verisimilitude

[boobbyblue]

Now I just forget all these stories.  But also there are just so many sweet people - They lady who lost her hair and I helped her in one of my first weeks to think of ways to make nice headwraps and then she was so happy with them and she came back a few weeks ago and got more fabric and told me how nice the other ones worked out and thanked me for the fun and joyful help she got and it’s so sweet.

- All the people who decorate weddings and are so happy

- This couple who looked for lining for the guy’s favourite leather jacket and were a bit disappointed first with the striped linings we had, but then they told me they just wanted something not so ‘flat-coloured’ and then we just found the perfect fabric and they kept saying how perfect it was and how happy they were.

- These fashionstudents who come by all the time and who are just so nice and full of smiles when you see them.

- This super sweet french guy who is just hte cutest and brought a friend along the other day who was just so cute as well and I just love them

- All the people who basically don’t know anythign and whom I can help to calculate / give tips / think of colours and prints / etc. They’re always so happy and I love it.

- This sweeeeeet amazingly awesome looking girl who was always a dancer but then got a real bad knee injury and then discovered fashion and had all these nice ideas and then found a bunch of cool fabric in the discount corner and we had real nice conversation and she was so happy with her finds “I honestly jsut bought a goldmine! I’m so happy”

- Little girls who just started sewing 

- This really awesome dad who always takes his cool son and I can’t explain it but they’re jsut so insanely cool.

- People who make awesome things and tell me about it and it’s amazing what people do.

okay haha boring

[boobbyblue]

there was this lady some time ago who was walking so so sooo awkward like a penguin because she had such a tight skirt and then she wanted fabric to make another skirt like that and I”m like: “so you want a fabric with some stretch?” “No! No stretch! As little stretch as possible”.  then she dropped something and it almost took an hour before she fully bent down becuase her skirt was sooooo tight.

[boobbyblue]

The other day I had two guys coming in who wanted fabric for a couch they’d build. They were obviously pretty proud of themselves and told me the fabric they wanted. Furniture fabric is usually on really big heavy rolls and they’re a bit a pain in the ass to carry but it’s okay if you swing it on your shoulder and just go to the nearest table quickly. Usually when guys are picking up fabric, they’re really eager to help carry the fabric because it’s so heavy, but these boys obviously realized this a bit too late and I already had the thing on my shoulder - and then they broke out in this real awkward giggles like: “oh god how did she do that this is awkward we’re the big guys” and it was really cute. 

[boobbyblue]

An american lady came and bought a whole bunch of fabric (4 yards please! - what is a yard in meters? - I don’t care just give me 4 of whatever you measure!) and then I told her the amount. She wanted to pay with mastercard and I told her that’s not possible, so she says she’ll pay with cash. THEN she gets her DOLLARS out and tries to pay me with that. I get super confused and am all: “uhmmmmm?” and then, as if she suddenly thinks of something better, she asks; ACTUALLY, do you take euros? And I say “well THAT we do” and she says “Oh thank god, nobody takes euros here!” ???????????????????? 

[boobbyblue]

Really annoying people:

- “So I am looking for a 2 meter wide fabric, black, cotton, not too thin, nice looking, strong, and CHEAP.”

- “Ahh yes this is what I want, but don’t you have it for 1 euro or so?”

- “I bought this item of clothing at H&M but I bought it too small and now I need you to find the EXACT fabric to make it bigger.” “I have something that looks really a lot like it? Or you can just go for the same material in a nice contrasting color?” “No, it needs to be EXACTLY this fabric!”

- “COME HELP ME.”

- “Grab that fabric that’s really high up and heavy for me. No I don’t like it. Grab that other fabric also really high up and even heavier. No I don’t like it. Grab twenty more fabrics. No I hate htem all. I’m going to look around in another store bye.”

*getting fabric that’s already reduced in price and buying 2 or 3 meters or so.* “SOoooooo. Now you make me a special price!” 

“So now you give me a discount.”

“Cut me some extra! Give me more! Give me some free extra!”

“WILL YOU CUT IT STRAIGHT THOUGH??????” *standing so close to me I can’t possibly cut it straight or at all*

“I want to see that one” *pointing at a fabric that is right in front of them and a super tiny roll and easy to grab*

- People who don’t say ‘please’ and thank you and just generally boss me around.

- People who are texting / calling / doing all other things while I’m helping them and don’t say anything like “sorry I had to take htis, oro do tihs or whatever.”

- People talking to me in a language I don’t understand without even asking if I speak it and then getting upset when I don’t understand and then just keep talking all kind of difficult things and what do you want me to do????

- People who get upset when it’s busy during lunchtime and go all: “ARE YOU WORKING ON YOUR OWN OR WHAT?” and I tell them no we are with 3 but one is on a break and the other probably has a client too. and then say: “THEN YOU SHOULDN”T GO ON BREAKS”. Even though most of them are also cominb because THEY are on their break. okay ugh. 

[boobbyblue]

What I love about having kids in the store (like until the age of 7 or so): - I usually give them a carton tube when it takes long and they start to play with htings that are not really to play with. It’s amazing how happy kids can be with a carton tube haha. - They also are always super happy to be measured. It’s so cute. - They always want to sit on the table and then the parents are all like: “oh no that’s not allowed” and I’m like: “just climb up! We do it too all the time” and then they’re super happy. It’s just nice that kids are so happy with little things :)

[boobbyblue]

I’m just going to write down some things that happen in the store because I kinda want to keep them as memories but there’s just so many funny people so I’ll jsut do some here for later or not.

[boobbyblue]

Today I met a cute baby Bobby girl but also got a reply to an email which started with “Dear mr. Dekker”

[boobbyblue]

school is all not working out and I am pretty sure I’m going to quit but I’m not 100% happy about my decision somehow. I don’t like failing, but also I miss being creative a lot. I am 4 years together with M today and gave him my favourite bill bryson book (about australia) and I’m reading another one myself so I guess I’ll just give up on trying to make this sleeve-cuff look anything representable and just read in bed.

[boobbyblue]

We have this dish that’s translated as hairdressers (because the guys at the hairdressers always ordered it and they named the dish after them and then it got super popular everywhere and it’s basically fries with everything) which friends made us (veggie version!) and then we all cut each others hair because theme-dinners are the best. My friend turned out to be really good and chopped off a lot of my hair and I’m real happy about it.

[tastefullyoffensive]

They look so content. (via thedocholliday)

[imakemermaidsnut]

Nugget the chicken lol 😂

[pantone-colors]

Pantone 305-c rgb(89,203,232) hsl(192,76%,63%) #59cbe8 https://t.co/JhbH7ft2Tz

[boobbyblue]

A mum, a grandma and a little girl and boy came in today, they all wore jackets in this color and had slushies in this color and “surprise surprise” they wanted fabric in this color. They said it was because of the trolls movie (?) but I’m pretty sure it’s just their favourite colour. They also called it “royal blue” which it obviously is not, but that’s okay.

[pantone-colors]

Pantone 485-c rgb(218,41,28) hsl(4,77%,48%) #da291c https://t.co/mH4oZXijmY

[boobbyblue]

Today someone came in to buy more than 30 meters of red crushed velvet to decorate his room with and then ask his girlfriend to marry him. He seemed so sweet, I wish I could see how she reacts haha.

[boobbyblue]

Woman comes in with a piece of fabric: So I bought this here a little while ago, do you still have it?

Me: How long ago was this?

Her: Like, maybe 20 years or so?

This actually happens a lot. And people often are also really disappointed and a little angry that we do not still sell the EXACT same fabric they bought 20 years ago haha.

[boobbyblue]

Girl who comes in at the end of a long workday: Hey can we just take a look at these fabrics and take photos?

Me: Of course you can!

Girl: *abruptly lets a roll of fabric fall out of her hands on the dirty floor which is also just street-tiles full of dust because it's on the market and we don't have a front door*

Me: Not on the floor of course!!!

Whyyy?? People are so weird>??

[boobbyblue]

A mum, dad and their daughter: We need all these fabrics for a school assignment *they show me a paper with samples*.

Me: *shows them where to find everything*

Them: *spend almost half an hour gathering all the fabrics they need from all over the store*

Them: Okay we found everything, now can we have this but cheap?

Me: Like, the same colour or the same material or?

Them: No, like the exact same but cheap.

And they also manage to look at me like this a totally normal request.

[boobbyblue]

Costumer: So how wide is this fabric?

Me: It's 1.40 m.

Costumer: Ahh. But I need it in 1.60 m.

Me: Well, this is the only one we have like this and it's 1.40, otherwise you would need to find another fabric.

Costumer: Okay yes I get it..

Costumer: *thinks for a bit and then looks up like she found a solution*

Costumer: Okay! I want this exact fabric, but 1.60 m wide!

Me: ..........