TITHE at TOWNE CENTER BOOKS by (me!) Sandra, tvgp
Once again, Leonard stegmann's blog has triggered a memory: its not of my own short stop moments though.. /but I looked at his 'bad memories' box and thought.. If only! .. One small cardboard box..really? I would need a storage unit..
Anyway.. What it triggered is my huge frustrations with CORPORATIONS..namely these loathesome words:
"We have to check with the corporate office"
I feel my temperature rising already! The total lack of any autonomy at all.. Under any circumstance..
I have 500 examples, but will offer up just this one:
(Me!) At a local corporate/chain BOOK store..
"Can you tell me where the community board is for local literary events?". [I have a flyer for upcoming event to post]
Them: "We don't have a community board"
(Me!): "are you sure? You're a BOOK store.. You don't have a bulletin board where people can check out local literary events? That doesn't make sense to me"
I get no points for etiquette here..
Anyway.. I knew from experience that if I posed even one more question I would get the automatic 'everything has to go through corporate' speech and so I bid farewell and drove next to see Judy, at Towne Center Books on main street in downtown pleasanton
"Ah.... An INDEPENDENTLY owned book store...with real autonomous humans.. Who actually SUPPORT -local LITERARY EVENTS-
And "look!".... A community board!
Everything makes sense again ...
I am write with the world.
Filed under: places I tithe. And you should too.
posted by SHE @ 7:19 AM
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