Note to Steve: Don't call your graphics designer's wife a stooge

Steve sometimes says things without thinking. And other times things come out the wrong way. This is always a great source of amusement to me. For instance, yesterday he was talking to our graphics designer, Sid, on Skype.

Steve is talking to him about our instruction manuals. I hear his side of the conversation and it goes something like this:

“You know Sid, these instructions have to be really good. They have to be designed for the end user who doesn’t know a lot about fence. We need a total stooge to proofread them.  You know, someone like your wife…”

From my end of the table: uncontrollable laughter followed by, “Um, Steve, do you realize what you just said?”

Of course Steve doesn’t think Sid’s wife is a stooge. He was just trying to communicate that he wanted someone who knew nothing about fencing to read our instructions to see if they made sense. But it came out all wrong.

Fortunately Sid is still doing work for us.

And those instruction manuals? They are all about fence. Digless fence. Do it yourself fence. Fence that’s fun to install. You know the drill.