ALTERATION COLLECTION NOTE
Original editorial worksheet | Polished Petal Style

Use this private note to keep an agreed alteration, a visible observation,
a question and the actual answer separate. It is not a sewing inspection
standard, proof of a defect or guidance about legal remedies. Copy the
actual service note rather than substituting a remembered request.

BLANK RECORD

Item / identifying detail:
____________________________________________________________

Agreed work (copy the actual service note):
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

Scope limits / work not included in that note:
____________________________________________________________

Collection check arrangement (what is actually agreed):
____________________________________________________________

Visible observation and exact location (without a defect conclusion):
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

Question to ask about that observation:
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

Provider's actual answer (or write "not yet received"):
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

Status of that answer (explanation / agreement to work / still pending):
____________________________________________________________

Next action actually agreed, who will do it, and how to continue:
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

Any date or charge actually agreed (otherwise write "not established"):
____________________________________________________________

Still unresolved:
____________________________________________________________

COMPLETE FICTIONAL EXAMPLE

This is an invented example matching the article. No actual service,
garment, provider reply, correction, deadline or charge is reported.

Item / identifying detail:
The trousers in this fictional alteration-collection example.

Agreed work:
"Shorten both trouser legs to the length agreed at the fitting; retain
the existing type of finish; no other alterations."

Scope limits / work not included:
No other alterations. No universal hem-height or finish standard is
supplied by this invented note.

Collection check arrangement:
Not established. Ask the service about its appropriate arrangement for
checking the agreed work with the actual garment.

Visible observation and exact location:
A thread end is visible at the inside of the left hem. This observation
alone does not establish that the alteration is defective, unsafe or
unfinished. Do not pull or cut the thread before the service can look.

Question to ask:
"The note says to retain the existing type of finish. I can see this
thread end at the inside of the left hem. Can you check this point with
me and explain whether anything further needs to be finished?"

Provider's actual answer:
Not yet received. No reply is invented for this example.

Status of that answer:
Pending. Neither an explanation nor agreement to further work is recorded.

Next action actually agreed, who will do it, and how to continue:
Pending. The left inner-hem thread point has been raised against the
service note; explanation and any next action remain pending. No provider
commitment to inspect, correct or complete work has been established.

Any date or charge actually agreed:
Not established. No completion date, correction or fee waiver is promised.

Still unresolved:
The provider's explanation of the visible point and any actual next action.

RECORDING REMINDER

After a real answer, replace pending fields only with what was actually
said or agreed. An explanation is not automatically agreement to new
work. "We will look at it" is not a promise of a particular correction,
date or fee waiver. Keep a different question, such as length, distinct
from the thread observation and the already-agreed scope.

Publication note: This is original editorial text created as a companion
worksheet for "Check the agreed alteration when it comes back." It is
not external or independent verification of the article's fictional case.