Going to a jewelry party wasn't exactly my idea of fun. The Pampered Chef party a week or so ago was a lot of fun, then then I like to cook. Jewelry on the other hand? I don't even wear a ring or a watch, and I don't have a girlfriend to buy things for anymore, so why would I go to a jewelry party? To keep the other guys company was what I understood I would be doing. Never did it cross my mind that I would actually have to participate in the party.
At the party were Herman and Jen, Misty and her husband, David, me, and another girl, Aimee. The girl that was running the show was Crystal. After the standard small talk and a few snacks, Crystal started the show. David, Herman and I became participants. Why? I'm not sure. Crystal went into saleswoman mode, and I was almost immediately turned off. She had a very pushy, in-your-face way of selling, and that always puts me off on whoever is doing the selling. Later, when I talked to Herman and Jen about my impression, they both said that selling wasn't really Crystal's thing, so I hadn't missed my mark. Going through the show was tedious. Jewelry was being passed around, we guys were asked to model it, and we all played a game.
Starting with the game was the first indication I had that maybe there were some ulterior motives afoot. Crystal said that one of the prizes in the game was her. She meant that she would come do a party for you, but both Herman and David made comments like, "Hey Joe! She's single! That'd be a great prize for you!" I didn't pay it any attention at the time--all three of us guys had been making snide comments throughout the show, and I put this off as just another one. The game was gimmicky, and I had yet another put off. It wasn't that if you played you could win Crystal, it was if you played you HAD to have Crystal do a show. Not a good idea to make that kind of claim on me. At the end of the show she asked us to fill out surveys that had our information on it for the purpose of, I assumed, follow on solicitation to do another show. I filled out mine with the information of the White House press secretary complete with address and phone number.
That turned out to be a tactical error. After the party, but still at Misty's house, Crystal went through the surveys and was verifying information. When she got to mine, she asked, "Who's Jay Carney?" I was busted! At the time I didn't admit anything, and there were accusations going around, but Crystal knew who's it was without too much thought. I laid low, and eventually figured out that Crystal was Misty's sister. I felt bad, apologized, and offered to fill out a real survey, but Crystal told me that it was all right.
After Crystal left, Jen took up the baton of matchmaking. She asked Misty, "So, would you fix up your sister with someone you liked?" Once that was said it was obvious to me that Herman and Jen were trying to fix me up with Crystal. Oops! I don't see that happening, especially after I acted like an ass by filling out a bogus survey and getting caught. Later, when I was talking with them about that party, they owned up that they were trying to fix us up, and I allowed that, as far as salesmanship was concerned, I was kinda put off by Crystal. To be sure I don't know her in a personal setting, and she might be the nicest person in the world, but I don't see us having a chance for any kind of date after the way I treated her at the party. Oh well, cest la vie.
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