Two Very Different Reading Experiences to Share With You All

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 05 Apr 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.

TemperanceAngel	05 Apr 2005
I have two very different experiences to share. The first one being a woman contacted me through my website and asked if I could read at her sisters' Hens Party she was organising. We e-mailed each other a few times and worked out people, prices etc. and I also realised she was organising this from London, the party would be in Melbourne. I presumed that she was Australian, but on the afternoon of the party I turned up to discover that instead she was from Yorkshire and her sister was marrying a man from New Zealand. I found myelf amongst a reunion of sorts and some of the most lovliest people I had ever encountered. It was a beautiful sunny day, I sat out on the balcony and did 15-20mins. reading for everyone. It really was such a great day. Most people have never had a reading before. I also felt part of their party. When I finished, I had a glass of champagne with them and they invited me out with them for the evening, which I declined. They also gave me a $50- tip! The whole experience from organising via e-mail to the event was a very wonderful and postitive experience :D The next experience is quite a contrast to the first. A woman rang me last Friday who had got my number via someone else and asked if I could fill her spot in the shop she reads from the next day. Even though it was short notice I think one should never say no to opportunities that turn up. I arrived at the shop the next day and was not made to feel not welcome at all, in fact, it almost seemed like they were doing me a favour. Shops are very specific about whether you can hand out your business card or not and the woman had said it was OK to advertise myself. A client asked me about past lives and as someone who does past life regression, the client wanted to know all about it. As she was leaving we were chatting in the shop, which is the polite thing to do, I think, when you have just shared a personal or intimate experience with someone, reading wise that is! The client asked me about past life regression and where I do it, price etc. So I told her. After she left a guy who worked in the shop came over and told me off for doing this. I felt mortified of course, and he went on and on for about 10mins. in the middle of the shop to the point where I was almost crying. I apologised profusely and told him if I had realised that, that was a problem then I would never had done it, but was lead to believe by the person who usually reads that it was OK. I had no clients booked after that and had to hang around for an hour and a half feeling dreadful until my husband picked me up. Monday evening the woman who I filled in for had left a message with my husband and said she would call back at 7:30pm. I was dreading the call. The phone rang at 7:30 and it was a friend of mine, we used to read from a shop on the same day and are very psychically linked. After awhile I told my friend about the experience and how the woman was ringing me at 7:30 and how happy I was when I answered the phone and it was her! She told me she was going to ring earlier but her feeling was to ring me at 7:30. Thank you Universe :) I haven't had a call from the woman since then. So two very different experiences and it just goes to show you how reading in different places can be great and not so great! Any other stories to share, positive or otherwise?

Rosanne	06 Apr 2005
Thank you for sharing these two reading situations. I am very biased as to your first happy party. It was a New Zealand associated experience and we a very nice people to know- even in our sister country we behave well.(LOL) As to your second experience, well you are obviously a very well balanced person and your commanding aura meant the lady has been psychically banished from your life- good thing too! I have had contrasting experiences over the years but not in the same week. The good times I record and the bad ones I smudge away. ~Rosanne

Tarot Sparrow	06 Apr 2005
Well congrats on the good story TA, and I'm so sorry about that bad one! It sounds awful, you had no way of knowing you were doing something "wrong" (although I still don't understand how it was supposedly wrong). But, if that ever happens again I would just tell them off right back if I were you. You were just trying to be helpful. I'm a timid person as well but I think if some a**hole talked to me like that I would blow up right back in his face. But yeah, I'm glad you had the good experience and I hope you have many more :)

TemperanceAngel	06 Apr 2005
Thank you both for your responses :) Rosanne, I have many great Kiwi friends and totally agree with you! Dead Star, I also felt I didn't do anything bad and had to bite my lip not to say anything back. The fact that I felt so mortified also had me in shock for a bit! Funnily enough I had a message from the woman on my voicemail this evening apologising about it all, which I was happy about. I think she didn't really understand it either :confused:

caridwen	06 Apr 2005
That man sounds like a total arse and a bully! Have you told his boss? He was totally out of order talking to you like that. It doesn't matter what you did, you should be treated with respect as a human being. If they were so particular they should have given you a list of 'rules' before you started. It's an experience to draw on, I'm sure you'll make sure of the 'rules' before you set foot in another shop. I'm biased about the first lot because they're from Britain:P Some people can pick up on others' weaknessess. That man may have known you wouldn't stick up for yourself and therefore had a go at you for no other reason other than make you feel small. Some people feel better by making others feel small. That's a sad truth. Send his bad energy back to him and be glad you don't have to meet him again:)

tmgrl2	06 Apr 2005
I love it when someone shares these kinds of stories, TA! Good for you on both accounts... The party sounds marvelous...glad that worked out well. The other situation did, too. You may choose not to fill in next time at that place, or discuss some ground rules...such as It was totally appropriate for you to discuss another area of your work with a client who might be interested. Shame on the store owner/manager....It must have been awful just waiting out the time. These are the things we all need to hear from people reading live. I am just starting....I was asked to do a bachelorette party this winter. At first I said "yes." But as I spoke to the young lady about our arrangements, she mentioned that by the time we got to the readings, everyone would be pretty well "sloshed," from drinnking and ready. Red flag for me. At first, I said I could come earlier and do the readings...then they could carry on with their festivities...she wasn't happy about that. So, I begged off. It turned out it was not for a bachelorette party. She just wanted all of her friends to know that she had a Tarot reader and that she would be getting an hour reading, and they would each get 15 minutes.... Anyhow, since I don't drink at all, it wouldn't have been a good environment for me...so I have no regrets I chose to decline...she hadn't made arrangements yet and I got to her within a day. Others who would like to read live, need to hear stories like yours to realize that you can expect just about anything. I am sure you have many more stories since you have been reading live for so long. Thank you again. Blessings and hope you are well! terri

Emeraldgirl	06 Apr 2005
caridwen wrote: That man sounds like a total arse and a bully! Have you told his boss? He was totally out of order talking to you like that. It doesn't matter what you did, you should be treated with respect as a human being. If they were so particular they should have given you a list of 'rules' before you started. I totally second that one. There is no call for a staff member of any organsiation to be rude to a customer, co worker, contractor or any one. If you want to be a prick do it on your own time. I have a very low tolerence for rudeness. On a positive note that first party sounded like the ideal day for reading :)

ncefafn	06 Apr 2005
I agree with Caridwen -- some people get their jollies hurting others. Your best response, like Caridwen said, is to send their energy back to them. Perhaps someday he'll understand. As for your good party, how lovely. It sounds like a beautiful experience. :) Kim

Nevada	07 Apr 2005
Thank you for sharing those stories, TA. What a difference. And I would've thought the shop would be the easier one, of the two. I love the part about your friend thinking she should call you at 7:30. You didn't need any more baloney, at that point, I'm sure. Nevada

TemperanceAngel	07 Apr 2005
terri you definately made the right choice for you, and thanks for sharing that story :) Nevada, I agree about my friend phoning she said to me that everytime she went to phone me she kept getting told, 'Not now, phone at 7:30!' Kim and Emeraldgirl in normal circumstances (as in, if I was to work there regularly) I would have said something, but on that day I felt it best to leave it alone and I am a firm believer that what goes around comes around. Honestly though, people who masquerade as the spiritual types in shops like that, but essentially just want to make money make me feel quite ill, literally. And we wonder why the spiritual/esoteric movement gets a bad name sometimes, ha!

ncefafn	07 Apr 2005
At the spiritual/new age shop in my town, the clerks are all college kids or college adults, so there's no pretension at spirituality. They're just there to pay their rent. :) Kim

TemperanceAngel	07 Apr 2005
ncefafn wrote: At the spiritual/new age shop in my town, the clerks are all college kids or college adults, so there's no pretension at spirituality. They're just there to pay their rent. :) The way it should be too! The new shop I work in, it's the same and everyone has an interest in the Divine, whatever their forte may be. Anyone have any reading stories to share, good, bad or ugly?

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