[Magdalen] Grrr....

[Jay Weigel]

Argh. I know EXACTLY how that feels. One wants to put a wee curse on them
so they burn the necks/wrists of those who wear them. But we are
professionals who smile politely (and occasionally spit behind their backs,
eh?) and wish them a good day.

On Tuesday, August 2, 2016, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> I need to whinge and fume.
>
> As many of you know, I make jewelry (hi Jay!).  Unlike Jay, my stuff is
> strung beads.  I sell at a lovely shop in Alexandria Bay, NY, called Bay
> House, an artisans'/artists' co-operative.  I work shifts there, like most
> of the other members, and I was on duty this afternoon.
>
> Last week, I took in a set I was especially happy with: rhombus
> (square-on-diagonal) cinnabar beads with Czech druk beads (glass) and seed
> beads:  necklace and matching earrings and bracelet.  I don't have a
> picture of it, more's the pity.  But it was a lovely little thing.  I sold
> it this afternoon to a couple from Ohio.
>
> Normally, it's a joy to sell my stuff: partly to get it out of the shop so
> I can make more, and partly because it's like giving a kitten to a good
> home.  But while I was ringing up the sale, the buyers got into a
> conversation with other customers, about the current U.S. political scene,
> and it turned out they were ardent Hilary-slandering liberal-media-bashing
> frothing Trumpites. (Although even so, she expressed the wish that he'd
> shut his mouth. Dream on, lady.)
>
> I am a professional.  I did not snatch my lovely little cinnabar set back
> from their undeserving hands and bellow "you can't have it!" I completed
> the sale, took their money, and bade them goodbye pleasantly.  But I'm
> still fuming.
>
> I just bought a whole bunch of those cinnabar beads from Panda Hall and I
> am going to recreate the set and sell it to someone who deserves it.  So
> there.
>
> Grrr.
>
> Molly
>