Lindsay Martin
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Good saturday morning, spouties! What's everyone up to for the weekend?
I'm at work, knitting a star wars hat, and binging Resident Alien.

I always feel weird spouting stuff. I see so many spouting such important topics and I'm just over here sharing my knitting and pictures. #underwhelming
12:39 AM - Feb 18, 2023
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BeautifulFreak
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In response to Lindsay Martin.
Im working. Endlessly. I am behind on orders because I was away last weekend and cramming to restock the week before that. I feel like the scent Im working on will never end.
12:45 AM - Feb 18, 2023
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Lindsay Martin
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In response to BeautifulFreak.
I bet you thoroughly enjoyed last weekend, though. And you totally deserve it.
Is it a new scent or restocking a scent?
02:23 AM - Feb 18, 2023
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BeautifulFreak
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In response to Lindsay Martin.
Honestly? Last weekend was terrible. The kind of disaster that could be made into a big budget "disastrous road trip" comedy.

I realize I would have been bored out of my mind regardless. Im not social, I dont drink, & vending ended early in the evening.

It's a restock though. Water to the Dea
03:09 AM - Feb 18, 2023
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Lindsay Martin
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In response to BeautifulFreak.
Well. Sounds like it should be a blog post! Names and dates changed for privacy, of course ha ha
08:57 AM - Feb 18, 2023
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BeautifulFreak
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In response to Lindsay Martin.
Oh Lindsay.... I know we've just met. But trust, I wouldn't change a thing. :)

Actually none of it is the con's fault. (at all). They are entirely blameless. I did get a full refund from my hotel stay from Marriott (they were very cool about it) and a member of my team has a broken ankle. 1/
03:32 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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BeautifulFreak
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but the actual problem is we made a bit less than half of our minimum sales goal. It just wasnt the right venue for us - and we knew that could happen. It wasnt exactly in our lane and it was a long way to travel to do it.

It was just a lot of insanity for a mere 72 hours. 2/2
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03:36 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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Lindsay Martin
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In response to BeautifulFreak.
… your losses and make up for it.

My brother did a con years ago in Toronto and did poorly. He tried to buffer the loss with the “it’s good exposure” but sometimes it’s still so hard. Losses are still losses.
Here’s hoping some attendees took your card and buy buy buy!
06:53 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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BeautifulFreak
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In response to Lindsay Martin.
The friend who wanted us to do this show feels SO BADLY for pushing it. But it isn't her fault. It's just a thing that happened, and now we know that these kind of events aren't for us. No biggie.

The next event is *directly* in our lane and people know us well there.
07:10 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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Lindsay Martin
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In response to BeautifulFreak.
Omg this weekend sounds kind of awful!! I hope your teammate is ok?? A broken ankle is NOT fun!!

Markets, whether they’re cons or little shows, are sometimes a shoe in and sometimes an absolute gamble. It sucks so much that it was not a good one. When’s your next show? Hopefully you can recoup…
06:51 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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BeautifulFreak
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In response to Lindsay Martin.
She's okay in the sense that she does not need surgery, but she will be in a boot for 6-8 weeks & I am unsure if she can make the next event. However @Spiral_Suicide will be there so that's fine.
Next event is the last weekend in March. Typically this is our best event of the year, sales wise.
07:05 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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BeautifulFreak
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In response to Lindsay Martin.
I knew this was a gamble going in. We never would have known had we not tried. But I now know that these type of events just won't work for us, which clears up June and July (and we now have to fill those with something else.)
07:06 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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