Response to Online Criticism
Yesterday
Recently, I shared a blog post on a topic that stirs up controversy every single time: the Semi-Annual Sale and the constant frustration over resellers — you know, the ones who clear entire tables in one swoop. Year after year, the same cycle of unhappiness, anger, and blame.
So, I did what I do — I wrote. I shared my perspective on my blog, in my words, under my name. Not buried in a Facebook thread. Not hiding behind a screenname in some comment section. I clicked the keys in my own space, fully visible and fully accountable.
And yet... here we are again.
People dragging me — and my name — straight into one of the most performatively outraged spaces of all: Reddit. (Which, by the way, made me laugh, because most of them clearly didn’t actually red’ it. See what I did there?)
They inserted my name into someone else's angry rant about resellers and used my post as some kind of exhibit in their case against anyone who dares to see the issue from a different angle. I've since left Reddit — and good riddance. That place was toxic for me, and I’ve been scaling back my social media for the same reason many long-time sharers have - self-preservation.
Still, I see it. I hear about it. And I sometimes wonder if there's a single topic left on the internet that I haven’t been dragged into. It’s like there’s a running list somewhere:
“Oh, someone’s mad about inventory? Let’s mention that ‘Daily Finds’ girl again!”
And then the usual suspects show up — the same three or four screen names — stirring it up like it’s some kind of hobby.
Someone actually wrote:
“I just finished reading a blog post by that Daily Finds person taking up for [resellers], saying workers should be thankful and customers basically should be ashamed for being upset. I definitely unfollowed quick btw.”
And then another joins in. And another.
Pumpkin.
Blooming.
Suddenly it’s a full-blown petri dish.
Let me clear something up:
I never said customers should be ashamed.
That’s your projection. Not my words. Not my message.
My post was simply another way of looking at a situation — a perspective, not a manifesto. A possibility: maybe the person buying up product is doing it to support their family. Maybe they resell to stay afloat. Maybe they donate. Maybe they own a small shop. And yes, maybe they’re just enthusiastic shoppers.
Resellers aren’t murderers. The way some people talk, you’d think BBW needed a crime task force. I saw people suggesting the company should legally ban me from stores. All because I dared to write words on my own page, using my own name, about my own take. Lovely community, isn’t it?
But I’m the snarky one?
You want to know what’s snarky? Saying I cry over everything. Saying I make myself a victim. Saying I’m “always acting better than everyone.”
I cry for humanity. For what online behavior has become. For the way people rip strangers apart because they’re so consumed by their own bitterness, they don’t know what else to do.
I don’t pretend to be better than anyone. I’ve never claimed that. I just write. I share what I know about a brand I’ve followed for years. That’s it. If that makes you uncomfortable, ask yourself why. You chose to read. You chose to twist. You chose to hate someone you’ve never even met.
So don’t be surprised when the stones you throw are returned.
Today
Today's visit
to Bath and Body Works netted me three more bottles of fine fragrance
mist. And from Monday until today, four days later, my store has
emptied out substantially. Gone are most of the mists...not only from
the 75% off table...but everywhere. I may have to order a few that are
online still since I forgot them on Monday's visit when everything was
filled up.
Tomorrow
Store Updates that COULD happen -
75% OFF New Additions for Friday, June 18th
- Pretty as a Peach Body Care ( Old Packaging)
- Sweet Pea Body Care ( Old Packaging)
- Aromatherapy Wild Wellness Body Lotion,Body Wash
- Easter Accessories
- Easter Gifts
- Easter Hand Soap
- Easter Single Wicks
- Select Room Sprays
Retired Fragrances and Tropical Fragrances moving to $5.95 pricing.
Sale Candles $12.95