Tuesday, March 21, 2006

It's A Consumer World After All

Dear Small Business Owners Up And Down My Blocks:

I like you. I really do. I like buying samosas from you. I like that I don't have to put on a jacket or socks and walk three blocks to the grocery store when you're just right there, that I can visit in flip flops. I like how sometimes Tesco's wouldn't have raspberries but you would. I like the Polish deli guy telling me that the bread will be in at 4pm today, and not to worry because they're open until 9pm so I'll get my bread. And oh, you are so good when it comes to junk food for the movies. I like that some of you are the only hints of color in my interactions all day long. The more time I spend lost and confused in Tesco's, and the more my sociology soul shakes, the more I like you. I don't even mind the 5-pound-or-over credit card policy you have. Or that some of you are rather brusque in manners. I even like you over the bigger chain convenience stores.

But with all that said, could you stop ripping me off? That would be really nice.
Thank you.

Sincerely,

Small Pocket Owner

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