I’m very discreet about business successes.
If someone knows about my success and asks about it, I tell them about the struggles I face…working two jobs…80 hour work weeks…spending money to maintain assets…working on weekends…having to take care of customer service issues during my time off…etc
Congratulats on your success. It sounds like it’s time for you to start analyzing your social group to see which friends are your business allies, and which friends are there for other social reasons 🙂🙂
Is she actually a recurring customer of yours? I’m very customer-focused, so I would try to help her or convert her to a customer while holding that we didn’t make the mistake.
“I’m sorry you’re going through this. This is 100 percent from another store, but I want to help you resolve this. If we offered you this item at with XX% rate, would that be helpful?”