It's Turkey Day here in the US, and since I'm already up at this ungodly hour of 8 am waiting for the oven to reach temperature, I thought I would reminisce about all the parts of Etsy I am thankful for.
I am thankful that it's a marketplace, where other small, mostly home-based businesses can get a foot in on Internet sales without knowing how to create a website.
I am thankful that the forums are always such a huge source of drama that I have something to talk about nearly every day over the dinner table. It's a ritual now for me and the Mr. - I ask him about work, he asks me what today's drama was. And there's always something!
I am thankful for the Storque, because I know it's always going to give me something to point and laugh at.
I am thankful for all the Flash-based ways to buy things. Who needs that pesky, slow, old school way to search like an advanced search engine. Shop with the Geolocator instead! It's a great way to waste time!
I am thankful for the chance to have been to the Labs, and to meet some of the Etsy staff in person - and realize that yes, at least one of them really does have NO SOCIAL SKILLS and needs to learn the basics like INTRODUCING YOURSELF.
Speaking of the Labs, I'm very thankful that I didn't actually STEP on on any of those pins on the floor. I should send them a broom for Xmas.
I am thankful that the Labs hadn't been shut down for serving alcohol to minors before I went there. Seriously, someone should keep an eye on that.
I am thankful that they use what I call the Grand Moff Tarkin Method of Crowd Control - it makes them look like idiots, it foreshadows what will eventually come, and it has given me the total freedom to create a blog that is not attached to my real name or business name so I too can spew forth my hatred of their stupidity out into the ether.
What I'm most thankful for, srsly, is my friends I have made through Etsy, and the friends I continue to make, because Etsycorp is SO FUCKED UP. So thank you, Etsy, for being such idiots and totally screwing up a great idea.
Now go eat some cranberry sauce or something.
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2 comments:
I am Thankful for this post ;>)
If I don't already know and love you .... I do now !
Thanks for making me not feel so alone in how I think about Etsy :D
Oh, BZ, I don't think we're alone. And I can only thing that our numbers will continue to grow as time goes on.
Which actually makes me very sad.
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