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Fashion Hunger Games

Do you feel like you’re in the Hunger Games? District 1 with all this fashion stuff?

A little bit, yes… πŸ˜…

None of it means anything to you… you just feel like everyone is in a “costume” for their characters

Pretty much… 😏 is there meant to be something deeper with fashion?

Hmmm… I guess it’s very subjective…

Uhuh….

I had a customer today who tried on an ungodly number of jeans… πŸ‘–

Jeans?!

Yes… you would think, okay, she needs a pair of jeans?! Maybe it’s from the cyclone?! Maybe it’s not?! She didn’t talk about her reasons, she just kept trying them on… she could not find the right pair that she wanted?!?!?!

… ?!?! That sounds kinda… annoying? For staff?!

I wasn’t annoyed… but my point is, it was hard for her. Subjectively. For whatever reason, when she looked in the mirror with each different pair, she just wasn’t happy with it. But to everyone else, every pair looked great! “Yes!!! Get that one!!!” — but she couldn’t decide?! She wasn’t satisfied?!?!?

πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜… I might be like her sometimes…

Oh?!?!!

Yeah, I might be annoying the stylists….

Hmmm… I don’t know if I have any solutions for that…

It’s okay. We’ve already decided. But it was quite exhausting for everybody… πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

Well… at least for me, the customer had some level of self-awareness. Sometimes they don’t, sometimes they’re just rude. Today, this customer was nice about it…

Oh… oops, maybe I was rude πŸ€”

Hmm… I can’t imagine you being rude? Not as Fernando?

I’m not always Fernando behind the scenes…

Oh, well, I would be annoyed at you too! 😀

πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜… OOPS!!! How do think I should apologise?!?!?!

Maybe just give them a shout out on your insta story afterwards? Like individually tag all the stylists, makeup artists. Whoever, etc?

Oh?

Yeah. It’s still work. I’m sure they’re not going home feeling personally attacked. I’m sure you’re never like that. But yeah you can be fickle… so a shout-out on Insta, it’s an acknowledgement. You’re part of their portfolio of work. It’s like a resumΓ©, they can show that off when trying to get work in future projects.

Oh, I see… yeah, okay… I’ll ask my team if I’m allowed to tag them individually…

Uhuh… I guess that’s the best thanks? Everything else is just, an extra courtesy but not necessary.

What other everything else?

Like if you send flowers or snacks or anything like that?! It shouldn’t be too high a value either… but just something extra? I don’t know though like, the politics of that environment, if that would even be necessary…

Oh, the politics…

Yeah. See, you probably don’t need to send anything. You’re probably overthinking it and just feeling guilty. A story shout out of gratitude and tagging is enough, in my opinion…

Your opinion is the one that matters πŸ˜πŸ’•

I don’t want that much power over you babe… you really should also ask your own staff… your team…

Yes yes I’ll do that too… but your opinion… it’s my foundation... that’s what I meant. Because then I can gauge how much further or closer the rest of them and their opinions are — compared to your opinion... does that make sense?

Yeah… I get it… πŸ˜πŸ’•

I love you πŸ₯° πŸ’•

I love you too 😘 πŸ’“ πŸ’—