Adding to the "General Knowledge" base...

I don't often complain about my job. I do complain about the JOB, but... let me clarify. I don't complain about the work. I love what I do, but there are times when I'm handed a project and my manager tells me that the customer has sent everything he/she/they want and all I have to do it put it together. Makes my life just a little bit easier and I look forward to whipping out a 5 minute job. Case in point. Above are 4 pictures that a customer has sent me for "reference." Normally, I don't mind this. It's much easier when the customer knows what they want. However, this one... they didn't. With what I think they want and with the "sort-of" direction the customer gave me we arrive 5 proofs later to what the customer wants. 5. They've gone up to 20 before. I think we had to enact a new company wide policy that if it reaches 10 then we ask for them to provide us with a finalized design.

So, where am I going with this?

What I do isn't rocket science and I know EVERYONE has seen an embroidered patch sometime in their life to know what people talk about when they talk about patches. It really doesn't get much simpler in terms when you break it down to needle and thread, but lately I've been diving into projects that this simple way of explaining what we can and can not do is lost. So, I'm trying to find a way to add this to the General Knowledge base. You know. The stuff that everybody knows just because. It's general knowledge that red means stop or hot, and blue usually represents cold. I want to add if you can see your design and interpret it as needle and thread then it will probably work.

Ok, so maybe I'm asking for a lot, but when you compair it to the stuff thats passed off as general knowledge today maybe not. When you order Hot coffee at McDonalds they now need to put on the cup. Caution: Hot. May lead to injuries if spilled on. Oh noes! You mean this coffee is hot? Wait... I don't get it. It's HOT, hot? Yeah, we need help.

/end rant.