The budding artist was so glad he’d made the decision to reach out one more time about the major changes to his art piece because that’s when his customer advised him it wasn’t her that sent it. She knew nothing about it!
The Artist
He was an artist by profession or a nerdy artist, as he often referred to himself as. He created artwork for poster prints that were extremely popular among buyers and basically sold poster prints to awesome people with money.
Popular Piece
One of these works has become really popular over the past few years and has garnered much interest – a take on the old ‘dogs playing poker,’ except the pups in his are playing a popular tabletop roleplaying game.
A Request
A few weeks back, he received a request on Etsy for a custom print: the buyer wanted him to swap out one of the dogs for her own dog, wearing a tuxedo. Dog pics were sent, and they chatted a bit.
A Wedding Dog
Turns out, she was getting married in the spring, and the dog in question has been a part of her and her betrothed’s relationship for a decade. The dog will even be part of the ceremony. The commissioned artwork will be a wedding gift from her to her new husband. Awesome!
Extra Mile
He was a rank sentimentalist. He thought the idea was very cool and offered to make additional changes to the piece to make it even more meaningful to them: their miniatures would be on the table, along with their own character sheets, among other little details.
A Slow Burner
She was over the moon and increased the scope of the project: instead of a poster print, it was now going to be a huge canvas print in a beautiful custom frame. Suffice to say, this project was a big deal to him. It would take a lot of time if he rushed it, and he had no intention of rushing it.
Passion for Project
The project started brilliantly, and he was pleased with how it was going. He found himself spending more time on it as he thought the idea was just amazing. He really enjoyed working on projects that meant something.
Excited Customer
He even sent a couple of messages over, giving her updates on what he’d done, without showing her anything. She was excited and said she couldn’t wait to see the final product.
Delayed Project
He was about halfway through the project when Thanksgiving rolled around. Things paused while his family visited remote relatives and then while they dealt with the death of a close friend the week after. But he got a message on Etsy on Thanksgiving morning from the buyer.
A Message
It read: ‘Hi, I want you to make changes to my poster before you send it.‘ Ok, no big deal, he thought. They had chatted a bunch about changes, and the piece was far from finalized.
Slight Concern
He was slightly concerned, however, as he’d already put a lot of work in, and any major changes would have an impact. He assumed she only wanted something minor, so he asked for details.
Major Changes
It said: ‘Take out the dog in the tuxedo from the poster, I don’t want him in it. Also, take out her character sheet and her partner’s miniature. Also, the background heirloom’ that previously seemed important to her.
Panic Stations
He was floored. What had happened? Did he do something wrong? Did he somehow blow the sale? He asked if she was sure; that seemed like a lot of good stuff discarded. And a lot of time and effort was wasted, even if it was only time spent discussing and brainstorming.
A Rude Reply
The response he got back was infuriating: ‘Yes, I am sure. I am the customer, you little ‘expletive’. Don’t question me. Or else I’ll just cancel the project. Further, I don’t think that the game in the artwork is a good fit. I want you to change it so that the dogs are doing unrelated, non-nerdy activities!’
Angry Reaction
What?! He was annoyed. Infuriated. How dare someone speak like that to him? He unfortunately had a good amount of time over the holiday to keep mulling it over. By the end, he had mentally decided that he was going to fire her as a customer. The only thing that kept him from doing it was the busy schedule of the holiday visit and the swamped week that was to follow.
Cancelled Job
When the smoke cleared, he decided to reach out and be diplomatic. He messaged her and said that the original idea seemed great, but the revised idea was not really his thing. He didn’t think he would do it justice.
Hijacked Phone
He was glad he reached out. She responded that she hadn’t made any changes. Her awful mother-in-law had been staying with her and her fiancé over Thanksgiving, and her phone went missing for a chunk of it. As best they can surmise, her mother-in-law stole her phone and saw the emails talking about the artwork project.
Identity Theft
She took it upon herself to message him, pretending to be the customer, and then deleted his emails so that she wouldn’t see. The missing phone was ‘discovered’ on a kitchen counter at the end of the weekend.
Baffled
He couldn’t wrap his head around why someone would do something like this. What was she hoping to accomplish? Ruin her daughter-in-law’s gift to her own son on his wedding day? Was she hoping that he’d be so outraged he’d call off the whole marriage?
A Good Job
He completed the project as his customer had initially requested, and she was over the moon at the results. She even contacted him later on to say that her husband had adored it, and they would definitely get back in touch.
Cut Off
He couldn’t help himself when he replied, thanking them. He simply added, “Just don’t give my details to your mother-in-law!” She saw the funny side of it and said that wouldn’t be an option; they’d cut her out temporarily due to her constant meddling!
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