A busker at
the Night Market recently got his audience involved with a clever little
activity involving a selfie video. He wanted to send his Grandmother back in
England a special video for her birthday and as he panned his camera around the
crowd cheered and jumped about for a very special birthday wish – great entertainment
for the crowd and presumably for Grandma.
A trader who
keeps good records says last year his February sales were better than his
January sales and he is predicting the same this year.
A trader who
went to the tennis this week says she can understand why tennis tourists are
not spending much with us. Airfares, $400 per room per night accommodation, and
the cost of actually getting into the tennis would drain many wallets.
A trader
commented on our article last week about showing respect to new traders. He suggested
that respect is two way and he is absolutely right.
A trader
observed that walking down K Shed during trading time this week he counted 20
traders looking at their mobile phones. All posting to their business social
media accounts no doubt.
A customer
saw a thief take an item from a stall last week and alerted the trader. When
the trader reclaimed the stolen item, the thief defiantly protested that she
only stole because she didn’t have any money. The trader is still not sure how
she should respond to that level of reasoning.
A little boy
to his father on entering the temporary(?) toilet block at the top of String
Bean Alley – “I don’t want to go in there Daddy. It looks scary and it smells.”
Gotta love
the positive outlook of this trader – “Today’s market was populated by a very
small number of actual buyers, and a very large number of potential buyers.
Today was preparing for a future rush.”