Hi, I want to know your opinion on this issue my friend(F) and I are currently having. I'm boothing with my friends in a circle and I had brought up the issue of space and that it might be time to consider splitting the booth cost by the amount of space that a person's merch is taking up to keep things fair for everyone. I brought this issue up cause one of my friend, E, has a very big inventory that it almost always end up with them taking most of the booth space, last event E had ended up taking 70% of the booth space (this was 2ppl in 1 table, granted the other person didnt have as much merch) I was told this was unreasonable and that E had also done accounting for us too so it wouldn't be fair for them to pay more since they also had worked more, so I suggested we could take the accounting cost out of the booth cost too so if they took 70% of space, then E only have to pay 60% while the other could do 40%. And if that was too troublesome then I had also suggested that we try to keep our merch down to equal sizes so that others wont get overshadowed. But I got told this was mean and unreasonable to E, do you guys have any suggestions on how we could deal with this? Sorry for the long msg, thanks for taking the time to read this
Kiriska: This sort of stuff really sucks to deal with and is going to be uncomfortable no matter what, unfortunately.
Ultimately, if other part(ies) aren't willing to budge, negotiate, or meet you in the middle, then you have to ask yourself how important is it that you "win" the disagreement, and what you may be willing to give up for that.
I obviously don't know all the details here, but it sounds like this is just table-sharing, rather than a truly collaborative "circle" or studio. If E has such a big inventory, why don't they just get their own table? Is there a reason they prefer to share?
Or, if the person E was tabling with didn't have a problem with the table split, why do you? Would your friends think differently if you were the one splitting with E and brought up your arguments then?
I also don't know both sides of this, only your side. So maybe there are other factors, or a reason your friends think you're being unreasonable even though it seems logical that someone taking up 70% of space should pay more.
Do you feel strongly enough to leave the group? To try table-splitting with other people?
Like, you can't force your friends to agree with you.
In many cases, "the person who cares the most wins." If you're not willing to leave the group, but no one else agrees with you, your only real options are to either keep bringing it up and hope they'll change their minds, or you can just go with the group's decision.
Good luck.







