Saturday, December 6, 2008

What is an ignosecond?

That blissfully ignorant short space of time between the moment I open my delivery of 300 boxes for my customer's jewelry orders....
.... and then suddenly realize they're all the wrong size.





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20 comments:

  1. The Great Ethan AllenDecember 6, 2008 at 5:01 AM

    Ouch! that is gonna hurt....

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  2. DuniDecember 6, 2008 at 5:17 AM

    oh no...
    can you exchange them?

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  3. ContrariwiseDecember 6, 2008 at 7:57 AM

    Not to worry. I can still use them - but only for earrings.

    I swear I thought I ordered the right size. I even measured my regular boxes to make sure.

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  4. YazminDecember 6, 2008 at 8:26 AM

    Oh no! Well, you could always sell some excess on Etsy. :)

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  5. Robin@creations-anew.comDecember 6, 2008 at 8:44 AM

    I seem to have alot of those brief moments!!!! Thanks for the giggle this morning
    Robin
    CreationsAnew

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  6. dogwoodDecember 6, 2008 at 9:35 AM

    Aww, that sorta thing happens to me all too often. dangit.

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  7. Periwinkle StudioDecember 6, 2008 at 9:50 AM

    Oh man! :(

    Maybe you can sell them on Etsy and 'de-stash'?

    Sorry to hear about that.

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  8. ContrariwiseDecember 6, 2008 at 9:56 AM

    No, I'll use them. They're fine for earrings. They just weren't what I....expected!

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  9. Wear Your WildDecember 6, 2008 at 12:00 PM

    Been there. I ordered some corrugated wrap a while back. It was such a great price, so I ordered 6 of them. What I didn't realize was that they were huge rolls, not like what I've purchase locally in the past. I'm talking a total of 2'wide x 3' high!

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  10. SleightGirlDecember 6, 2008 at 12:20 PM

    Oooh! That's rough. Sending positive thoughts your way.

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  11. Tammy's Treasure ChestDecember 6, 2008 at 5:37 PM

    Been there, done that! :) I have a lot of "ignoseconds" LOL

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  12. Michelle (mkc photography)December 6, 2008 at 7:01 PM

    LOL!! I live a life of ingnoseconds - what a great term :-D

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  13. ContrariwiseDecember 6, 2008 at 7:33 PM

    Oh yeah, this was definitely NOT my first.

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  14. Beat BlackDecember 6, 2008 at 9:22 PM

    o no! but at least your earrings will be happy :)

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  15. moxylynDecember 6, 2008 at 9:43 PM

    Oh! Ouch! That's a lot of boxes!

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  16. JMW JewelryDecember 8, 2008 at 7:32 PM

    Oh no!!!

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  17. Martha HughesDecember 9, 2008 at 1:33 AM

    I've always said that "Ignorance was bliss but not as good as unconsciousness". Now I can describe how long that bliss lasts - an Ignosecond.

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  18. AnonymousDecember 9, 2008 at 3:41 PM

    Owww!! Funny post, though. And I have loads and loads of ignoseconds....

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  19. AnonymousDecember 9, 2008 at 8:22 PM

    Haha, things happen unexpectedly...

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  20. ContrariwiseDecember 9, 2008 at 10:49 PM

    I'm too young too call them "senior moments". Ignoseconds sounds much better.

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