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How do you deal with vendors?
"I tell them how it is"
Ms.
Pemberton is not hard to spot. Her
formal attire stands out among the casually dress crowd. She peers out at me
from below her white, tremendous hat. Her hands move as she talks, the long pink
fingernails helping articulate her words. Ms. Pemberton has worked for the
government for 20 years, specifically the Department of Transportation. She manages the two buildings that
house the department of transportation as well as the farmers market on Tuesday
and the vendors market on Thursday. Ms. Pemberton has a database of 200 vendors
to fill her two markets, and receives about 50 applications a year. About a
month before the market opens, she will meet with all the vendors, and whoever
shows up there as well will get a spot in the market. She is constantly looking
for something to different to offer the customers. Unlike the day, on which we meet, she boasts that usually the entire street is full. She is very direct, preferring to speak about the logistics
of the market and her job, rater then her personal background. She eyes me up
with a mixture of caution and fear cloaked by an outgoing personality. Ms.
Pemberton flits around the market, chatting up the vendors. She picks out a
yellow handbag at one of the vendors stand, multitasking asking for passerbys
opinions on it with talking on her Bluetooth cell phone. As Ms. Pemberton takes her leave, she
says her goodbye, “now sweetie I
must go.” Alright Ms. Pemberton,
if you must.
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