
zara57228d ago
Wait, did the photo show a curved bowl or just a flat piece?
7
blake32228d ago
Hold up, I gotta call out that your customer didn't use "fancy words" though. An antique spoon has a curved bowl, that's literally what a spoon is. Sounds like he just used the wrong word entirely by accident, not like he was trying to sound smart. You're the one who added the whole "proper bowl" on your own when he showed you a photo of what he wanted. Maybe next time ask him to point at the exact part of the photo he wants you to make, saves everyone the headache.
5
Yeah you make a really good point honestly. That whole situation sounds like a headache for everyone involved, not just the guy doing the work. It's tough when you're trying to figure out what someone wants and they just don't have the right words for it, but it doesn't mean they're being snobby or anything. Probably just a regular guy who mixed up old spoon parts in his head. Hope you both got it sorted out without too much hassle.
2