RaynelleM
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(Not sure if this is the right place for this, please move if not)
Ok this is not a life-threatening situation or anything but I’m just really pissed off.
So this past x’mas I bought an empty MAC es palette (quad) and a $25 gift cert (for 2 es) for this girl at my work. She’s one of the few people around my age at my work so I hang out with her a lot. Well before x’mas she kept mentioning how she wanted to go to MAC and buy es and how she’s never been there cuz it’s so expensive etc etc. Well since 98% of my make-up is MAC I decided to introduce her to it via an x’mas gift. And then after x’mas I went with her to MAC so she could pick out some colours. She only ended up buying 2 which the gift cert covered. I’m just going to say now that I did not receive a gift from her, which is fine cuz x’mas is about giving but still the child in me was a little disappointed.
Well today I told her how I bought a new lipstick yesterday (at the Fafi event) and she asked me to come show it to her. So when I go over she looks at it tells me it’s a nice colour and then says “I hate MAC, I’m never buying MAC again”. So, I ask her what happened, expecting her to tell me she had an allergic reaction or something. No. She tells me how the 2 es broke inside the case when it was in her purse. Now let me just mention this girl carries everything in her purse, her lunch, a novel, everything and it’s one of those bags that looks like a sling so there’s no compartments and everything is just thrown in. And then she goes on to say how she’s so mad at MAC cuz she spent so much money for that stuff (yeah apparently she’s forgotten that I was the one that spent the money!!). So I asked what she did … I would have put the crumbled pieces in another container and mixed the 2 colours together … and she said she threw it out!!!! And the empty palette as well!!! WTF!!! That’s like $35 wasted, just wasted!!! I could’ve bought myself something with that money … or left it in my savings account where it was in the first place! And how is that MAC’s fault?? And why the hell would you tell the person that bought you the gift that you threw it out?? I mean it’s not food or something that’s gone bad … it just broke into pieces … it’s still useable! Am I wrong??
I guess I’m just mad cuz of the way she was saying it … like I mentioned earlier, she was talking about it like she used her own money to buy it. And then to prove her point she pulls out some cheapo drug store es and says “look this one hasn’t broken”. I don’t know if she really forgot that I had given it to her as a gift but it just seemed really insensitive to me … firstly I never forget what people have given me no matter how small and secondly if I did ever happen to break a gift I would never tell the person and on top of that blame the company which made it!! I think also cuz I am being so tight with my money right now, trying to save up to take some make-up courses later this year, even $35 seems like a lot of money to waste esp when it wasn’t necessary.
Neway, I didn’t say anything to her, I just left. But I just wanted to rant to someone and since no one I know really appreciates my love of MAC and make-up in general, I thought I write here cuz I know you guys really know the value of MAC and (I’m hoping) understand what I’m talking about.
Thanks for reading.
Ok this is not a life-threatening situation or anything but I’m just really pissed off.
So this past x’mas I bought an empty MAC es palette (quad) and a $25 gift cert (for 2 es) for this girl at my work. She’s one of the few people around my age at my work so I hang out with her a lot. Well before x’mas she kept mentioning how she wanted to go to MAC and buy es and how she’s never been there cuz it’s so expensive etc etc. Well since 98% of my make-up is MAC I decided to introduce her to it via an x’mas gift. And then after x’mas I went with her to MAC so she could pick out some colours. She only ended up buying 2 which the gift cert covered. I’m just going to say now that I did not receive a gift from her, which is fine cuz x’mas is about giving but still the child in me was a little disappointed.
Well today I told her how I bought a new lipstick yesterday (at the Fafi event) and she asked me to come show it to her. So when I go over she looks at it tells me it’s a nice colour and then says “I hate MAC, I’m never buying MAC again”. So, I ask her what happened, expecting her to tell me she had an allergic reaction or something. No. She tells me how the 2 es broke inside the case when it was in her purse. Now let me just mention this girl carries everything in her purse, her lunch, a novel, everything and it’s one of those bags that looks like a sling so there’s no compartments and everything is just thrown in. And then she goes on to say how she’s so mad at MAC cuz she spent so much money for that stuff (yeah apparently she’s forgotten that I was the one that spent the money!!). So I asked what she did … I would have put the crumbled pieces in another container and mixed the 2 colours together … and she said she threw it out!!!! And the empty palette as well!!! WTF!!! That’s like $35 wasted, just wasted!!! I could’ve bought myself something with that money … or left it in my savings account where it was in the first place! And how is that MAC’s fault?? And why the hell would you tell the person that bought you the gift that you threw it out?? I mean it’s not food or something that’s gone bad … it just broke into pieces … it’s still useable! Am I wrong??
I guess I’m just mad cuz of the way she was saying it … like I mentioned earlier, she was talking about it like she used her own money to buy it. And then to prove her point she pulls out some cheapo drug store es and says “look this one hasn’t broken”. I don’t know if she really forgot that I had given it to her as a gift but it just seemed really insensitive to me … firstly I never forget what people have given me no matter how small and secondly if I did ever happen to break a gift I would never tell the person and on top of that blame the company which made it!! I think also cuz I am being so tight with my money right now, trying to save up to take some make-up courses later this year, even $35 seems like a lot of money to waste esp when it wasn’t necessary.
Neway, I didn’t say anything to her, I just left. But I just wanted to rant to someone and since no one I know really appreciates my love of MAC and make-up in general, I thought I write here cuz I know you guys really know the value of MAC and (I’m hoping) understand what I’m talking about.
Thanks for reading.