I just thought this would make you all happy to hear.
I have a friend who makes jewelry. He's works a lot of Ren Faires, Scottish festivals, SCA Wars, etc. He is very well known on the scene.
If you come to his booth and show your ass, he will break a foot off in it for you. He's his own boss. And he doesn't like the atmosphere in his booth to be fouled with the smell of Sucky People.
He told me one guy came in trying to throw around some attitude, trying to get discounts, badmouthed his employees, etc. My friend actually took merchandise out of the guy's hand, put it back on the table, and told the guy to pound sand. Guy started in with the classic old chestnut "I'll tell all my friends not to buy from you."
My friend came back with "Good, that's awesome, because if they are friends with you, they're probably huge assholes just like you are. So please, tell them not to shop here and save me the trouble of throwing them out, too. Tell your family, too, I don't want to see any of them here, either."
It's probably worth mentioning that another friend of mine who used to work for him actually took some money out of the till, handed it to a PITA woman at a different place and told her that it was worth it to pay her to leave.
These people don't play around.
I have a friend who makes jewelry. He's works a lot of Ren Faires, Scottish festivals, SCA Wars, etc. He is very well known on the scene.
If you come to his booth and show your ass, he will break a foot off in it for you. He's his own boss. And he doesn't like the atmosphere in his booth to be fouled with the smell of Sucky People.
He told me one guy came in trying to throw around some attitude, trying to get discounts, badmouthed his employees, etc. My friend actually took merchandise out of the guy's hand, put it back on the table, and told the guy to pound sand. Guy started in with the classic old chestnut "I'll tell all my friends not to buy from you."
My friend came back with "Good, that's awesome, because if they are friends with you, they're probably huge assholes just like you are. So please, tell them not to shop here and save me the trouble of throwing them out, too. Tell your family, too, I don't want to see any of them here, either."
It's probably worth mentioning that another friend of mine who used to work for him actually took some money out of the till, handed it to a PITA woman at a different place and told her that it was worth it to pay her to leave.
These people don't play around.

Comment