Becky
Well-Known Member
Whenever my drying rack gets too full, I take a heap of soap in & give it away to everyone that I work with. My boss is a quite greedy about what she takes.
For example, she was over at my house one afternoon looking at the new kitchen that we have just had installed, getting ideas for her own renovations. I gave her 6 or 8 bars of soap then. A couple of days later I took a boxful in to the office, and she grabbed another 4 or 5 bars of the OMH. Bearing in mind that the OMH is the one that everyone wants.
Now she has decided that she wants to learn to soap. This is great, I have given her links to all my favorite websites, loaned her books, etc, done everything I can to help her research & told her to let me know when she was ready & I would have her over one weekend & teach her how.
I also offered her my M&P stuff, for free, to have a try with.
Her response was no, I want all your recipes. I'm going to learn how do do it, then sell....I mean give it as gifts. (She is quite aware that I intend to sell my products)
Now, I'm happy to give anyone my recipes, they are not big secrets. I am happy to help anyone learn, as I would have loved to have someone to learn from. (In person, I mean). Her attitude to it is slightly off, is all.
Part of me thinks that I should just be flattered, give her a couple of recipes & not worry about it.
The other part of me feels kind of offended at the assumption that I would just hand over all my hours of research, learning, practicing etc, for her to be in competition with me at the local markets, where there is currently NO competition!!
Am I overreacting? Or should I, to quote my DH, just build a bridge & get over it?
For example, she was over at my house one afternoon looking at the new kitchen that we have just had installed, getting ideas for her own renovations. I gave her 6 or 8 bars of soap then. A couple of days later I took a boxful in to the office, and she grabbed another 4 or 5 bars of the OMH. Bearing in mind that the OMH is the one that everyone wants.
Now she has decided that she wants to learn to soap. This is great, I have given her links to all my favorite websites, loaned her books, etc, done everything I can to help her research & told her to let me know when she was ready & I would have her over one weekend & teach her how.
I also offered her my M&P stuff, for free, to have a try with.
Her response was no, I want all your recipes. I'm going to learn how do do it, then sell....I mean give it as gifts. (She is quite aware that I intend to sell my products)
Now, I'm happy to give anyone my recipes, they are not big secrets. I am happy to help anyone learn, as I would have loved to have someone to learn from. (In person, I mean). Her attitude to it is slightly off, is all.
Part of me thinks that I should just be flattered, give her a couple of recipes & not worry about it.
The other part of me feels kind of offended at the assumption that I would just hand over all my hours of research, learning, practicing etc, for her to be in competition with me at the local markets, where there is currently NO competition!!
Am I overreacting? Or should I, to quote my DH, just build a bridge & get over it?