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Why is this annoying me so much?

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TheSpottedDog · 30/01/2021 11:16

Friend has started an online business - I assume it’s selling jewellery but I’ve not joined the group or whatever because the name irritates the fuck out of me.

‘Adele Jones, The Collection’

The collection? God it makes me so angry and I don’t know why!!

She posted on Facebook yesterday saying whether her friends like her stuff or not she would have expected them to support her by liking her page and sharing her posts - I want nothing to do with it! I’m not a jewellery type of person at the best of times and I never joined her perfume venture for the same reason!

Anyone else getting a bit tired of people trying to create new businesses on Facebook (usually a pyramid scheme!)

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pensivepigeon · 30/01/2021 11:20

I'd ask Mumsnet to delete your post. It's pretty outing!Shock

She's allowed to start a business in this fashion. Doesn't need your approval.

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TheSpottedDog · 30/01/2021 11:21

Her name isn’t Adele Jones 😂

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pensivepigeon · 30/01/2021 11:23

Good. That wasn't what your post suggested. You can be irritated by it and not get involved with it. That's fair but as I said she is allowed to do it,

pensivepigeon · 30/01/2021 11:24

Might be good if you deleted Facebook. Wouldn't have this problem so much then.

Radio4Rocks · 30/01/2021 11:25

It would irritate me as well.

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TheSpottedDog · 30/01/2021 11:25

She is allowed to do it of course, but to expect everyone else to get on board with it etc? I’m sick of seeing it! I think that’s why the name of it annoys me

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pensivepigeon · 30/01/2021 11:26

She can expect anything she wants but I don't think it'll happen.

MissBaskinIfYoureNasty · 30/01/2021 11:26

If she's making it herself I'd give her page a like and share just to support her craft. If she's selling cheap tat or mlm stuff I wouldn't feel bad ignoring it.

Doingitaloneandproud · 30/01/2021 11:26

What's the harm in liking her Facebook page to support her? Maybe she would just like her friends to support herHmm

AStudyinPink · 30/01/2021 11:27

It’s because ‘the Collection’ is what someone would call it if they’d been designing and selling stuff for years, or if they already had a global brand. 😂

RubyandPearl · 30/01/2021 11:27

I've deleted Facebook and Instagram and my life and mental health have improved significantly since. Just saying....

merryhollybright · 30/01/2021 11:28

@pensivepigeon

Might be good if you deleted Facebook. Wouldn't have this problem so much then.
I agree, in fact I'd go as far as to say I don't think anyone should ever talk about things that irritate them, ever.

Going round with your eyes shut so you can avoid anything irritating for the rest of your life might even be the best option.

Butchyrestingface · 30/01/2021 11:28

@pensivepigeon

Good. That wasn't what your post suggested. You can be irritated by it and not get involved with it. That's fair but as I said she is allowed to do it,
Course she's allowed to do it.

But picking pretentious names for the venture and then publicly taking the arse at her pals because they aren't prepared to freely publicise her wears isn't good form.

LApprentiSorcier · 30/01/2021 11:28

Is it a dodgy MLM or is she selling her own handmade jewellery? If the latter, I don't see any problem at all. If the former, the biggest problem is not the name of her business!

Nighthawker · 30/01/2021 11:28

My Facebook is full of people selling Bodyshop, Scentsy and various other stuff, all of them post guilt trippy posts about friends supporting each other by buying products and taking less than a minute to like and share posts. I ignore it all, I have most of their group posts on mute.

AndcalloffChristmas · 30/01/2021 11:28

I did delete insta because of constant pressure of “did you see my post”, “have you liked my post”, “I don’t know why you haven’t liked my post” etc

tunainoliveoil · 30/01/2021 11:29

You sound like you hate her.

Mumdiva99 · 30/01/2021 11:29

I have friends with business pages....I just don't join the group unless I'm interested. Equally of they share too many group posts on their personal page I either hide it or delete them. (Depending on how good a friend we are. One of the latest is a friend just started to sell a diet product.)

I don't get affected by any emotional blackmail....buy my products, support small businesses etc etc bottom line is if I want what they sell - great....but I don't buy make up, candles, supplements, diet pills, home made sweets/cakes etc etc so most people don't sell anything i want to buy.

LadyDanbury · 30/01/2021 11:29

Just like the FB page, then mute it. Job done. You can't be angry with people trying to make money in these crappy times.

Unless it's an MLM scheme which are the devil's work, prey on vulnerable people (usually women) and never deliver. In which case you should tell her to watch a few recent episodes of Coronation St. to help her see the light.

StillCoughingandLaughing · 30/01/2021 11:32

She’s trying to make it sound like a designer range. ‘The Collection’ sounds better than ‘some old tat I knocked up using a bargain bag from Hobbycraft while I was bored during lockdown’.

Good luck to her I suppose - but if she’s going to throw a strip because Facebook friends don’t like her page, she’s going to struggle to succeed in business.

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TheSpottedDog · 30/01/2021 11:33

It is MLM, as was the perfume one!

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StillCoughingandLaughing · 30/01/2021 11:33

@pensivepigeon

Might be good if you deleted Facebook. Wouldn't have this problem so much then.
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ttigerlilly · 30/01/2021 11:35

This is a bit mean. Doesn't sound like you like her very much

bloodyhairy · 30/01/2021 11:37

Great friend you are Hmm

You're obviously not going to buy her stuff, so where's the harm in supporting her with a like.

littlepattilou · 30/01/2021 11:39

@TheSpottedDog YANBU to be verrry pissed off.

Thank goodness the name you have put is not real! Grin

Can you just 'unfollow' her? Not unfriend, but unfollow. She won't know.