I have had a talk with a lawyer friend of mine and he said that when I was given the bag of fabric it was legally a gift free and clear so I was within my legal rights to take it and keep it if so desired. So obviously there was no way that what was said to me in that shop was appropriate or even based on legal principles. As long as I know that I think I can live with this now, without an apology and as long as my husband is not brought into it or mistreated. I know I cannot win anything here without my husband suffering for it and this is unacceptable to me. He does far more good for this charity than any other manager I believe and has even been given an entry in who’s who here for the amazing turnaround he brought to the charity’s flagship store. I am saddened deeply by this matter especially since my son saw me weeping yesterday when I heard that my husband had been spoken to repeatedly about this matter yesterday, while I was not contacted at all. This was my issue as a customer and I feel like I was treated like a naughty and dishonest worker and then shunned. Surely if I had been seen as a customer at some stage they would have listened to what I was really saying. I did speak with the next person up the chain….who took the same tack at first, you know why did I accept it….well duh…cause they throw it away otherwise. After some discussion he said he would ensure that my husband was kept out of it…he thought he was anyway he said. I asked him after that conversation to put what he did say in writing but am not confident he will because doing so would be an admission of some sort and would really upset customers. I know better than to expect that now but my husband is really angry about how I was treated as is my son and though we cannot say much publicly about this I am not so sure CJ will keep quiet as he is a writer and is absolutely livid about this. I was even thinking of all those whistle blower cases and how they end up…we had a little taste of it today and as I have serious health issues and David is grieving about his mother’s amputation and impossible state of health I just cannot take this any further. I am just not strong enough. thank you so much for your wonderful support…it has helped me so much to know that you too are outraged. Below is a small selection of the splendors of this fabric. There was fifty five odd metres in the end….and there was enough of the silk to make curtains and full length gowns.
