It was a little surprising to read this entry, to say the least. As Tantus' biggest customer in our region (by far!), we were never actually informed of the price increases or new distro agreements, and we were pretty confused when our Tantus order was forwarded to an awful distro no one in our region would work with (because they were widely known to be scammers in the sex toy industry). When we called Tantus to figure out what was up, we were told by Mike we weren't allowed to speak to Metis <!> , and he went on to yell and swear and berated one of my co-workers. It was so bizarre and in my now-decades in this industry, I've never experienced this kind of treatment from a vendor (or anyone else, for that matter). Also, it was sort of hilarious that Mike was so mad at my co-worker who hadn't been our buyer in years. Like, I was just calling to try to figure out why this random distro was getting touch with me about an order I placed with Tantus. Lol.
I think the thing that really stung is that we were kinda friends with Metis at the time. We always took her out when we she was in town, politely declined her advances, and worked hard to keep sweet with her, so to have Metis' new co-owner and lover treat us so poorly was pretty heart breaking and changed forever how we view our relationships with vendors.
These stories are fascinating! But I'm not sure that posting photos of this ex-employee's face is something she would be ok with.
It was a little surprising to read this entry, to say the least. As Tantus' biggest customer in our region (by far!), we were never actually informed of the price increases or new distro agreements, and we were pretty confused when our Tantus order was forwarded to an awful distro no one in our region would work with (because they were widely known to be scammers in the sex toy industry). When we called Tantus to figure out what was up, we were told by Mike we weren't allowed to speak to Metis <!> , and he went on to yell and swear and berated one of my co-workers. It was so bizarre and in my now-decades in this industry, I've never experienced this kind of treatment from a vendor (or anyone else, for that matter). Also, it was sort of hilarious that Mike was so mad at my co-worker who hadn't been our buyer in years. Like, I was just calling to try to figure out why this random distro was getting touch with me about an order I placed with Tantus. Lol.
I think the thing that really stung is that we were kinda friends with Metis at the time. We always took her out when we she was in town, politely declined her advances, and worked hard to keep sweet with her, so to have Metis' new co-owner and lover treat us so poorly was pretty heart breaking and changed forever how we view our relationships with vendors.