Meeting hobbity people

[dreamflower]

I really didn't want to have to go to work today, much as I like my job, I would rather have been off. But I am so glad I did...


The store was having a beading Make-It-Take-It, which is both kind of fun, as I get to sit there and bead but also kind of boring when there are not a lot of interested customers. And on Sunday afternoons, though we usually get crowds because of the 40% coupons, they are almost always in a hurry.

Anyway, I was also supposed to supervise a Boy Scout troop building a rocket model, but they didn't show up. Another associate was helping man the beading table, though, so when a customer came in, looking for help with her little girl's school project, I was available.

She was supposed to be making a diorama of "The Hobbit", which she was reading for a book report. You can imagine how I *jumped* at that, LOL! Turns out they are great fans of the films, and mother and daughter are *both* reading The Hobbit, with plans to start on LotR as soon as they finish! I had so much fun taking them around the store, as we figured out how the little girl was going to do her project. She wanted to do the scene of the giant spiders in Mirkwood.

Instead of putting her diorama in a plain box, we got her a paper mache box that looks like a book.

I had a blast talking to the mom, told her about fanfic, and pointed her to SoA as a family- and kid-friendly archive. Then they came back up, and made bracelets, and we talked about LotR, the movies, the whole time.

I do love my job.

Comments

[longcleeve.livejournal.com]

ooh that sounds like a blast dreamflower! how fun to be paid to discuss LOTR :)

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

That sounds like so much fun! I worked at a Renaissance Faire a year ago, and *everyone* talked LOTR. It was so much fun, and as I was hawking masks, I told people that I could make them look like Treebeard and the Mirkwood Elves. It was great! ^_^

[lil-banik-slave.livejournal.com]

Wow, it's funny how sometimes something we are not looking forward to turns out to be great fun.

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

Oooo that is so incredibly nice of you to help the little girl. It sounds incredibly awesome.. a paper mache box that looks like a book. That is another thing I adore about you.. you are such an incredible craftsperson... wow..

[slightlytookish]

What fun! I only wish I could see the finished project!

[coneygoil.livejournal.com]

That's so awesome!!! It's always fun meeting LotR people :)

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

That sounds wonderful! It`s always great when meeting other hobbity people, isn`t it. :D

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a great day at work! I used to have those at the bookstore, but no one calls in for insurance benefits and wants to talk about much of anything interesting. *sigh* Why can't the jobs that pay more, be more interesting? You have me wanting to make a diorama now. I used to love arts and crafts but haven't done anything in ages. Maybe some needle point would be fun.

[dreamflower]

Talking with customers is really my favorite part of the job, even more than getting to do the crafts. And if the customer wants to talk about LotR...*grin*

[dreamflower]

Talking to customers is my favorite part of the job, even more than making crafts. And if the customer *wants* to talk LotR...*grin*...

[dreamflower]

Ooh, that does sound like it was fun! I've only ever been to SCA events; I've never been to a professional RenFaire, just amateur ones like the one we are demo-ing at this weekend.

[dreamflower]

It is, isn't it. I had hoped to have had Sun. off to spend time with my DH, but I'm glad I got to do that.

[dreamflower]

Yes, we have both paper mache and wood boxes shaped like big old books! I'm thinking about doing something with one of them myself, now.
I do love crafting. I'm working on a cigar box purse right now, and I'm going to decoupage a pair of shoes as well.
As soon as coneygoil and I figure it out, I hope to post some pics of some of my stuff.

[dreamflower]

I told her I'd love to see it when it was done. Sometimes I tell customers that, but only every now and then do they bring it in for me to see. I'm hoping she will.

[dreamflower]

Yes it is, isn't it? *grin*

[dreamflower]

And you never know when it will happen, either, LOL!

[dreamflower]

Goodness, that would be dreadful! Whenever I go in to pay our insurance, we yak our heads off about everything under the sun. If I'm on my own, I can take 30, 45 minutes to pay the bill. When my DH and I both go, I make him go in, otherwise, he'd be waiting in the truck for me forever.
You should do some crafting if you like it. It's very relaxing, in a different way than writing fics. Now, needlepoint is one kind of stitchery I've not tried, but I've seen some beautiful patterns.