
I’m sure most of you remember Gary’s blog post from last year where he documented his trip to Vivid Print. If you don’t remember it, you should go read it. My favourite part of the whole thing is how Gary scammed a free upgrade by claiming the poster was for school, then confessed the truth on his blog, and was discovered.
Vivid Print found his blog and commented on his confession. It was amazing.
Well, a year later, Gary has moved from Edmonton to Vanouver, Vivid Print has moved from Garneau to Whyte Ave, and now it’s my turn to write about them.
When I was walking on Whyte Ave yesterday, I noticed a cool black and white print in the Vivid Print window so I popped in to check it out. I like the shop—it’s nice and open and there’s plenty to look at. I wandered around for a bit and wound up buying some prints (only $10 each) that I gave to my parents.
The best part of the visit was the transaction. The guy helping me out was super friendly and we quickly segued from general banter to politics, economics, and Edmonton related stuff. I wasn’t planning on staying long but in Alberta, when you find someone who shares the same opinions you do, you talk to them—it doesn’t occur that often when you’re a lefty.
The point of all this is that Vivid Print is awesome. If I need any printing done in the future I’m going there, and so should you. I know more and more people who are tired of crappy impersonal service in big box stores and I’m arguing that getting crap printed at Staple’s yields nothing but frustration and shitty prints. I know from experience.
So while Gary unintentionally scammed them and fled the city in embarrassment, I’m here to stay and I plan on going back. Vivid Print, if you’re reading this, feel free to comment on my blog and then head over to Gary’s and confront him for moving to Vancouver. Tell him you’re sorry and that he can come back—it was all a misunderstanding and we’ll go for beers at the Empress to work things out. Let’s all be friends.
TRUTH!



















no YOU’RE so vain
I like some old Carly Simon music. I think she’s alright. But when I read on the CBC news website that Carly Simon is suing Starbucks for crap CD sales I thought, STEP-OFF Carly.
Not that I’m trying to defend Starbucks. I worked there for a long time, I loved the people I worked with, my blog is even named after the way one of my customers ordered his coffee, but I wouldn’t necessarily jump to bat for them–part of the reason I quit was the generous 4 cent raise they gave me. Ouch.
Legally, I can understand why Carly Simon would sue if they failed to meet their end of the contract, but according to the article, Starbucks claims they met their obligations. Only my hairdresser knows for sure.
But the point of this post, and my favourite thing about this debacle, is a user comment on the CBC article page:
TRUTH! Carly. GroovyGreta holds nothing back.
I love it.