Me and my big mouth

Customer: This mounting board is huge! Where am I gonna find a cutter for this!?
Me: You don't need a cutter. A normal penknife will do.
Customer: *looks at me pleadingly-ish* Oh, then can you do it for me? I'll come collect it tomorrow at lunch, yeah? Bye.
Me (smiling): Okay... *smile slowly inverts to a frown* .........Crap.

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Yep... Really, you can just use a penknife to cut it. A ruler will help keep the line straight. And it only takes 3-4 slices on the same line to completely split the pieces. In fact, I can do it in 2-3 slices.

BUT, the mounting board is huge. And she wants me to cut the whole thing into several smaller pieces. I counted and found that I could up to 14 pieces, which means 14 lines, totaling up to 28-42 slices.

Sure, that's not a lot, but I'd like to remind people that mounting boards are hard and thick. I have to press hard on the penknife to do it. Just 7 slices is already enough to give me cramps and aches.

Sigh... I guess I'll do it first thing tomorrow morning when I get to the office. And my cosplay is so screwed. I just found out that the tailor near my place can't make wool or cotton gloves, or even gloves made of cloth... Great...