A Virgin Bride
Oct. 13th, 2016 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyPer my last entry, it turns out there really are such things as disguise-related charges. To whit: Being disguised with unlawful intent, under which you can't go about in disguise or with a blackened face or with a disguise in your possession, maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment. So there we go. Imagine the circumstances in which you could be mistakenly charged with that. "No, officer, I swear I'm on my way home from a fancy dress party I went to dressed as a burglar."
Last night on a whim I went to a starting your own business workshop. I don't really plan to start my own business, unless it's doing some sort of consulting, I suppose. This was more about opening a shop and selling things, which is not my cup of tea. It was all about applying for an ABN and writing a business plan, which, as I said to the man running it, is what I do. So he started using me as a sort of back up to what he was trying to teach the others. Teacher's pet, that's me.
There was a young woman sitting next to me who wanted to be an interior decorator and she wanted to be told how great her idea was and how good she would be at it. And the guy wouldn't. He was very nice, but he put her on the spot. "I'm a customer, I come to you and say I want my house to look just like that one I saw last night on The Block, what do you say?"
"Well, I don't watch television, those shows are rubbish."
"But that's what they're going to say."
"I'd look at their websites and get pictures from there."
"So who are your inspirations?"
"What?"
"Who do you follow? Where do you get trends? Do you look at the big suppliers?"
"I s'pose."
"So if I came to you and said I saw this great Williams-Sonoma pot somewhere, where would you get it? Would you know what else to recommend?"
"Well I don't know who Williams Sss is, so... no."
And then she was squirming, so he said, quite kindly, that her business plan needed more work, and she spent the rest of the session sulking and playing with her phone.
Today my colleagues were talking about Kris Kringle, which seems a little early. My boss said he drew his own name last year, and someone said he could have re-drawn, and he said, no, he went and bought himself a TAB betting voucher and it was his favourite present for the year.
Last night on a whim I went to a starting your own business workshop. I don't really plan to start my own business, unless it's doing some sort of consulting, I suppose. This was more about opening a shop and selling things, which is not my cup of tea. It was all about applying for an ABN and writing a business plan, which, as I said to the man running it, is what I do. So he started using me as a sort of back up to what he was trying to teach the others. Teacher's pet, that's me.
There was a young woman sitting next to me who wanted to be an interior decorator and she wanted to be told how great her idea was and how good she would be at it. And the guy wouldn't. He was very nice, but he put her on the spot. "I'm a customer, I come to you and say I want my house to look just like that one I saw last night on The Block, what do you say?"
"Well, I don't watch television, those shows are rubbish."
"But that's what they're going to say."
"I'd look at their websites and get pictures from there."
"So who are your inspirations?"
"What?"
"Who do you follow? Where do you get trends? Do you look at the big suppliers?"
"I s'pose."
"So if I came to you and said I saw this great Williams-Sonoma pot somewhere, where would you get it? Would you know what else to recommend?"
"Well I don't know who Williams Sss is, so... no."
And then she was squirming, so he said, quite kindly, that her business plan needed more work, and she spent the rest of the session sulking and playing with her phone.
Today my colleagues were talking about Kris Kringle, which seems a little early. My boss said he drew his own name last year, and someone said he could have re-drawn, and he said, no, he went and bought himself a TAB betting voucher and it was his favourite present for the year.