IkkiCon, Day 2

[lillian13]

Nice day overall; sales were decent but nothing to write home about. :-)  The credit card machine network went wonky and slow for several hours; luckily most of my sales were cash.

One girl came by wearing a shirt that said "Sam 'n' Dean". I looked at her and said, "You are talking about Sam," I gestured way above my head, "and Dean," I gestured slightly lower, "right?" She told me, with a big grin, that I was only the third person who got the shirt that day. I was a little sad about that.

An adorable little Asian toddler came over to me yesterday and raised her arms in the universal "pick me up" gesture. I did, and she grinned and patted me for a minute before I handed her back to her bemused mom. She started that little whimpering noise when I did, and then every time she saw me that day she would reach for her. I think she was under the impression I'm a giant teddy bear or something. :-)

The head of security for this con is made of awesome. He's a cop, and really, really doesn't like shoplifters. When he caught one, he called the kid's parents and had them come in. Then he took the kid and his parents to the booths he stole from and made him apologize to the vendors. Then he threw him out of the convention. (You know, I really don't think that particular kid will ever steal again.) He also made sure I had his cell phone if I needed him or just to get someone to stand in the booth while I went to the bathroom. I wonder if he's married...?

Cool customer of the day: young (early college) man, who bought this shirt for his mom.

Comments

[marthawells.livejournal.com]

Hey, did you hear about this? http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-05/missing-14-year-old-girl-reportedly-headed-to-ikkicon I just saw it listed on SFsite news.