tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post115196954633023987..comments2023-09-16T05:45:47.214-05:00Comments on The Adventures of Elizabeth: Boutique BluesElizabeth Maxsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301271156213625334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post-1151986772644377862006-07-03T23:19:00.000-05:002006-07-03T23:19:00.000-05:00Only a seasoned shop owner could have been so to t...Only a seasoned shop owner could have been so to the point. Thank you for understanding - and for living your dream.Elizabeth Maxsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301271156213625334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29659542.post-1151981556001405142006-07-03T21:52:00.000-05:002006-07-03T21:52:00.000-05:00OK, wanna be shop owners, I can add to this list: ...OK, wanna be shop owners, I can add to this list: Imagine trusting your employee to baby sit your store only to learn they come in after hours and use your computer, scanner and printer, 'borrow' jewelry to wear to a party or arrive 20 minutes after you are supposed to open. Then imagine a store full of some of your favorite customers shopping to have a good time and someone comes in, puts a gun to your head and makes them all lie down on the floor and takes whatever money you made that day. Decide if you want a shop when there is eight inches of snow on the ground and you have to open because you need any possible sales and you are out shoveling a path for your customers, dragging in bags of salt so heaven forbid, you are not sued for negligence. Imagine a lovely, fragrant store filled with special items and someone tells you there is a dirty diaper outside next to your front entrance. Lastly (although there is so much more) heaven forbid you say a cross word to an employee or customer on one of those days that everything is going wrong because they will think you are an ungrateful bitch for all the things they have done for you. Despite your lack of income, busted back, sleepless nights of worry- I am supposed to be the grateful one for all those people who helped me along the way. Because it has NOTHING to do with MY vision, my style, my display, my buying- it's always about them. Heaven forbid we be real, open up, cry once in awhile in front of someone or let a customer or employee see how overwhelmed we are keeping everyone happy and putting ourselves at the bottom of the list. But then, I am not supposed to feel this way because shop owning is so much fun. I am following my dream!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com