Enlighten me.............
OK .... I need some help understanding an issue/problem that I have with my business.
Most of my friends in the flower business do not understand the U-pick aspect of the farm. They question the condition of the flowers, the way people pick them .... just having people walk through the yard and cut flowers.
Some don't understand the picnic aspect of the business... you mean you can just bring a picnic and eat here while we are cutting flowers? Yep. Pick flowers, buy some eggs, eat in the corn-zebo.... its all part of the Miss Effie Experience
Some don't understand letting total strangers into my home to use the restroom. Yea .... I do that.
Daily. (Truth be known, this is one part I would like to change. Its getting time for a port-a-potty.)
But this is what I don't get.
Yesterday (Monday .. we are normally closed on Monday) a couple hops out of their SUV and she immediately starts taking pictures. Fancy camera ... not a point-and-shoot. Now ... I am with a customer. Honey is doing some trimming. And I have a pot of jam on the stove.
So I speak to them ... ask them if they want a bucket of flowers. And I get one question... how much are your flowers? I answer that and that is the end of the conversations. But pictures, pictures, and more pictures. But no questions... no interest in who would do something like this. No questions about the flowers. No questions about the construction of a building with a swoooopy roof.
And I'm sorry but I feel violated. Like I was robbed... burglarized.
I know.... I'm the one that went into a home-based business. At my home. Yea ... my house. My home. My corn-zebo. My lath house that looks like a bird house.. My tea-cup tree. My Miss-Effie prayer flags. My quilt blocks. My Summer Kitchen with the swoooopy roof.
And the thing is .... I love people taking pictures. Lots of pictures. Ooodles and Ooodles of pictures.
I guess....... I think of my customers as guests in my home and yard. And I want them to have a good time.I want them to relax and feel at home. But yesterday ... I felt there were gate-crashers.
Talk to me ... how can I get over this? I know I have to. This is part of business.
But at this very moment.... I feel very venerable.
Most of my friends in the flower business do not understand the U-pick aspect of the farm. They question the condition of the flowers, the way people pick them .... just having people walk through the yard and cut flowers.
Some don't understand the picnic aspect of the business... you mean you can just bring a picnic and eat here while we are cutting flowers? Yep. Pick flowers, buy some eggs, eat in the corn-zebo.... its all part of the Miss Effie Experience
Some don't understand letting total strangers into my home to use the restroom. Yea .... I do that.
Daily. (Truth be known, this is one part I would like to change. Its getting time for a port-a-potty.)
But this is what I don't get.
Yesterday (Monday .. we are normally closed on Monday) a couple hops out of their SUV and she immediately starts taking pictures. Fancy camera ... not a point-and-shoot. Now ... I am with a customer. Honey is doing some trimming. And I have a pot of jam on the stove.
So I speak to them ... ask them if they want a bucket of flowers. And I get one question... how much are your flowers? I answer that and that is the end of the conversations. But pictures, pictures, and more pictures. But no questions... no interest in who would do something like this. No questions about the flowers. No questions about the construction of a building with a swoooopy roof.
And I'm sorry but I feel violated. Like I was robbed... burglarized.
I know.... I'm the one that went into a home-based business. At my home. Yea ... my house. My home. My corn-zebo. My lath house that looks like a bird house.. My tea-cup tree. My Miss-Effie prayer flags. My quilt blocks. My Summer Kitchen with the swoooopy roof.
And the thing is .... I love people taking pictures. Lots of pictures. Ooodles and Ooodles of pictures.
I guess....... I think of my customers as guests in my home and yard. And I want them to have a good time.I want them to relax and feel at home. But yesterday ... I felt there were gate-crashers.
Talk to me ... how can I get over this? I know I have to. This is part of business.
But at this very moment.... I feel very venerable.
Comments
I definitely think it's strange that they just started snapping pictures. I'm not a business owner, but I take lots of photos. But, I try to be open and upfront with folks, that I'm a blogger mostly. It definitely seems odd, nonetheless.
This was creepy-stalky-I-won't-talk-to-you picture taking.
Maybe I TOTALLY misunderstood it. I am flattered ... they obviously drove at least 20 miles ... to take pics of what we have built.
I am willing to share my experience and knowledge and mistakes with anyone that asks. I just wanted to create a farm that is unique to two crazy old people in Iowa. I hope they can respect that.
Tammy