Should I Be Surprised?
196 words eaten alive on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Ranting, This Town -
Once again this town continues to disappoint me. It’s Lobster Fest, as I mentioned yesterday. Last year they blocked off Main Street in the downtown core, about 3 blocks worth, to allow people to wander freely about and to give the downtown merchants plenty of sidewalk space to put out their products to sell.
This year they again blocked off part of Main Street, but only 1 block.
The block I’m on? Excluded of course. See how much traffic I have in front of my store today?
Yeah, that’s good for business. A nice sunny Saturday with lots of events taking place downtown, and everyone on my block is dead. This should be one of my busiest days of the summer and there’s very little traffic because all the ‘excitement’ is 2 blocks down. Thanks Yarmouth planners, you’re such a great help.
I talked to the guys at Runner Attic, a business right in the middle of the festivities. They’ve been swamped with customers all day, so busy in fact that they didn’t even have time to go outside and keep an eye on the items they put on the sidewalk. Must be nice.
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