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Had my first framing nightmare.

Cathy Coggins

Cathy Coggins

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Having occupationally themed dreams is common, no doubt.
I still wait table at a Disney resort, almost 20 years there, and I have had some stress frenzied dreams of being behind on serving all 300 seats in the restaurant; as I am the ONLY server. Remembering someones decaf three hours after they have left (oh, wait, that REALLY happened!) and having an endless amount of things to do; after such a dream I wake up stressed and tired.

Alas, I have FINALLY had a framing nightmare. A demanding client, outrageous requests, an unrealistic timeline, a near impossible reverse fit, and somehow an arrogant photographer was involved (I don't deal with them...weird). I just remember a large PILE of stuff on my tiny work table, clients in the backroom and shuffling around all my stuff and ticking me off...and the MOST amazing thing happened. I refused the job, framing nightmare turned to BLISS! :D

Bring it on Monday!!!! SHOW me what ya got!!
 
Good for you, Cathy!
I would have done the same and allowed some other framer to endure the nightmare!

People like that are often just as difficult at pick up time too. "That's not the mat I chose!" or "that's the wrong frame!" etc, etc, etc.
 
Although I haven't been a contractor for the last 10 years, I still have dreams about a kitchen remodeling project I have yet to finish. Wakes me up from time to time worrying about it. Real life now is much easier - framing jobs are only a few hundred as opposed to thousands and thousands for kitchens - I have never had a dream/nightmare about a framing project (YET)
 
Back in high school I had a summer job driving a ice cream truck...possibly one of the most stressful jobs ever....The insane music playing all day long, the competition with other companies ice cream trucks, if one hit a neighborhood that street was done for hours. I was also new driver, I rear ended anold couple I thought was going to go through the light but they put on the breaks at the last sec. I ran over mail box, and locked bumpers once on the street with a parked car. I would wake up from nightmares in the seated position my hands on an imaginary steering wheel. It's amazing I wasn't fired but the take home cash at the end of the day was pretty good.


I have had framing nightmares but not in my sleep.
 
My framing nightmare is that the customer says the price is "too Low" and leaves.

Never happen in real life, except one customer did say that "I used to think framing was too expensive when it was more than the artwork...I now realize the artist just didn't charge enough"
 
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