Karma

My Post Secret had a pink background with an ice cream cone made from newspaper clippings. The cone was made out of a picture of a waffle, and the ice cream was made out of a striped pattern, which was actually a shower curtain in the article. Handwritten on white strips of paper was the quotation "When customers are rude to me, I give them less ice cream than they pay for."
The message I was trying to get across to the audience was that you should be courteous to people with whom you are interacting, whether they are being paid or just doing a favor. The reason I chose the color for the background was actually because I asked my roommate for an index card and she handed me a pink card, but it also helped with the message, because the color gave an 'elementary' feel, because pastel colors normally indicate childhood or youth. The ice cream cone is an image used to create an immediate visual thought, and is also a youthful image, because children love eating ice cream. I wanted the card to come off as innocent, rather than deceitful, so the reader would be persuaded to empathize with me rather than the customer, and because children are a symbol of innocence, I made the card seem like it was written by a child. This is the reason I handwrote the secret, because most children do not type when they are creating 'art.'
The class saw the secret as a confession, that I take out my frustration on customers, but the message I was trying to relay was the idea of the childhood "Golden Rule", treat others as you wish to be treated. The customer was treating the employee with disrespect, so the employee took revenge by over-charging.