Message #80518

[crackerc]

I had something simliar happen, but not with the hog dogs. As you guys may know, we have the smal business selling camo and hunting products. We set up at different trade shows and showcase what we have.

We have been doing this for a couple of years and have had good responses. We have been doing shows all over Fla and into south Ga.

Well, we did a show on the west coast of Fla last year. It was a fall show, cooler weather and a good turnout. We had the booth set up with the children's camo, mossy oak purses, etc and our cut collars, vests, staple guns, etc.  Lots of people coming and going in the booth, and most people were outdoors type people.

Two older couples walked by together, and one of the women stopped and walked into our booth. She looked at the kids camo (we do infant and toddler only), the camo purses and wallets and just kept looking at me shaking her head. Finally she walks right up to me, venom in her eyes, gets almost nose to nose with me and tells me (in her loud New York accent)  that my booth was "disgusting" and that I should be "ashamed" of myself. Forcing kids to wear camo clothes, etc and making rednecks and such out of them......and hunting?? It should ALL be banned!!

Edited: What I didn't say was that my booth was full of people at the time and there were about 10,000 people at this event. This lady (or should I saw woman, as she was no lady....) was causing people to gather because of the noise and commotion she was making, which I assume, was her intent.

Well, that just caused this "redneck" to get mad. I usually stay pretty well composed when something like this happens, but this time I told the lady I paid for this booth space, I owned everything in it, and if she didn't like it, she needed to leave.

She got REAL mad, cussed me out and went to the show managment. It wasn't a hunting show, but had hunting and fishing related vendors along with other types.

The show managers were hunters though, so she didn't get anywhere with them! Made her that much madder and she walked back by my booth and if looks could kill I wouldn't be here today.

It does make you wonder about people with mindsets like this. This lady had to be 60 years old, probably lived in an apartment her whole life up north somewhere and had never been in the woods. Yet, she was telling me all about what a low life I was for having camo and hunting products for sale........

The scary thing is, this type of people are becoming more and more common.......and they VOTE!!!