12-30-2013, 09:39 PM
Just wanted to share an annoyance that happened to me a couple of months ago, related to crafting.
In my effort to find crafty goings-on in my new town I found an advert on Gumtree about a "community craft morning" being held in a coffee shop not too far for me to get to. The activity of the morning was felting/felt flower making, all materials provided, come along and have a chat with people and have a go at making summat under the experienced guide of the crafter who organised the thing, etc etc. NO WHERE in the post was a mention of it costing anything...
Well, I got to the coffee shop, joined the lone organiser (there were no other takers) and started to make a felt Pug face patch with the materials and had a chat with her... Well after about half an hour/40 mins, which was the duration of the thing, she promptly packed up asked me for the £12. Excuse me?!
Now I have been known to be rather feather-brained so although I was *pretty* sure I had read all of the advert properly, I thought that there may have been some *slight* chance that I had indeed missed the bit on the ad with the cost mentioned. So, like the meek mug that I am, paid the £12 and bid goodbye. "I hope to see you at the next craft morning!" ...Yeah, sure, lady...
When I got home I promptly turned on my PC to double check the advert and lo and behold I should've trust my gut at the shop, there was NO mention of any cost. I should've just politely refused to have paid. That £12 haunts this cheapskate in her dreams...
Since then, I have, by looking up crafty goings on once again, come across another advert in my local paper by the same woman and I know it is her because the coffee shop and the time of the meet is exactly the same, and - wait a minute - there's no price mentioned on the ad.... Interesting...
I hope you enjoyed my sarcastic little "story." XD
|