Day full of Stupidity

I'll attempt to break this down and keep it short(even though I'm sure that won't happen...).

To give a brief background of the day: I was offered a job painting logos in the updated sports bar in Red Apple Bowling, so I asked my sister to help me out so things would go a bit faster. My sister is 23, I'm 20.

First thing of today, my father decides that he needs to yell at my sister and I at 11 to wake up for work. We don't have to be in until 1. We're adults... we can wake up on our own. My sister and I were ready almost an hour early and sat around on our computers for a while before work...

While on the computer and Facebook I found this (I'm in yellow):

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4659303020_26beff3f66_b.jpg

Red's comment is completely unrelated! Obama has nothing to do with what's going on in Arizona! And really, why is THIS tradition SOOO important? He was still visiting another cemetery, he was still showing his respect. I'm just tired of ignorant people, especially when it comes to government. Do people really not pay attention in government class? I know I hated those classes, but I feel like I have a more basic understanding of how government works than most people... You can't blame one person for the actions of a group.

Next, my sister and I show up at work ready to go. We wait on our client to set up the projector. He goes to get his laptop. We wait about 15 minutes without him returning and decide to run home and get mine, which is about a 5-10 minute drive. When we get back, he finally comes in with his to set up. We wait almost 45 minutes for our client and a few of his employees to set up the projector, just to realize that it doesn't work. We go to our church and check out the old school projector and come back to trace the logos onto the transparencies. As we're almost finishing the 3rd logo, our client comes in to tell us he bought a package of transparencies to print on. So... after wasting almost 2 hours of our time, we finally actually trace the logos onto the walls.
So, for being at work for 4 hours, we only got in 2 real hours of work.


Today's lesson?

For any of you who plan to hire a free lance artist or any artists who plan to work free lance, communication is key.
As a client, or someone who is hiring an artist, make sure to let the artist know EXACTLY what you want. Give as many details as possible. Don't just give a generalization and expect the artist to know what you're talking about. And don't tell the artist you can get things for them and then decide not to, or even to get it last minute. Things like this usually don't work out well.


Thankfully today ended on a good note of nice food and friends.

Ah... but what a day full of stupidity...