Okay, my first story of my own hm....
First some background. I do not have a "real" job. I am a student and one could call me "self-employed". I knit. I knit for fun and profit. Emphasis on the profit. I tend to work on a "payment on delivery" basis. I get the order, I make the stuff and then get paid when I hand it off to the customer.... This usually works fine.
Not today. Woman had ordered seven scarves. She'd paid for and received three a couple weeks ago. That's fine....
Today I come with the others and she tells me she doesn't want the rest. So I have 4 scarves at 15 bucks apiece.... Wow, bitch just cost me 60 bucks.
Yes I know the yarn isn't that much, and I -could- find a way to sell off the others, with that winter mix shit coming down. But the point is, I should NOT have to. But seriously, if I do NOTHING else I can make a scarf a day (maybe). Scarves are usually a two day project. I should really start demanding a deposit or payment in advance.
Am I overreacting to the fact the woman basically cost me a month's worth of groceries?
First some background. I do not have a "real" job. I am a student and one could call me "self-employed". I knit. I knit for fun and profit. Emphasis on the profit. I tend to work on a "payment on delivery" basis. I get the order, I make the stuff and then get paid when I hand it off to the customer.... This usually works fine.
Not today. Woman had ordered seven scarves. She'd paid for and received three a couple weeks ago. That's fine....
Today I come with the others and she tells me she doesn't want the rest. So I have 4 scarves at 15 bucks apiece.... Wow, bitch just cost me 60 bucks.
Yes I know the yarn isn't that much, and I -could- find a way to sell off the others, with that winter mix shit coming down. But the point is, I should NOT have to. But seriously, if I do NOTHING else I can make a scarf a day (maybe). Scarves are usually a two day project. I should really start demanding a deposit or payment in advance.
Am I overreacting to the fact the woman basically cost me a month's worth of groceries?
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