Has This Ever Happened To You...?
Back in the mid-1990's, I worked part time at a now defunct spiritual bookstore called D'Angels Place. The owner was a beautiful woman I had befriended as we both shared a love of art by a particular artist that is famous for his angel paintings. I remember I saved up and saved up for my first purchase of his work! It was over $400.00! a kings ransom for me. The lady that owned this bookstore had inheirited a lot of money from when her father passed away and her husband worked a very comfortable job so the bookstore was more or less a hobby for her, rather than a true business and to be honest, I did more socializing than working. When I first met her, I was a customer and just saw one side of her - empathetic, optimistic, spiritual and non-judgemental and I really thought she was a great person based on those qualities she projected. However all of that changed when I started working for her. I soon learned that her calm, spirtual demeanor was a facade for a person that was just downright nasty, rude and selfish. She would yell at her then husband on the phone, yell at me, and her two daughters. If a customer walked in while she was in the middle of a rant, she would calmly smile and say "How are you today???" and just switch to her alter-ego. It was almost bizarre.....One time she sent me out for lunch and after I brought it back, she didn't even look at it and then she declared that the bread was stale and ordered me to take it back and get a refund. And the list goes on and on......I soon had to stop working for her because I could not reconcile the image she projected to her customers and the person she really was....Has that ever happened to you? When you thought you knew someone or they projected themselves as one way but were completely the opposite?
Thankfully as I have gotten older I have gotten more discerning and cautious....but sometimes ya just never know....
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