Stealing, that is. In the past couple of weeks, two beautiful (and expensive) pieces of jewellery have been stolen from my shop. I know this sort of thing happens a lot but I still find it shocking when it happens to me. Maybe it's because my shop is the size of a shoebox...maybe it's because I sit perched at the counter all day long, where there isn't a centimetre of the shop I can't see...but probably it's because everyone that comes into my shop is so lovely that I just find it incomprehensible that any of these people would steal from me! I honestly feel like everyone that comes in here is my friend in some way, that we share a passion for the little things I've collected here, so when something like this happens I feel betrayed. It was yesterday that the second thing - a ring - was stolen. I have no idea how or when it happened (maybe right under my nose, maybe when I was behind the little partition for a few seconds?) but I just looked up and noticed in a second that it was gone. I know every inch of this shop like the back of my hand so it doesn't take me long to notice something isn't quite right. My first reaction is always shock, then anger, then sadness. I found myself wondering who it was...whether it was one of the lovely customers who had bought something, or one of the equally lovely browsers, or someone so quick I hadn't even seen them? One of the things that surprised me most when I opened Mr Sparrow was just how friendly and supportive everyone who came in here was, and I continue to feel that love from my customers every day, which is exactly why this theft leaves me so perplexed...and yeah, just sad.
oh, that's so sad. Maybe the person who did it is a Kleptomaniac and they couldn't control their urge to take it.
ReplyDeleteEither way it's not a nice feeling.
yes what a horrible feeling that is. It is easy to think the best of people (and obviously naive it seems) so it is actually a shock when it happens. You wonder if they knew b4 they came in they were going to do it or was it spur of the moment....Every time they put that ring on they WILL remember how they came to have it tho.....and they have to live with that. sue
ReplyDeleteGemmaJoy - That's a good thought, actually - makes me feel better somehow!
ReplyDeleteSue - It's true, my instinct is to trust people so to realise that you can't always do that is a horrible feeling. But it's true that at the end of the day they have to live with themselves...
Thank you both so much for your comments and support! xxx