since moving to maine, i found myself searching for a way to embrace and support my new state in ways other than rooting for the patriots. a few months ago the local paper did a story about a company in portland making and selling the original maine flag, a design that is arguably better than the states current flag which is your very average an unoriginal, seal on a blue background. upon seeing the design of the original maine flag i fell in love with it's simplicity and immediately went to the companies website. not only were they making flags, but i saw they also sold patches. this spurred an idea. i thought, what better way to embrace my new home state and promote better flag design then to buy a couple of these patches and put them on hats, so that’s exactly what i did. i bought some patches, a couple of hats, and found someone to sew them on for me!
proud of my new accessory, i immediately posted my new hats on instagram,. since then, i’ve been proudly wearing them around town, with several people asking where i bought them. it’s no surprise to anyone that knows me, i was thrilled to have a completely original hat and more than happy to tell people who asked, i had in fact made it.
it should also be no surprise to you to understand the absolute shock i felt when i saw someone wearing my EXACT SAME hat just a few weeks later. same color, style and everything! i couldn't fathom it! my wife was trying to hold conversation with me but i i kept looking at this guy in my hat! my mind was racing. is there some company already making this hat? has this been around a while? was i not as original as i thought I was!!! I was all flustered. it got so bad my wife eventually told me to go over and ask him where he got.
so i did.
i approach a strange man in a bar and asked him where he got his hat, to which he said, he made it.
(whoa buddy, that's my line) i thought to myself
(whoa buddy, that's my line) i thought to myself
i said, “i really like it, i recently made myself a hat just like that a month ago!”
to which he said, “are you the guy that posted it on instagram?”
“yeah, that was me.” I stated
to which he said “i own the company that makes the patches, and our next product idea is to make hats like the ones you posted.”
needless to say i want from frustrated to flattered really quick. we discussed colors, styles and how best to sew the patches on. at he end of the conversation i told him how excited I was to see how the hats turn out.
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