Mallah
Has anybody gotten any impression--either by direct client say-so, or by other means--that some might not choose to sit with us because we are in a public location? "My boss might see me..." or, "Fred from accounting might see me here getting a reading on my lunch break..." or "One of my friends might see me and think it was weird..."
Last fall I spent several days reading on a public mall, and got lots of business...(will go back in the Spring)...but it occurred to me that if it had been lunch hour on a weekday, many of the passersby would be business people out for lunch, and they might be less inclined.
Some places, you feel not so out-of-place: a psychic or metaphyisical fair for example...but in a Farmer's Market, or Coffee Shop (depending on the clientele and part of town), you might be more....freaky.
Teens, for example, are very very self conscious, and will only sit for you if they are with a group who wants to sit as well (peer support) or in a place where their friends will not possibly see them.
It occurs to me that Guys might have a problem sitting "for advice"....like stopping and asking directions....it's very much a guy thing to try to make your own way in the world. Perhaps that's why 90% of our clients are female.
All this self-conscious self-talk might go on and we as readers might not really think of it that way, as we are very used to the cards; they are something we do every day. For most people the cards are very different.
I bring this up cause I'm wondering if anyone's actually heard people SAY it, and also because it occurs to me that choosing the location to "park it" will have a marked result on how many sitters we get!
Last fall I spent several days reading on a public mall, and got lots of business...(will go back in the Spring)...but it occurred to me that if it had been lunch hour on a weekday, many of the passersby would be business people out for lunch, and they might be less inclined.
Some places, you feel not so out-of-place: a psychic or metaphyisical fair for example...but in a Farmer's Market, or Coffee Shop (depending on the clientele and part of town), you might be more....freaky.
Teens, for example, are very very self conscious, and will only sit for you if they are with a group who wants to sit as well (peer support) or in a place where their friends will not possibly see them.
It occurs to me that Guys might have a problem sitting "for advice"....like stopping and asking directions....it's very much a guy thing to try to make your own way in the world. Perhaps that's why 90% of our clients are female.
All this self-conscious self-talk might go on and we as readers might not really think of it that way, as we are very used to the cards; they are something we do every day. For most people the cards are very different.
I bring this up cause I'm wondering if anyone's actually heard people SAY it, and also because it occurs to me that choosing the location to "park it" will have a marked result on how many sitters we get!
