Did you clap your hands and say next topic? 🤣🤣🤣 I ❤️ Charlotte. I ran into the channel about 6 months ago then spent days watching binging on content. i couldn’t help it. So I totally understand & I now hit 👍🏻 even before I watch it bc it’s always good!
Hahaha I found her 6-7 months ago and bingewatched ALL the videos in a few days too 😜💕😂 love Charlotte and can't wait for every new video! Just the sound of her voice makes me feel so cozy and of course the ending song! I catch myself to almost alway sing along
So Charlotte funny story. My husband and I (both in our 70's) were in Sam's Club last week. As we were walking out you have to stop and an attendant looks at your groceries and matches it with your receipt. She says, "Wow, you guys created a huge line behind you!" I quickly said, "Oh you didn't know. We're Influencers and these are our followers." She started laughing and I did a runway walk out the store. My poor husband didn't have a clue what I just said which was even funnier. 🤣🤣
The one about the "influencer" wanting a free portrait hit home, tied in with the calligraphy. I used to do, (and sometimes will still do for friends), hand drawn event cards, this is with pen and ink, not ball point pens, but an actual quill and dip ink, and colorize them, I also do calligraphy, 5 different fonts. 5 years ago, I submitted a card for use as invitations to the Witches Ball (Halloween party for Pagans), it did not make the invitation list, but they wanted to use it to make posters, (with a few added changes to the wording). In order for this to happen, I had to purchase larger art paper, and some inks, because it was going to take a lot of colorization. In total, I spent over $250 in inks, $125 in different quill nibs, $100 in art paper, (they wanted at least three versions to choose from), plus for my time and effort, and three different versions $650 per drawing., under$2500. Since it was July, there would be a limited time for them to accept, since I had order for 20 Personalized Halloween cards. For the one they accepted, would be $650, the other 2 would be 1/4 of that. (nothing in life is free). They accepted, and we drew up the paperwork, was paid half and half on delivery. I completed them first week September, as promised, the woman who signed the checks was not in, but would get it in the mail by Friday. week 1..0 check week 2...0 check, she would not return my calls. I t wasn't until just before Thanksgiving, I found out, they used all three artwork to make posters and sell them for $150 each, and were still selling them in November. I finally took them to small claims court. They had someone remove my signature from the original, and tried to say this was not my work, but someone else's. I brought in pictures, and a video of me doing them, as well as a copy of the first payment and the agreement. 6 months later I won and was awarded $1300 for the other two, +3/4 of the profit for each poster sold, and an additional $25,000 for compensation of the alteration of my works, and potential loss of future sales. Karma worked it's magic!
That’s so good of you to hold these people accountable! Sometimes people cannot deal with the stress of small claims court and just let the scammers get over. Good for you for sticking through it and congrats for getting compensated. U deserved that. Good luck in future clients
That’s so good of you to hold these people accountable! Sometimes people cannot deal with the stress of small claims court and just let the scammers get over. Good for you for sticking through it and congrats for getting compensated. U deserved that. Good luck in the future with clients.
"Influencers" should realize this: When you are influential enough the businesses will come looking for you. When you go asking for free stuff that's not being an influencer, that's being a beggar. The worst kind of beggar too. The scammer beggar that really doesn't have a need, but just doesn't want to work.
It seems to me that these influencers that ask for free stuff sabotage themselves. Who is going to want to work with someone that started out begging instead of working hard to get where they want to be. If they start off expecting handouts who is going to think that they'll later put in the work to get where they want to be. If you start out being lazy and thinking everyone owes you then that's how you'll always be seen. Put in the work and stop begging it doesn't look good on anyone
I just commissioned a painting from one of our incredible local artists, and I thought she didn't charge enough for the incredible detail work she did, so I sent her some more money. She did an exceptional job and I'm so grateful I met her :)
I had someone do the same for work they commissioned from me when I was starting out. People like you make the world a better place for small artists and business owners 😊
@@CharlotteDobre I totally agree. I mentor new Artists in my home town, especially female Aboriginal artists. Im an Aboriginal Female Elder, artist (writer/poet) and I earn reasonable money in my other professional work (University Lecturer). I also buy or commission their work as well. I pay top price (just commissioned a painting for $3000 from a mentee) as I know they tend to undervalue themselves. Its a joy to watch the younger generation grow in both confidence and artistry. I also love watching them get the recognition they richly deserve. Love your channel. Greetings from Aboriginal Australia.
As someone who took calligraphy classes in high school, I believe it! Our French teacher was also an ace calligrapher. She taught the classes and also hand lettered every one of our diplomas. I hope she got paid extra for it!
I remember trying to do calligraphy once in class and I had NO idea how to work that fancy pen. Kudos to you for learning that skill honestly, I respect the effort big time
Yes my father has been helping friends with weddings and special events for over 40 years. He didn’t ask for much in the beginning due to him just being kind. (1970’s -80’s) He now just offers small work for close friends.
When I was at school in the 50s, one of the kids in my class did all his school work in copperplate. I remember a master telling him he would never be short of a job with that ability.
I don't do calligraphy but I have a pretty cursive handwriting that takes me maybe 0.5-2 seconds longer to write a word than someone who finishes the same word in a normal (or bad style) and on a website where people asked if we could post our handwriting, a girl got mad at me and said "I fucking hate that cause of people like you we still get forced in school to learn cursive" and I was like: "Come down, its just writing" and she was like: "Yeah no, writing is not supposed to look this fancy" and I was shook cause no mather how hard I try to not write in cursive I just can't and so this is how I write on a daily basis... but aparently having a nice handwriting is not liked anymore ... oh my and of cause, if you can do it, than people will no mather what, be unhappy about it, no mather if they just can't do it themselfs or because it's harder than it looks like ... Imagine I could write in a way fancier cursive than the one I use and than show it to people as my "daily" handwriting ... oh jesus
Once, i was in a bookstore and a book i had been waiting for for 9 months had just come out. I didnt have enough money and this lovely woman overheard me say to my friend i couldnt afford it and came up to me and offered to pay the difference. She just told me to pass it on next time i got the chance. I still think about her. It was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me.
It's called paying it forward. Pass on a kind gesture in a way that you can to others. Sometimes it's small and every so often your able to help a person believe in humanity again. It's a ripple effect. Peace be with you sweet friend 🙂
As a massage therapist, the wording of the ‘come to Hawaii and massage me’ post is super creepy. The wanting to explore their body part in particular. I just had a creepy client who wanted a female therapist ‘not in a sexual way’ but he said ‘not in a sexual way’ about 20 times in our 60 minute session and by the end of the session it didn’t sound not sexual anymore…on top of him telling me about how his wife hasn’t had sex with him in the last 15 years and he seeks out other women for ‘touch, but not in a sexual way’ …he’s banned from our practice now
@@tomastomasi975 I just keep reporting them for pornography. RU-vid is slow though, for all the money they make you'd think they would hire more people to keep the bots under control.
@@Selena-gz9ts Yup, the funny thing is that the only Karen I had personaly meet so far is a very kind and polite woman while every single influencer I am aware off is totally annoying
For almost 10 years, I created and sold makeup online. I had to laugh at all the emails I'd get from people wanting free stuff. I got an email from a 'guy' who said that his wife just passed away and she really loved makeup. He had 3 daughters and wanted to know if I'd give them free makeup in order to help keep their mother's memory alive for them. I have to admit, that was original.
Wow, the lengths some people will go to for free stuff. I would have answered by asking "Isn't it worth PAYING to keep her memory alive, instead of asking a stranger for free stuff?".
My friend makes wax melts and bath bombs for extra income as she is disabled and has to work from home at her own pace. She is regularly commenting on Facebook about how people keep asking for free stuff, then get annoyed because she won't consider it. She's been burnt a few times from people asking for stuff and promising to pay next week as well, then never getting the payment. Now it's cash up front and no discounts or freebies. Beggars demanding freebies swarm like flies, you have to swat them away constantly.
@@hedgehog1965uk I hate when I see posts that say "I'm a single mom" like that's an entitlement. My mom was a single mom raising 2 kids throughout the 80s and 90s (me and my older sister are 8 years apart) and we had many times where we struggled but never once did my mom go up and do this kind of thing. People out here are really doing the most to get the least today.
Even if a seller or service offer says “price negotiable” I’m too shy and embarrassed to haggle. I can’t imagine the level of confidence these people have that they outright ask for stuff for free. It’s almost a pathological level of confidence 🥴
Yeah, me too. If the price is reasonable, I will just buy it at that price, otherwise ignore the offer. I am always afraid any lower price I offer will be too low and might be insulting. Much easier to not haggle in the first place.
Oh I know!!! If I'm 30 cents short at a checkout I literally feel like the ground is going to swallow me up and she's going to complain that they didn't just give her the pizza for "being an influencer"? Like "Girl! where do you get that confidence and can I steal it?!"
apparently a good personal exercise is to ask for 10% discount absolutely every time you buy something. Like Starbucks, hardware store, Mac Donalds, whatever. Most guys will just look at you like you’re bananas but quite a few will be like uh ok I guess. But the point of the exercise is to make you feel more confident
I could never take seriously someone that call themselves a "influencer". If someone is good at their job, or makes good content, people will be influenced positively by it, but they have to actually do something first, not just say they are "influencers" and expect people to treat them like royalty or something.
I agree 100 percent but sadly they do have mindless support from fans who idiolize them..I dont believe in anyone getting that much power..we are all human and no one is exempt from learning lifelong lessons and growth..we have influencers because we have fans
I've also noticed that ninety percent of the time the people that are actually really truly "influencers" don't see themselves as such and seem to have an awkward time referring to themselves as an "influencer"....... To me this suggests that people that think themselves as influencers are just on a power trip.......
I’m an older lady and very new to social media. I just can’t believe that these people think they should get anything for free so crazy. I love your channel I watch it every day. You crack me up.
Me too! I'm an older lady, and I'm getting rather hacked off that younger people think they OWN the Internet and Social Media, or technology in general... it's like "dahhhhhling! My Facebook account is older than you are!" 🙄
Story time for any media production graduates: Fresh out of college, I got my first "gig" editing 3 music videos for a local band. At first I wanted to charge but they managed to talk me into doing it for free (they're small, local, don't have the money, blah blah), and they said they would provide the footage. What they provided me was footage from ONE live show shot from two different cameras and some professional photos. I contacted the photographer to remove the watermarks on the photos, as I was making a music video and she said no (so frustrating). Anyway, I made a kickass lyric video using a 3D effect on the photos (which kinda lost it's effect with the stupid watermarks) with snippets of the live show thrown in to keep it entertaining. That took me about 30 hours to make, probably more. They loved it and asked for the other 2 as per our agreement. After the frustration of editing the first one, I now demanded payment. Even $8/hr would suffice. I also needed more footage/photos/anything. They had nothing else for me to work with and told me, "even just text on a bank screen would work." I promptly told them, "then why don't you do it yourself?" and never spoke to them again. Always know your worth, even if you're fresh out of college, that's still your time and talent going into something.
Just had a similar discussion with a coworker about a month or two ago. She's been into making prints for shirts as a side hustle. Her boyfriend's mom asked for her to make some for some of her family in California. She emailed them, got their approval on a similar design because what they originally wanted she couldn't find a good template for our something. Either way, they agreed to the design and the price so she made these shirts and sent them along with her boyfriend's mom when she went to California. She finds out that the family members don't like the shirts and are refusing to pay, but they didn't return them either and allegedly threw them away. I don't think she has the money to sue them, but I told her she should've. Because she had the proof that they agreed to the design and they agreed to pay, so either they had to pay her or return the shirts, they can't keep the shirts, even to throw away and not expect to pay. She put time, effort and money into making them and should be compensated.
Honestly, I would have waived the 30 cents for pizza , even if she weren't an "influencer" because it's a nice thing to do. But I'm betting she demanded with some attitude, instead of asking.
Most ppl wouldn't even have to ask for that, especially here in the lone star state, bc either the store would tell you not to worry about it, or ppl there would offer to pay it for you. What kind of influencer doesn't have chump change? Must be an unsuccessful one if they can't manage to scrounge up 30 cents!
I was once 1 cent short in the line at McDonald’s for breakfast when I was in college. I just stared at the cashier dumbfounded for a moment, then frantically searched my pockets in a panic. No luck. She just stared right back and flatly repeated that I was short 1 cent. There were like 4 people behind me in line and no one offered to help, so they all waited while I had to run out to my car to get the single missing penny because she also wouldn’t cancel the order. They all just stared at me as I can running back in and handed it to her. It was so embarrassing at the time, but makes for a funny story now! To this day, I still can’t believe it happened 😂 Some people just don’t care 🤷♀️
@@samantha5384 well, honestly, no one really has to offer you one penny, even though that would be the nice thing to do. Lol. That is quite a story. I was a cashier at a coffee shop and every penny counts. They have to balance the register at the end of the day. I would only waive it if it was a family own shop and the owners doesn’t mind me doing so.
It's all about the attitude. When I worked the register and somebody said "keep the change," I'd hold onto it just in case a later customer was short (usually little kiddos buying ice cream, but you get what I'm saying).
I love seeing entitled influencer reviews because they think their bad review is gonna turn clients away but knowing an establishment doesn't deal with these kinds of people make me wanna shop their more.
I seem to remember years ago there was some business- a restaurant or café or something- that announced rude & unruly children would no longer be welcome. Entitled parents of disrespectful brats started throwing fits about how they'd spread the word and no one would ever go there again. The business then saw an increase in customers because people thought, "You mean I can eat a meal without whiny brats bothering me? Sweet!"
It's kinda like how entitled Karens think when they say "I'm never coming here again/you've just lost my business." That it really makes a difference to most companies.
its not that youre not an influencer, it's that you are also a decent and enlightened human being, trying to influence for GOOD...which seems to be a rare trait amongst influencers in general!
The thirty cents lady....I have a feeling she was rubbing staff the wrong way already before the thirty cents shirt episode bc I've worked in so many gas stations and restaurants over the last 40 years and we are a very humble and giving bunch. I imagine if nobody in that place would hand her a quarter, there is a reason. Lol
I dunno. I used to stop once a month at this little gas station store in a small town. Usually I would buy $50-$80 worth of gas, a big soda maybe a bag of chips or a chicken box, other stuff. I usually paid cash. One day I only wanted a big soda and nothing else and I forgot my pocket cash so I went to pay for it with my credit card. Now the soda was overpriced there. Every other small town has a CircleK where the soda's are $0.99. At this store they are $2.49. I didn't care though as it was a nice little town and convenient to stop in during my travels. I could easily go on to the next small town but like I said I liked the little store, in spite of the overpriced sodas. So I didn't have any cash, and I owed the $2.49 + tax. I hand the girl, who I've seen there for years now every month, my credit card. She says, "It's a $5 minimum for credit card." Turned out I actually had almost $2 in change in my truck, but she wouldn't take it for the soda, wouldn't charge my card unless I bought things I didn't want. She offered no recourse. So I effing left the big gulp on the counter and just told her, well you get nothing then, now or ever again. I don't think she cared a bit. Now I usually get gas, a drink and chips 'n stuff the next town over and it's cheaper.
Our Potato Queen is the embodiment of her very own self-fulfilling prophecy. "You are the painter of your own mood. Your days are only as grey as you allow them to be." Long Live the Potato Queen! 🥔💜👑
I do calligraphy and IT IS a lot. You have to have a really steady hand, have to hold the pen a certain way for each stroke, have different sized nubs (the point of the pen where the ink comes out), etc. I'm a perfectionist, too, so I'll be redoing countless pieces Side note: I frickin LOVE that there was The Amazing World of Gumball clip ❤❤❤
My dad also does this and is amazing at is. I watched him teach himself how to do it and it took years for him to perfect his skill. The people who think it’s “just writing” are absolutely insane. They should do it it’s that simple 🙄
I do calligraphy as a hobby for my bullet journal and am by no means a professional, and it is very difficult to make sure everything is perfect. I can't imagine what a professional has to go through because it's not a hobby for them and they can't afford to screw up.
I learned the very basics of calligraphy back in art class, and it really was a lot of work getting something that looked even halfway good. Anyone claiming "it's just writing" should just go ahead and "just write" it. Hopefully they will realise their mistake by the time they got the calligraphy paper, pens/brushes, watched youtube tutorials, and practiced holding the pen to make the most basic font and repeating the basic letters for hours… Just a slight wobble at the wrong time and you have to redo the whole layout…
I also took calligraphy in art class and I couldn't get past the feel of the nib scraping across the paper. It was like nails on chalkboard to me. I have mad respect for anyone that can do it. It's a beautiful art.
"I'm not an influencer i'm a content creator, there's a whole difference" I wholeheartedly agree 👌❤ that's why content creators usually aren't entitled like these nobody influencers
@@sunnymist1198 content creators create content LMAO Influencers are those Instagram people who post nice pictures of themselves or food or whatever and they promote brands, fundraisers, etc Content creators are people who create entertainment, usually on RU-vid, but other social media sites are valid as well. (Posting a picture of oneself is NOT content) It’s also kind of a blurry line and people can be both content creators and influencers. It’s not like there’s a defined line between the two
The secret to this, is that the content creator builds up their following, and sponsorships, and even free products begin to flow. Asking for stuff is really bad manners! With over 600K followers, sending Charlotte a mug or reusable tumbler is a good move. Personally, I think it would be really cool if some company sent her a chair that doesn’t squeak 😂
Beauty RU-vidrs are an example of those that really straddle the line between content creator and influencer. They are truly both. Any RU-vid category where the creator reviews products is then directly influencing the market. I honestly don't think that most "influencers" on Instagram are actually influencers. They're Instagramers, they're a product themselves in that they are a form of advertising. Obviously the word has shifted to include these people, but they don't warrant it in my opinion unless they specialize in reviews. 🤷♀️
I'm a graphite portrait artist and I did a beautiful drawing for a friend on commission. She didn't think I charged enough so gave me extra. It felt so good to be appreciated for my work. It was a gift for her brother and 14 years later he still has it framed and hanging.
I make jewelry and I custom made a set for my favorite comedian. We agreed on $60 for the price, but he sent me $80 and pretty much just said I deserved it. I was super proud of myself. Its still one of my favorite pieces that I've ever made
So, that influencer actually wanted a discount on ONE SLICE OF PIZZA!!! The thing is, if she was a normal customer who was a few cents short, they would have probably been given the slice. Once this person started playing the "influencer" card and being obnoxious, there's no way they were getting that slice for 30¢ less.
*Right?! It's easy to get a lil help with paying for small things like that, if you're only KIND about it! The saying goes: You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar!*
@@JustKelso1993 Some places if the amount in the checkout doesn't fit the amount that the manager can see on the register they will dock your pay.... On the other hand, if you have more (from tips etc.) they will also keep it...
@@Griselda_Puppy yeah, i once helped someone on public transport who missed 50 cents to pay (because its more expensive to pay on the train then in the station and this person did not know that) and would get a huge fine if they didnt pay in full. That person was so gratefull got me a huge smile as my "reward". Also on the other end, I moved to a new town and there was this butcher i liked going to but it was only like the third of fourth time I went there, but the lady already recognised me, I ask for what i wanted and notice that I forgot my wallet at home. I was like shit i'll quickly go home and drive back get my wallet, and the lady was like, naaah, take it and just pay for it next time you pass by (could sometimes be a week before I passed by again.) If everyone would be kind to one another that world would be a very beautifull place
I'm an audio engineer and jeeeeeez people are so bad. I've lost count on how many people demand I mix their songs for free. Like wtf. I spend HOURS on a song, especially if they aren't even remotely close to this pitch of the song. I've done this for 12 years. But my experience and talent mean nothing to these kids. Ooooh my favorite is when they sing like crap and they send me vocals with autoune (crappy autotune because they know 0 music theory) and expect me to turn in the song sounding natural. Like wtf dude that takes so long since I have to melodyne each note individually to TRY remove the fast retune sound. But yeah I won't be sharing my stuff because I will not risk getting more people asking for free stuff haha jk but yeah no I won't share because it's being courteous and not self promoting. That's why I used this profile instead.
could you do some work for me - I'm looking for someone with good qualifications - I'm gonna be a big rock star n I'll tell everybody how nice you are n what a great job you did - I only have 5 subs now but when I make it big you'll thank me for letting you serve me 😁
I've worked in IT for over 20 years and I couldn't count the number of times people have asked me to come and fix their computer for free. I'm like "seriously? I spend all week fixing people's computers and being paid to do so. What makes you think I'd want to fix yours, in my spare time, for free?" Best response I ever heard was when someone asked my boss the same thing. He asked what they did and they said they were a builder, so he asked if they minded coming round and building him a new extension for free. Its shocking just how many people feel they're entitled to your free time.
@@Helbore yeees exactly. Man I feel for you. But we have learned from this and actually pay people for their work. I outsource for instrumentals a lot and I always pay them for their time plus a percentage of the earnings. At least we learned to treat people like people
The pitch change when you said Influencer was hilarious. Charlotte being humble is great. We are all influenced by her videos, because she brightens everybody's day, by making us laugh for 11+ minutes, and reminding us to not be entitled. Have a great Saturday, and weekend everybody!!
I do different styles of calligraphy, and it's NOT just writing. I started learning calligraphy when I was in high school and all through college. I was very good at it and always received A’s. In the past, I have done regular calligraphy wedding invitation envelopes for my sister and a few close friends for free. When I did my own, I addressed all my invitations in very intricate lettering, which took quite a bit of time. A few months after my wedding, I was contacted by a girl who was someone's “plus one” at our wedding, and she informed me she was getting married. She asked me in a lovely tone if I would address her invitation and return envelopes in the same lettering I had done on my own. I told her I could, but I would have to charge her since the lettering is very tedious and time-consuming. When I informed her of this, her tone changed into one of anger and profanity. She screamed at me and cussed me out because she knew I had done other invitations for free, but I told her the reason why they were free was due to the type of lettering I had done and also because the people were family and close friends. This made her even angrier, so I had to endure more profanity from her until she told me she would learn to do it herself, and her invitations would look way better than anything I did, then she hung up on me. A few months went by, and one of my husband's friends showed me the invite he received to her wedding, and it literally looked like a six-year-old had written them. The writing she tried was typical simple calligraphy, but hers looked like regular letters with added slashes. I never laughed so hard because I'm sure for the money she paid for classes, I could have done her invitations.
Don't let these "influencers" get that far. The moment the whining or display of unhappiness appears, the response is "I am afraid I cannot fulfill your request. Thank you for your interest. Good-bye." Ignore any further attempts at contact and block if you must. You have no obligation and no reason to accept being spoken to like that. Nip it in the bud.
This surprisingly goes both ways sometimes. Every time I pay a pic of my dog on insta I get pet companies dming me asking for my dog to "model" for them. What they actually want is for me to buy their products, take promo photos of them and post them to my account so they get free advertising. Sometimes they'll offer me a small discount on my next purchase. I've never accepted.
@@neekikg "buy this AND advertise for us" doesn't seem wrong but an influencer or bridezilla who wants a free picnic and to be paid is wrong? It's the same sh*t, different pile. All wrong. If you want something you give something. If you give you should get. You don't get to "get" twice and the other party loses twice.
I get those “offers” all of the time too. Especially when I post pics of my pug or my bordercollie/husky mix. I just ignore them every time. I figure there has to be a catch and I’m not patient enough to hear them out. 😂
Ever since I started my puppy’s Insta I’ve got DMs asking for her to model items (but I have to buy them first) or asking to use her photos on their account, for ‘reach’. I post her pics for my family to keep track of her and because I take sooooo many, it seemed a shame for no one to see her best shots. Why should someone else have any right to use her on their page? Now, if they sent me an item for her to model, that would be fine, but I’m not buying something she will only wear once. (She isn’t a fan of clothing, and will only tolerate a stretchy jumper when it’s cold. Jackets are a big No. She just chews them to bits.)
I got pulled into this too! Became an “ambassador” for an up and coming clothing company. Got a meager discount for myself, and tried to get my maybe-700 followers (definitely not their audience) to buy from them using my ambassador discount code. I didn’t make any commission and spent way too much on their clothing.
For that one saying for five pounds they'd do an unboxing video, it would be worth the money to send them one of those glitter bombs that one guy on RU-vid keeps getting package thieves with.
And that's fine, but they can gtfo with that hourly wage. An assistant of that caliber should charge like a decent lawyer does. You get what you pay for.
As a calligrapher, I can vouch for the fact that it takes a LONG TIME to address envelopes. It personally takes me 15 minutes per envelope and my style isn't even as fancy as other calligraphers!
@@Haapysoul Hi, I was just being sarcastic (though it's tricky to tell via the internet). I don't offer free services but I do have some free resources if people want to learn such as the content on my RU-vid channel and my blog
My husband is a blacksmith, we both do cosplay and I do other stuff like stained glass and ppl are HORRIBLE about what they think they are entitled to. Most ppl balk at a custom made knife for 200$ up or a custom hand foraged sword at 500$ because they have absolutely no idea the sheer amount of work a blade that will outlive yourself, completely hand forged and customized costs. The price of materials alone have gone up 500% in the past 10 months. Samething with cosplay costumes and stained glass. Scarily large amounts of ppl think influence on social media equals instant money in bank account or increase in PAYING customers. 9 times out of 10 there is a very good reason a handmade product costs the amount it does. If you think it's so damn easy do it yourself and let me see the results.
I make celebration, wedding cakes etc.. that take hours and skill to make. The same applies to my industry, everyone wants something for nothing nowadays.
I think most people balk at the price, not so much because they don't know about the amount of work, but because most people don't have a lot of extra cash to blow and most people just really don't need stained glass and extreme quality handmade blades and the like. People with the spending money will buy what they want. The rest have to buy what they need and the extra spending money is rationed. Someone has to really be into stained glass to spend big bucks on stained glass if they aren't just rich and money is no object. So people see it, and they know it looks good and they want it, but they balk at the price becasue they can't afford the luxury, not because they don't think it's worth it. I'm sure there are some, of course, that think that, but even most of the loud mouths talking about how it's overpriced are just butt holes that wouldn't buy your stuff even if they had the money, which they don't.
@@gabrielpowers766 if you can't afford it and you already know it don't insult the craftsman with a sob story on why you deserve a discount. How about doing some damn research before insulting a craftsman because you think it's oh so easy to make the thing's I do and my husband does(in addition to many others). Beggars have NO right to whine and complain about the prices. Oh and there is a little know concept called SAVING MONEY.
one year for Christmas, I decided to write a letter "from Santa" to my young daughter. I tried to do it in super fancy calligraphy and it took me literally 3 hours to write a one page letter. and it still looked like shit lol but it did the job XD
Reminds me of this person who wanted me to do a commission for 'exposure'. I sketched a picture of myself flipping her off along with all the receipts of our interactions with a message calling them (and others like them) out. Haven't been hit up by folks like that since. XD
I work at a hotel and we had an influencer who said we would be sorry if we did not give her not only a free room but the suite at the property for free over a busy summer weekend. These people have just become ridiculous.
Los Angeles Confidential is the name The Game (music artist) uses for his Instagram account. That jumped out at me but think that was probably just a coincidence lol
@@champ1ontryymegaming304 It could also have been someone seeking to capitalize/steal the "fame" of The Game (artist) as well, by dropping hints in the hope he'd get some sucker to do this.
@@laneyhesse8102 I still don’t get this. Where in the United States are the politics not screwed up? I wanna move there. Because I can list every state where they’re having issues and most will make the list.
We've been in trouble long before influencers came along. It is Hollywoodland, the place where dreams came to die and where movie studio execs SA young girls and boys who want to be famous. SMH
In addition to “it takes f***ing hours”, it’s also about the literal YEARS of practice, the blood sweat and tears that have gone into honing your skills as an artist - as a physical performer that’s literal blood, sweat and tears
Since when has "influencer" been a thing to be? Is that supposed to be a job? Do they really think anybody CARES what they think about anything at all. I know I sure don't.
Unfortunately a lot of young and old people do. People who are too naive or ignorant to realize they’re getting screwed by some random chick selling skinny tummy tea that just makes you shit for 4 days straight. People who aren’t as internet savvy just don’t know. It’s also how mlm business schemes are so prevalent now. :(
Sure they do. If they are really big influencers and someone fresh out of college with little experience is searching for a job, they will find someone without big trouble. $ 25-30/h is a lot for someone young. Yes, there is a lot to do, but most companies expect that from beginners and not all pay that well. See Buzzfeed for instance....they got a lot of freshly out of college young adults who they exploited as much as they could before they woke up (and most needed over a decade to do it).
I have a BFA in photography and graphic design. I can't tell you how many times people have asked me to do things for free. I did it for friends when I was in college but now, no. I really like your phrase "Because it takes me f****** hours."
"Isn't it crazy how we used to write like that and now it's art?" 5 centuries from now emojis are gonna be in museums! Requested by the wealthy and comes in high price with high effort!
Ah, I think that you have just cracked the secret code of Egyptian Hieroglyphics...and the future of language..a picture paints a thousand words no? 🎨😁
@@virginiaviola5097 Well actually thats not how Egyptian or other anatolian hieroglyphic languages work. They are systems of signs that have mostly syllabic, sometimes words meanings defined so very exact that they undergo vowel shifts. They are fully developed language systems that have syntax, flection and grammar. It doesn't really work for emojis tho, that are rather mere symbolic signs of association.
Micro-influencer? Is that a real thing? It sounds like the social media equivalent of a participation trophy. Also, not sure who the last one was but holy bejeezus, 🤣 At least they weren't trying to pay in exposure
You know how "influence" a hotel? When you check in make sure you're already a points member, be extremely nice, and make sure you slip in a 100$ bill with your ID at check in then smile and ask "are there any upgraded rooms" tip again if the answer is yes. Make sure you tip everyone(even staff you don't have to)and don't act like you're doing them a favor. Just be polite and insist they take the tip because they're working very hard and don't ask for anything in return. This always, always works for me(I'm currently in a hotel on my memeber points). This ensures if you do travel alot and you frequent the same hotels or chain of hotels you're on record as a good guest which means you don't act like an influencer, treat the staff like they are people not servants, and known for tipping well. People will want to give you various little perks because they know you're not some abusive Karen or influencer.
Well I wish I had run into you in all my customer service years. I do know that with me the nicer a person was the better treatment they got.. it's funny how that works.. and thank you for being one of the good ones❤️
Exactly! Well said! Just like everything else in life, what we get out of someone's business is a return on what we invest in it. Want good? Give good. Give nothing? Receive nothing. Give bad? Expect bad. (And yes, tips and bribery do help, in the Hospitality industry and elsewhere. "Excuse me, sir. If I were to ask you if I can be upgraded to the Lotus Suite, what would you say?" "I'd say, 'I'm afraid that's not possible at this time, sir.'" "What if _Benjamin Franklin_ were to ask you if I can be upgraded to the Lotus Suite? * tugs a $100 bill taut between his fingers *" "I'd say, 'Expect my bellhop to knock on your door and help you move to the Lotus Suite by 9:00 PM.'" "Thank you, my good man." * hands over the "tip" *)
@@Beepbopboop19 Well, considering that suites in high-end hotels can cost thousands of dollars a night, a one-time hundred wouldn't be quite so much of an expense (all the better if the concierge or the GM really likes you and shaves a little off the nightly rate to keep you as a customer).
We had an "influencer" reach out to our company wanting free product. He said he would let his followers know of our company. The amount of product he wanted was actually very little. However, the bigger issue is...........our company is a wholesale distributor. This means we mostly sell pallets or truckloads of merchandise. If a customer only wants 25 each, we usually recommend Home Depot. I highly doubt his followers were people who would buy pallets/truckloads of our product.
With all these "influencers" fishing for free stuff in exchange for "good reviews", why would ANYONE judge an item's quality by what any influencer said about it at all? If they want FREE STUFF THEY'LL ALWAYS GIVE GOOD REVIEWS? How stupid are influencers and the people that actually trust them?
Ha! He’s one of the two that came to my mind as well, but someone else pointed out in the comments that the ad read “join HER team”. Dammit. Lol I don’t know why, but I’m so curious who it is. They must have $$$ and they are only willing to pay the person they are going to run into the ground $25-$30/hr?!!
I had a teacher that took a calligraphy course in college so every time she wrote notes for us to copy down she was always using it. It takes so much longer to write in calligraphy. Lol
My High School English teacher did Calligraphy, but nobody would have dared to ask her to do something without pay, even if influencers were a thing at the time (early '70s).
Last year a restaurant owner on a Greek island went viral over the following response to influencers asking for free food: “My family has a restaurant on a Greek island. We receive dozens of messages like these every year: ‘I'm an influencer, can I come and eat in exchange for posting a photo of your restaurant on instagram?’ they explained in the viral post. “For the last three years I have been responding with the following: ‘Thank you very much, however our restaurant has a policy. We charge every influencer who wants to eat here normally, however we offer food of equal value to people in need instead.’ They never respond of course even if they know their money would buy food for someone in need....
I lasted about a week on Facebook. The last straw was someone sending me a photo of the inside of her fridge to show how much yogurt she bought. And 500 photos of her daughter in every costume imaginable. I totally ran out of omgs and lols and just fled for my life.
@Ysabela Let's make a deal, "Ysabela": You keep posting your poərn links, and I'll keep Reporting you and doing my part to get your account shut down, and then your next spambot account, and the one after that, and the one after that, ad infinitum. Deal?
Calligraphy, like anything else, is a technique that requires certain skills. And apart from that, that person sounds like she urgently needed lessons in good manners way before calligraphy.
I have a small restaurant review site. I needed artwork. I asked the artist for the cost. I paid the cost. I received fun art for the site, and she received "exposure". More importantly, she was paid her normal fee. Works so very well that way ;)
@@SarahJeanCole Yup, and it's from last summer, and he's a cis gay dude that hasn't made any pronoun/gender changes since then. My guess is Trisha Paytas.
I never understood the whole "I'll post you and my followers will see you!" thing. From a business standpoint, if a person has 10k followers -- even 100k or 1 million -- and only 2 of them live in the area the business resides, why would any of that matter? No one is going to order a slice of pizza from Virginia and have it shipped to Oregon. How do these people think they're special or famous enough to actually matter?
I have NEVER purchased any product or service based on what some 'influencer' posted on their Instagram page. I don't even follow these deluded fools on social media. The only thing that influences me on a particular basis are the Yelp reviews. The better the ratings, the better the odds are that it is a good business.
There are *some* people who are impressed by influencers. Young and stupid people most likely, and I'm in some doubts as to how much disposable income they might have, but hey! a few of them *might* buy something. I think influencers mostly live on hope and delusions of importance.
My best friend wants to eventually start their own florist business, they create beautiful displays, and at the moment works in our local grocery store. When I have my wedding (whenever we're able to, hopefully once covid dies down more), I absolutely plan on having them create my bouquet. Not only am I going to pay them, and tip them, but because I know how important this is to them, I'm also going to share the pictures wherever I can.
1:02 the influencer has 10,000 followers (none of which they actually interact with) and does not have thirty cents. She shouldn't be getting married if she can't afford pizza and postcards.
Influencers means entitled cry babies. When someone starts to define their worth by how many likes and followers they have. It’s when these people needs to sit down with a shrink and get back to reality. Sad how young people are turning into snow flakes and social leeches. Bravo to this young lady to have a high standard and self worth. Keep up the great work.
"Influencers" need to stop hiring cute young men and women. They should be hiring people like me. I've got 7 kids. I can do it all and do it all without complaint. They need a mom not an assistant, lol
@@me2ontube absolutely! Let me ask some questions first: hung dry or dryer? Any stains? Anything dry clean only? Lol! Sadly, laundry is my life. That and saying, "Are you serious?! I just cleaned that."
Wooh! Charlotte, the Kenyan influencer trended all week in Kenya because of her outrageous requests. She actually thought it was a good idea to ask for all that, then she disguised it as "Knowing your worth"🙄
I was looking for this comment and I am from Kenya too .Iam so glad you commented because I really wanted to know who that was😂. because I missed it when it was trending The audacity of that girl 😩!!!
My friend paints and her paintings are really good. When we’re finally in the same country, I want her to do some paintings for me. But I’m sure as hell going to pay full price and give her a big ass gift. It astounds me how demanding people can be!
Charlotte is that type of person who'll walk up to you at a bar if you're sad and ask how your day's going and then try to cheer you up. She's so kind and sweet!!! :'(
It takes longer to centre, place, measure and mark up the lines than any actual calligraphy does. And especially with any of the cursive hands, you're drawing lines for days, only to spend equal hours very carefully erasing the bloody things. The writing is the easy bit!
I kinda wish they exposed that 240k influencer because anyone that treats and artist like that should not be "influencing" anyone let alone 240k teens on insta
Charlotte, you're my top choice for anyone to watch. I love hearing your voice and seeing your face 😻😻😻 What these entitled "influencers" fail to understand is that it's only free if companies approach them and offer things, not vice-versa 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
An influencer needs to have a following in the hundreds of thousands, minimum, for businesses to take any notice of them. Even then they rarely give free stuff to people who ask, the business has to ask the influencer and I believe this is a legal thing or something similar. Notice how practically ALL these entitled influencers usually have a few thousand followers tops and this means they are just entitled choosing beggars.
Ha! I have like 200 followers on Instagram and most are family and then people from high school. I had like 90 but in the last month all of these random strangers started to follow me. I couldn’t figure it out I only have literally one picture posted and I post on my stories maybe once a month. One day I got like 50 messages asking why I hadn’t followed people back? Apparently my username had been accidentally put in some thing where everyone agreed to follow each other so everyone would get more followers. Umm I didn’t even know this was a thing? Now I’m getting threats sent to me for not following back so I seriously block somebody every time I get on, which is maybe weekly but still. I’m ready to just delete the whole freaking app.
When my son was 9(he’s 11 now) he made a gaming RU-vid channel. He got a bunch of friends and family to follow him. So he had about 150 subscribers. He contacted a bunch of gaming products telling them he would give them exposure in exchange for free products. One big company actually did watch some of his videos and gave him advice to make them better. They also gave him a $20 gift card. It was the sweetest thing ever.
10:24 this is an ad for slavery. This is exactly how most slaves were treated throughout the history. These kids are asking for slavery with less expense than they would have with actually owning slaves. This world may not be a good place most of the time, but it surely doesn't deserve these "influencers".
You may TECHNICALLY be an influencer too, but you're someone who creates content that actually makes people laugh and feel good. The others just post the illusion of their lavish "lifestyle" which is almost always a farce. Thanks for making us smile sis!
She knows she’s an influencer but she’s basically saying she doesn’t wanna associate herself with that name especially since it’s used a lot to try and get free stuff. Most influencers are content creators anyway
I agree she's technically an influencer too, and I consider her videos to be more "Reactions videos" rather than an content creator. One of her videos about "hair dye fails"... was all the same pictures in a Bored Panda or some other Hair Dye Fails list that I had just gotten in my Google news feed within the previous day. I'm guessing that she found the exact same link and just used the same pictures for her video. I don't remember if she mentioned or credited the website for the pictures. But are there ANY original ideas left on the internet anymore? Most content is someone's version of someone else's list of something, or attempt at something. TikTok is that x10,000. If anyone is advertising a sponsored product... they are an influencer. You are getting money, products, discounts, or free services to tell people to download, try, or buy a certain product. Influencer. Edit: Yup, Bored Panda, 4 months ago, "35 Hair-Dye Fails That Make You Feel Glad You’re Not The ‘Victim’ In The Pictures". I had just viewed all of these pictures, and then her video came out with the same pictures. Now we get compilations that are ripped off from TikTok. It's all about recycled content nowadays. I remember back when people used to share fail lists to Facebook for free with only 300 friends (followers). 😂 Little did we know we could be getting paid for that on RU-vid! lol
