Let us value the work of others

There is something that has caught my attention and it is the way in which some people have the tendency to undervalue the work of others. Let me explain myself better.

I usually hear in places, in many places how people when asking for the price of items always have to say that it is expensive or they can simply ask for a discount.

When it is clear how much it costs to maintain a business of any kind, we do not stop to say that the products, and I am referring to handmade products. They all give a specific job that whoever creates them knows them.

There is a phrase that I have liked to repeat for a long time and it is the following.... "Ignorance is bold." I don't know if you have heard it but it is interpreted that when people don't know details about what they are talking about they err on the side of ignorance.

When you work in the kitchen to make cakes, pies, cakes, jams and then the craftsman puts the price according to the work that this has produced is so heartbreaking that someone comes and says it is very expensive, they need a discount or something like that.

In all honesty we should value the work of artisans, the work that people do to sell their products whether it is groceries, fruits, vegetables or simply any product for sale on a smaller scale.

We love to ask for discounts and rebates from small merchants and it is a mistake. They too struggle too much to survive an economy that is ever increasing and decreasing the income of the common citizen.

These same buyers, when they go to the wholesale stores, buy their products from the companies that produce on a large scale, that have a privileged position in the market but there when they buy what they need they don't ask for discounts or complain about expensive products so they don't pay.

We have the option to go elsewhere and buy in other places where the products are already more discounted without having to belittle the effort of the small producer. He also fights against inflation.

We always complain about everything. We are not satisfied with anything. It seems that in our way of seeing things, everyone is selling products against us to make us even poorer.

I know a friend of mine who doesn't ask for a discount and just goes from one place to another asking for prices and then goes and buys from one side some products and in other sides the rest. This way she does not disqualify the product of a small merchant and buys in several places in a more economical way.

When we have ingrained habits within us it is difficult to overcome them and this way of living, asking for a discount at all times and in all places is a way of life. I don't know what your habit is but If I know how much a product costs to make and then someone comes and says...

"I'll buy you two and you give me a discount."

It's my habit to say...

"You get one free if you buy me a dozen more not for two."

Profits are not given away because what's the point of selling if you are going to give away what you will earn.

My way of seeing things is to treat the small merchant with respect and consideration, let's not devalue the small businessman, let's give him our support by buying his products at the right price. It will be the way to help him in his economy without belittling his efforts.

It is a very personal way and I respect the customs of the people and their people. I only add what I personally think and do.

I am @gertu13 from Venezuela to the world