We all have routines. Wake up, brush teeth, maybe a little workout (if we’re ambitious), grab breakfast, hustle through work, collapse at night, repeat. Sure, birthdays or holidays might break the rhythm, but for the most part, life runs on autopilot.
Then, out of nowhere, boom, randomness strikes. Whether it's a sudden rainstorm on laundry day or your dog deciding your socks are chew toys, life has a way of shaking things up. These random memes remind us that sometimes, the chaos is what keeps life interesting and hilarious.
Today, Bored Panda caught up with Ankita, the creative force behind Ankita’s Fashion Hub, who knows a thing or two about navigating life’s unpredictability—especially as a small business owner. As a small business owner, she’s constantly faced with unpredictable situations, from customer quirks to supply chain curveballs.
“You think you’ve got it all under control, but suddenly something weird happens,” she laughs. Randomness, she says, isn’t just part of life; it’s baked into her business model. Even in professional settings, things go off-script, and you just have to roll with it.
"Customer is king (and queen!) for me," Ankita explains, "but sometimes their demands are unique.” One time, a customer requested, no, insisted, that she gift-wrap 30 items that had already been shipped.
“I tried explaining it was already out for delivery, but they were so sure I could magically gift-wrap mid-transit!” she says. Spoiler alert: teleportation was not available. Sometimes customers expect miracles, and that randomness? It's both challenging and oddly amusing.
Just when you think you’ve built the perfect team, bam! Someone throws a curveball. Ankita remembers a time when one of her delivery guys vanished for a two-hour lunch break during a major corporate delivery. “He’d never done anything like that before!” she says. “I was calling, texting, panicking, and then he showed up like nothing happened.”
Business owners expect challenges, but sometimes they come from places you really don’t expect. “Another small business accused me of copying their toy,” Ankita says. “But I buy it from a wholesaler like everyone else!” Even after explaining the situation, she found herself dealing with awkward DMs and unnecessary tension. Welcome to the random drama of entrepreneurship, where legal threats can appear out of thin air.
Then there’s the randomness of online reviews. “Sometimes people leave one-star reviews for the oddest things,” Ankita sighs. “One customer left a negative review because we didn’t include a bag to keep the toy in.” It wasn’t damaged, late, or the wrong item, just a missing bag they expected. “It’s like ordering pizza and giving a bad rating because you didn’t get a tablecloth!” she jokes. In the world of e-commerce, logic isn’t always part of the package.
If you think fashion trends move fast, toy trends are like lightning on energy drinks. “A few months ago, no one cared about Labubu. Now? It’s like the thing,” Ankita says. She scrambles to keep up with demand, and just as quickly, the craze might vanish. “Three months from now, people will pretend they’ve never heard of it,” she says.
