The Royal ReRun

Spending the weekend in McMinnville to do a little work in the shop on a group of chairs purchased over at ReRun. My mom had purchased 3 chairs initially and then she bought 5 more. My sister ended up buying 19 of these all of which I'll be refurbishing. While I was over there to get the first 3 chairs with my mom there was a woman who was bringing in boxes for consignment. As she was coming in she had a box and was struggling with the door for a little bit. I was heading out to look at the chairs we were putting on hold and opened the door for her. There had been a few people around that hadn't helped her with the door and as I hold it open for the gal she tells how happy chivalry isn't dead and how several people didn't help her. I hate when people bring up chivalry, which just underlines the view of the helpless female and the male as protector. The only thing I thought to say was that we should all just help each other. She tells me, "Isn't that the truth." But I think it was gendered lens of help she was thinking of.

I hate "ladies first" and especially when people demand it. Maybe if people forget about "ladies first" they won't view themselves as protectors or those that need protecting. Or I guess it is more like "treat her like royalty and she'll put out." I guess the origins are much more on the exchange of things of the old I'll do this for you, but you'll owe me.

I'll be working on the chairs this weekend and I'll post pics as I get them. 3 chairs are finished in orange and I'll be doing one more in orange and the remaining 23 in blue. A lot of sanding, priming, painting, and watching paint dry.