Cohen Michael Showroom

I can’t tell you that Michael Cohen’s showroom has lousy products. They look quite fine and fancy. I can tell you — however — that IF I was a buyer, they would not have caught my eye. As they were a little… colorless by my standards… however, that’s what some people like. A lot of people actually. Vampires particularly… just kidding… they like rich, dark victorian colors… or Hot Topic.
But my experience in this showroom was that Michael, and his staff, were not very polite — to say the least.
I was invited down — during the busiest time of MY day (2 hours in traffic) — to schlep my samples, my work… joined by the CEO of our company, and our top sales person — to a meeting with Mr. Cohen. Unfortunately, the person who arranged said meeting did not show up. Ok. Not Mr. Cohen’s fault. In fact, Mr. Cohen didn’t seem to know why we were there — which he made quite clear — until I spoke said person’s name.
Even then… knowing that we actually HAD an appointment — Mr. Cohen couldn’t be bothered to even — for civility’s sake — humor us with a 5 – 10 minute conversation about who we were, what we were doing, and why we were there. It was more like…“shoo…is that a pink tshirt you have there… with a kitty on it… oh dear… the color alarm in my showroom will go off… take your little hello kitties and leave please, before I need to call Bruno… Bruno dear… there are some undesirables here… with kitty cats on their tshirts…” — ok to be fair, he didn’t say these exact things. But in his own way… he did… Reminded me of Bronson Pinchot from Beverly Hills Cop…
To be frank, when I walked in — I knew it was the wrong showroom for us. But I am not a dick. So I went through the motions — talked to the snooty little girls that work here — who glare at you with that empty fashion college contemptuous «who the f are u» stare… and tried to be a gentlemen… because you know… life is short, and kindness and good will towards your fellow man or woman, is something that I aim to cherish… this time, I aimed and missed…
Michael Cohen — I don’t know you but I feel that I have met you 1000 times in the fashion and film industry. And I have never enjoyed any of those particular meetings, and I never will. You see… something you need to know… being a gentleman costs nothing. But treating people rudely is not good for reputation, karma or Unilocal reviews.
Toodles…