A potter's nightmare
May. 9th, 2015 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrNo, not the one where an elephant runs into the side of the booth and brings all the pottery crashing down--though that one's pretty bad, too.
No, this is the one where the customers are examining a a pot in great detail, and I notice a flaw--usually a glaze chip--and have to decide whether to point it out to them, suggest a different pot, offer a discount, or just hope they don't notice. I've done all of these in the past, except the last one. My midwestern Catholic upbringing won't allow me that option. In this case, they decided not to buy, so I was able to slip it off the shelf after they left. I wound up giving it to our neighbor, a jeweler and old friend whose booth makes a much classier environment for the poor wounded mug.
No, this is the one where the customers are examining a a pot in great detail, and I notice a flaw--usually a glaze chip--and have to decide whether to point it out to them, suggest a different pot, offer a discount, or just hope they don't notice. I've done all of these in the past, except the last one. My midwestern Catholic upbringing won't allow me that option. In this case, they decided not to buy, so I was able to slip it off the shelf after they left. I wound up giving it to our neighbor, a jeweler and old friend whose booth makes a much classier environment for the poor wounded mug.