Treena Harp wrote:
"Sadly, this attitude applies no matter what skill you possess. I'm a
skilled
and experienced seamstress, but I utterly refuse to sew for other people. I
tried to out of the goodness of my heart for friends, but when I did,
suddenly I was treated as a servant -- they wanted EVERYTHING for free, were
hypercritical of everything I did and were totally ungrateful no matter how
good the finished product was. This goes for my other hobbies, too,
photography included. I believe most people truly don't appreciate things
that don't cost them anything. I say no because I'd rather have them
experience a couple of moments of annoyance with me, than do it and possibly
lose a friendship over it."
I have done the exact same thing (as far as designing an making clothes for
friends go), Treena, and when you put it in this context, it truly makes me
realise the point that everybody has been making about this whole thing. In
fact, at the moment I am fixing a zipper in my friends "favourite pants" and
my machine broke down. She is phoning me everyday saying stuff like "are
you every going to finish them?" and "how long can it take just to change a
zip". Of course, she has never once offered to help pay for the repairs to
my machine which would of course, have them fixed much faster....
I guess it is the same for photography, people DO always seem to appreciate
something that they have had to pay for more than something they've been
given (not so with me though)...
The wedding stories that you guys posted are also testament to this...
fairy.
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