I'm all behind

[valis2]

No, I'm not implying that I am a massive posterior (though it is, in fact, rather impressive).

I had my timing all worked out: Thursday, setup the show. Friday, work the show, come home and do eBay stuff because 42985624398 auctions were ending on Thursday. Sat, work show, eat out with friend. Sun, pack up and come home.

However, I ended up going out with friend on Friday. Now I have confused eBay people and one eBay guy who really needs to calm down. Packages do not instantly teleport themselves.

So I'm all off-balance now and the flist is skip?=240. Yikes!

I have a great Crazy Customer story, though.

Lady walks in an wanders around the room. She has two bags and her purse and seems very disorganized. Eventually I ask her if she'd like to put her things on the chair (instead of on top of merchandise! argh!) and she looks at me with this Space Creature Wide Eyed Look and puts them down right where she is standing in the middle of the floor. I repeat, wouldn't you like to put them on the chair so people won't step on them?

She gets the hint and puts her things on the chair and then wanders around the room three times like a complete loon.

Eventually she comes back up to me and says, "I'm just so crushed that I won third place. I should have won first."

Huh?

"Everyone agreed that I should have won first place."

Er...for what?

"For my [insert loony piece of craft here]! I was crushed for weeks. It's all political. But then I thought, why am I upset? So then I wasn't."

Er...okay.

"My friend passed away."

Oh, I'm so sorry.

[Insert lengthy long-winded story about funeral home and the deceased friend (who passed away thirty years ago, btw) appearing in car postmortem and explaining that she's happy now]

Er, okay.

"Should I tell the ladies at the [group judging her craft] this story for this year's competition?"

Please go away. Now. Preferably quickly.

This is where I am. Talking to an idiot about how she was robbed of first place for a (no doubt) awful piece of junk instead of being at TWH. Wah!

Well, there's always lumos2006.

Comments

[aerynstales.livejournal.com]

Well, there's always [info]lumos2006.

Yup there is!

chin up...I couldn't go to TWH either...and I live here! *sighs*

I am looking into Lumos though. *grins*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I am looking into Lumos though. *grins*

REALLY?!!

Oh, that would be awesome! I so hope people are considering attending it...it sounds like so much fun. *crosses fingers*

[aerynstales.livejournal.com]

Well, we'll really have to see...but I'm starting to look. Though if the cost is pricy...well, I may not be able to.

I kinda promised Lian I'd got to Ireland and London next year. :D *tries to think of low cost ways to do both*

[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not implying that I am a massive posterior

I have no idea why this made me snicker so much. I must be giddy with fatigue.

Have no idea how you kept a straight face with 'I see dead people' lady. I would have been falling down laughing. Isn't retail type work umm... interesting?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Glad you giggled. ;)

And stay tuned for part two!

[privatemaladict.livejournal.com]

Yikes, that lady sounds like a serious mental case.

I hate it when one thing you did that was Not According to Plan sends your whole timetable out of whack. On the other hand, these days I generally think it's worth it!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I'm such a control freak that it really does make me crazy when my schedule is moved. heh! But it's okay.

Oh, and watch out for Crazy Lady Part Two tonight.

[aramintasnape.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not implying that I am a massive posterior

*dies*

I can't go to Lumos. Didn't go to Witching Hour either :( I wish someone would organise an HP event near me!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Wah! No conventions for you...that sucks!

There was one in England recently, though...is that still too far away?

Your icon made me rofl. I love it!

[aramintasnape.livejournal.com]

No, the UK is not too far. I was actually there round about the time of Accio too, but the baby was only 6 weeks old and I was still breastfeeding her so it was impossible to really have much of an outing. If there's another conference in the UK when she's a bit older I'll hopefully be able to go.

I love my icon too ;)

[bell-witch.livejournal.com]

I'm considering Lumos also, although it's all about money.

That lady sounds absolutely bat-shit crazy. What the hell do you care if she got first or third and she probably didn't deserve anything at all. Obviously, the world revolves around her. (I'm feeling even less charitable for such idiocy than usual.)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

She was really really strange, believe me.

[gillieweed.livejournal.com]

Don't be so obtuse!

I want to know the "long winded story about funeral home and the deceased friend (who passed away thirty years ago, btw)"! Why did the dead friend suddenly appear in her car? To complain about the funeral home? Didn't the embalming hold up? Or did she show up to predict Loonycraftwoman's pie-pan birdfeeders would win first prize and was OMG RONG! Psych!--because it can't really be to explain that she's "happy now" coz why would that be so upsetting? Jarring maybe but this lady seemed to be taking it personally. There was something she was holding back, wasn't there!

Do tell!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hahaha!! It wasn't anything so interesting as that.

She "practically lived" at the funeral home for two days. Her friend had cancer and passed away rather suddenly. Everyone was quite upset because she was so young. They were friends at age 21 until the friend died at age 24 and 1/2.

Damnit, I've forgotten all of the boring details!

She gets into her car after leaving the funeral home (thirty years ago) and suddenly her friend is in the backseat, talking to her. And she was so happy that her friend was there. And her friend said she'd gone to be with the Father. Crazy lady wanted to say, what about the other two? (haha, holy ghost/son, chuckle, chortle, guffaw) But she didn't dare say that. (You just don't joke with dead people!) And friend said that she was happy and Crazy Lady needed to be happy too.

Pie-pan birdfeeders!! ahahahahaha!!!

[gillieweed.livejournal.com]

I beg to differ. If a dead friend of mine showed up in my car with that story I'd ask about "the other two" for sure! Because, as a Catholic, I'd know if there was no answer forthcoming, the dead friend would be an ... imposter! Or a devil. Maybe both.
And so Crazy Lady has been ignoring a direct order from her sent-from-The-Father-to-tell-her-to-be-happy dead friend for 30 years! No wonder she's looney.

[luvboromir24601.livejournal.com]

She wanted to tell the judges the story of her friend who passed away THIRTY YEARS AGO? WTF? Okay, it's cool that she might have seen the spirit of her friend and all but DAMN. What the hell does that have to do with a craft show?

Awesomely entertaining post. :)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

She wanted to tell the judges the story of her friend who passed away THIRTY YEARS AGO? WTF

I couldn't tell what it had to do with her horrible craft item, which was entitled "Jungle Prayer Paradise". The only thing I can think of is that she somehow thinks it might influence people to give her a pity vote. I have no idea, honestly...trying to get into her head would be harmful to my already struggling brain cells. ;)

So glad you were entertained! :)