Monday, September 08, 2008

Sharpie to the Rescue

I have a confession to make…

I’ve used a Sharpie for something other than writing a label.

Earlier this year, while I was ironing a black shirt for work, I noticed that the edge around the collar had started to fade to almost a gray - it looked horrible.

That’s the most inconvenient thing about wearing black for work…no matter what care you take in washing it, eventually it loses pigment.

(even dry cleaning seems to fade black)

Anyway, all my other black dress shirts were dirty and I was in major hurry, muttering, “Shit, shit, shit…what the hell am I going to do?”

Suddenly…and I have no earthly idea what mystical power made this happen, but I had a vision of a Sharpie. So I grabbed the little sucker out of my desk drawer and proceeded to gently rub the tip all around the edge of the collar.

OMG…it worked!

Not only did it fill in the faded area, but it also blended perfectly with the rest of the shirt.

And since then, I’ve used a Sharpie on several other things….

*scuffs on the heels of my black shoes
*scuffs on my black belts.
*filling in the faded areas on my black office chair
*covering nick marks on black wooden picture frames

One day at work, one of the ladies splattered some makeup foundation all over her black jacket and was flipping out, because that evening she was going out with a guy, on a first date.

I suddenly, shouted…”Have no fear, Sharpie to the rescue!”

I ran around the department asking everyone if they had a black sharpie in their register drawer.

I eventually found one, and then had her remove the jacket.

She watched, as the Sharpie worked it’s magic, exclaiming...

“Holy shit, Ron…that’s incredible!”

After I finished, the jacket looked absolutely perfect.

And once again, Sharpie…healed a life.

So I would just like to say, “THANK YOU SHARPIE…

… thank you for giving us a thousand practical and useful ways to use you…