Thursday, September 22, 2005

Halloween greeting cards

I missed making cards so much I started with Halloween cards. I used to make cards for coworkers at other jobs, but then ran into the "Why do I get the yellow one?" attitude. I swear my greeting cards turn into a contest between coworkers. It is just a piece of colored paper. I actually had a coworker complain to management about my deranged Easter bunnies because they didn't resemble real bunnies. My defense was stating that the store manager enjoyed his deranged bunny card (so did everyone else). One manager of mine felt guilty from all the cards she gets, but doesn't give any cards to me. I do it because I enjoy it. I don't really expect people to go out of their way to make me a card. One job I completely stopped giving out cards from too many bitchy attitudes. If they aren't going to appreciate the fact I spend 15 minutes to make one card just for them , I will just give cards to my family and pen pals who say "Thank you". That is all I ask. People ask if it cost less to make all these cards. No, actually it cost 2 or 3 times as much than buying 99 cent cards at a discount store.

Then I got lazy with this job printing cards off the computer to make more from the "Why don't I get one?" response. I had to put up boundaries of who gets one. Coworkers at my car rental get individual ones and then one card for each car rental. Plus the janitors I talk to and a baggage transporter who says hello to all the car rentals. I try not to leave people I know out. Sometimes I'll add something extra for childen of coworkers, but not always. This time I printed a picture they can color with crayons. My cards this year have 3-D stickers and pictues I cut out from printing them off my greeting card maker on my computer. Their name on the envelope and my name on the card are written with a paint pen. I think they look cute. We shall see if everyone else likes them too. Post later.

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