Dear Jasmine,
Sit yourself down, grab a chamomile… oh wait, none for sale. This letter is written directly to you. Strap in, because the level of overreaction I’ve witnessed over something so trivial is staggering, and it’s time to lay it all out.
Misreading Intent
Over the past year, I sent blog posts about general holistic business practices and affiliate schemes. Not about you. Not about Pilgrims. Just general commentary designed to spark discussion. Yet somehow, you read them as a personal attack. Blocking me, threatening police involvement, ending a friendship—over generic business advice. How stupid must you be to misread something this badly? It’s like a child throwing a temper tantrum because they don’t understand what’s being offered rather than an adult asking appropriate questions.
Anxiety and Assumptions
Your anxiety and assumptions clouded your judgment completely. Misreading generic commentary on fragile egos as being targeted at you specifically—when that was never the intent—is a masterclass in absurdity. Every “oh I’m not sure” you flapped about anytime the affiliate scheme was mentioned was unnecessary and hilariously overblown. It’s like thinking I was asking for your last biscuit and cup of tea.
Income Streams You Shat Away
Other businesses in the holistic trade know multiple income streams are necessary: tarot readings, rare books, online sales, affiliate schemes. You refused a simple opportunity that would have put money in your coffers regardless of your lack of technical ability. Every sale you could have sent me? Gone. Your pride? Intact. Your tills? Empty. You’re like someone scoffing a sharing platter alone and expecting everyone else to pay their share. Absolute fucking genius.
Collaboration Is Not Competition
I acted as a complementary business, not competition. Your refusal to engage in standard business practices, or even just acknowledge the principle of affiliate schemes, is foolish. Every other business understands collaboration is essential to survive—this was reinforced at a recent business networking event. Even there, other businesses recognised that online retailers can offer sales that brick-and-mortar shops can’t. Your reaction? Complete oblivion.
Customers Will Go Online Anyway
If a customer can’t find what they want in Pilgrims, they’ll go online. So why not forward them to me and get a slice of the sale? Every time you failed to do this, you were effectively twisting another knife in your own back. Et tu, Jasmine? Lost revenue for me? Sure. But more importantly, lost revenue for you. Pride and paranoia left your tills emptier than necessary.
Networking Insights
Even at the networking event, it was recognised that collaboration is necessary to survive. Your complete lack of engagement shows an extraordinary inability to grasp this basic fact. You come across as unnecessarily foolish, stubborn, and dangerously short-sighted for someone running a business.
Friends vs. Business
I have always valued you as a friend, but friends help each other, especially when help is needed. Discounts don’t cut it; referring customers would have kept both of us afloat. My partner even offered an unnecessary apology to you for a situation that was never our fault. Yet here we are. You remain blocked, misreading simple business ideas like a child who doesn’t understand rocket surgery.
TL;DR
Your overreaction to a generic blog post has cost respect, money, and potential income streams. Affiliate schemes exist to share customers and strengthen networks. Misreading them? Comedy gold. You’ve turned an opportunity to earn extra revenue into a display of pure, unadulterated business stupidity. If this letter goes viral, thanks for the money—I owe you nothing.
If any other businesses are reading this, kindly don’t do as Jasmine has done. Either engage with the affiliate scheme, or give a proper reason why not, rather than just panic and block.
Final Note
Jasmine, I welcome you to reopen communication and friendship—but only with a genuine apology for misreading and misunderstanding the blog posts. Until then, let this stand as a pointed, painfully honest reflection of the consequences of fear, pride, and anxiety overruling basic business sense.
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