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writegirl@altavista.com
An Open Letter To All SnotBall Stores:
Stop Thief!
Oh really.
I no longer shop at any store where I am asked to leave my bookbag at the check-out. Primarily because it carries the assumption that I am a thief. And I am not a thief.
You expect me to hand over my bag and in return you give me a slip of paper with a number on it.
Why should I entrust my bag to you? I don’t know you. My bag is full of my private things...cash, credit cards, checkbooks, condoms, a change of clothing, my latest read, my Walkman, a few CD bootlegs, jewelry, make-up, Pink Pearl body lotion, my meds, sketchbook, Winsor & Newton watercolor set (that cost over $150), photos of friends and lovers, chrome fingernail polish, sunglasses, a collection of expensive and well-loved writing instruments, concert tickets, emergency numbers, my cell phone, girlpads, my miniature 8-ball, my keys, and who knows what else.
If a store assumes it’s customers are thieves they should be boycotted. We will not buy from you. Simple as that.
So bye-bye to that cool jewelry store in The Alley, Toys R Us (sorry Jeff), Very Vinyl, Third Sun West, The Beetle Box, Marillina Towers, and Transmissions.
A Disgruntled Shopper