This must be a record - three blog postings in a row. But I had to write about it. Unbelieveable...I don't believe it, but it did happen. I have had one of my pieces stolen!!!!
A girl came into London Drugs this evening wearing the yellow earrings on the left in the picture. I asked her where she bought them and she said, "The Quick Nickel." That's a thrift clothes store down the street. Well, the last time I saw them they were in The Calla Lily, the flower shop down the street. So I told her they looked exactly like a pair I made and mine were never for sale at The Quick Nickel. So then she said her brother gave them to her. Couldn't even keep her story straight.
Well, I knew immediately that she stole them, but at the time I wasn't quick thinking enough to ask her to take them off so I could look at them. Damn!!!!! I know they were mine because I noticed that the wire on the left-hand one is not quite snug to the bead. Yep, I think I could convince a court of law that those were mine. An artist knows her own work. It's a little like the instant recognition of your own infant. Then I found out from another LD employee that she was a customer to watch because they suspected her of pilfering there. Well, that clinched it.
Now I have to go to The Calla Lily and let them know and see if there isn't something we can do to minimize the pilfering. I can't really blame them. She probably waited until they were serving another customer and slipped them into a pocket or purse. LD has a lot of pilfering, too, sometimes even while we watch.
A much happier experience earlier in the evening counterbalanced the theft. A regular customer at LD went to the Calla Lily and bought one of my necklaces. I know he bought it because he came back and showed it to me and it was in a little silver box that customers get from the Calla Lily when they buy my jewellery.
Such is life. It is composed of good moments and bad. Gotta go now. Just did an eight hour shift and tomorrow I do a six hour shift. I'll be so glad when I don't have to work at LD any more. Just a few more galleries and retail shops.....
Don't find fault. Find a remedy. ~Henry Ford
