Armani

I sold another item on craigslist the other day. it was an Armani suit that had been passed onto me. In all honesty, besides being a bit dated, the suit looked brand new. i had never worn it and i don't know if the woman that had it before me had worn it, but she was a woman of clothing and i wouldn't doubt that the suit was never put on, except to be tried on. i put this all documented in my ad. never claimed to have thoroughly inspected the suit at all, but that i was trying to get rid of it.

i get a scathing email from the woman that bought it. how dare i sell her something that i had represented as new (i didn't) and didn't i know that a moth had eaten a hold in the sleeve (no, i didn't). she reported a dispute against me at paypal before i even responded to the first unsavory email saying, "new item significantly not like as described"

i refunded her money with a sweet note attached saying how truly sorry i was and yes, if i had noticed the moth spot, i absolutely would have not sold her the suit. but i did tell her to return the suit to me, so that i could try to sell it to another unsuspecting sucker. im kidding. but really, people are SO on edge and so quick to judge these days.

i had just been talking to other people about this same thing. i was going to send a friend a newsstory that i had read about a husband getting folded up in a hide a bed and dying after he and his wife had had a fight. i thought it was, not funny, but a weird story and i was going to send it to a friend because the irony of the whole thing was amazing. well, i decided not to...only for the reason, that with my accident prone husband, i didn't want something to happen to him, by his own doing, and have them raid my emails and see that i was looking at this hide a bed story.

how sad is life when everyone assumes the worst about people? i always assume the best, unless they have shown me the worst and even then, i will say, i have moments of weakness and glimmers of hope that their best will shine through for me.