Good day ladies, trust we are all doing great. Welcome to my blog.
It’s another beautiful week in the 
I’ll be writing about the second question:
“When have you completely misjudged someone upon first meeting them and later discovered that they were much better or much worse than you originally thought?”
I’ll be sharing a very recent encounter with someone who is now one of my best customers.
Between December 5th and 15th, 2025, I participated in a trade fair in my city. It was the first time my business attended a trade fair, and I had so many expectations both in terms of sales and growth.
Although my expectations weren’t fully met, I didn’t regret going. It was still a valuable experience.
One of the days at the fair, my next-door vendor, who sold ready-to-wear outfits hosted two customers, a mother and her daughter. They got some of my natural drinks and crunchy chin chin to serve them.
The mother and daughter looked so cute together. The daughter instantly fell in love with my products and came back to purchase two bottles and two jars each of my Xclusive Zobo drink and chin chin snack.
However, her mother refused to taste any of the items, despite all her daughter did to convince her.
Eventually, as if not to seem too adamant, she took one bottle but didn’t give any positive review or feedback. I was initially bothered by her response and attitude.
But then, it’s business; everyone is entitled to their preferences, and not everyone will like your products.
Two days later, she returned to the fair to return some outfits to my neighbors but didn’t meet them. So she had no choice but to leave the package with me.
I attended to her politely. I guess she wasn’t expecting that. Just as she was about to leave, she turned and said, “Give me two bottles and jars each of Zobo and chin chin. My daughter said it’s very nice.” It was as if she hadn’t tasted it the other day.
I packed her items, and she asked for my daughter to follow her to the car to collect the money. Immediately she turned, my brother asked me to go instead, so I followed her. After she paid, I requested her number and surprisingly, she gave it to me
Then she said, “Your chin chin tastes so nice and crunchy. I wish I had met you two weeks ago; I would have ordered some for my daughter’s graduation.”
I smiled and told her she could always call for future orders. I was dazed about her comment because she initially sounded as if she's never tasted them.
After the fair, I sent thank-you messages to all the customers whose numbers I had collected. Interestingly, she was the first to reply. I was shocked! It didn’t stop there, shortly after, I saw her message on WhatsApp.
Apparently, she had saved my number and decided to reach out.
She spoke to me warmly, asking how I was doing and all that. I even had to double-check the number to be sure it was her.
That was when I realised I had misjudged this woman. Could she have been in a bad mood that day, I wondered.
A few days later, she called to order four more jars of chin chin. I was shocked again. About a week after that, she ordered another five jars, and since then, she has continued ordering and even calling just to check up on me.
The funny thing is, the daughter, whom I initially felt closer to hasn’t responded to a single message after the fair.
One day during a call, she told me that most of the orders weren’t even for her. She had been marketing my chin chin to her friends and family. She gives them a taste from hers, and whenever they like it, she calls me to place orders for them. She even encourages them to order in larger quantities to make delivery worthwhile due to the distance.
That was when it truly hit me that I had completely misjudged her because of her initial reaction. She turned out to be not just a good customer, but an indirect marketer and even an elderly friend.
This experience taught me something important: first impressions are not always the full story. Sometimes, the people we least expect turn out to be our greatest supporters and they might just be in a bad mood. This woman is the complete opposite of what she exhibited on our first meeting. And I also learned to give people the benefits of the doubt.
Thank you for reading, cheers, see you on the one.