The Terry Test

Terry is a quality control expert! Whenever he goes shopping with our daughter, she has him check the clothing she wants to purchase for possible buttons missing and seams coming apart.

But finding perfection does take time!

Recently he was buying a snow shovel... After 10 minutes of browsing around the store, I wandered over to where he had been looking at them for 10 minutes.

He was still there, checking each one for bent metal or broken plastic...

You should put your personal rating or seal of approval on each one you check, I told him. The Terry test! 

People would know that they are buying an item that has been examined carefully - they'd probably even be willing to pay extra for it! 

Of course, he ignored me... He was busy focusing on the task at hand!