For years, I'd been stopping at a particular booth at the ren faire, looking at doublets. They had a very nice, but kinda spendy one, that I'd been promising myself I'd get after graduation.

This year, I stopped in with my mother, and the guy in the booth was rude to her. And I'm sorry, but being rude to my mother means I will never do business with you.

Moral of the story: Be nice to old ladies. They have money... and large sons.