tsb, 08-26-08

Thank you Aryan for sending in a This Store Blows… although I feel this should be more appropriately titled “This Store Breaks My Heart.”

Shame on you, American Apparel. Of all the retailers that exist, I really thought you would be more conscience of your actions. I guess it’s great that you pay a fair salary, give medical benefits, and don’t outsource to other countries. Too bad, you are helping create an environment in which those same workers and families won’t have a sustainable place to live…..

This Store Blows – good news!

well for New York anyway….

Starting Thursday, businesses that keep their doors open while blasting air conditioning will be breaking the law. The City Council is about to approve a measure that give stores one warning before charging $200 the second time they’re found wasting their AC. After that, it’s $400 for each violation. “Council Member Gale Brewer, who represents the Upper West Side, said she introduced the bill after receiving a steady stream of complaints from constituents who were frustrated with stores that kept their doors propped open in the summer, allowing cold air to flow out of the building onto the sidewalk.”

OK… seems some other cities need to follow suit….

this store blows, 08-12-08

So…. I got my first submission for “This Store Blows”! Check it out and do the same! Maybe one of us can’t change this inane practice, but a group of us could!… xo cshells

So here it is folks: absolute stupidity in our very own Studio City!

I was walking back from lunch at Vegan Plate, when I saw the Lucky Brand store with it’s doors open! I thought… THIS STORE BLOWS! So I took a picture with my handy dandy militant environmentalist iPhone… and then the retard you see in the store, walks up to me and tells me I CAN”T TAKE PICTURES! Now, last I checked, this is the United States of America; and unless I am stupid or ignorant of reality, this is NOT a totalitarian country.

This guy actually came up to me and argued that I can’t take a photo. Well… BIG MISTAKE… he didn’t know who he was dealing with… I told him off, and told him why I am taking the picture and what I intend to do with it, and why he and his company are ignorant. After educating him about the waste of energy and the open door with A/C blasting in 84° weather… he just shook his head and walked away… like he didn’t care! So to the retard who works at Lucky Brand Jeans in Studio City, I say “you are one of the idiots who is drowning in his own ignorance, and for that I now consider you my enemy. You are causing damage and necrosis to my temple… the Earth.”.

Dr. Ali Sadrieh

this store blows, 08-08-08

so this is the inaugural post of “This Store Blows”, where we out the stores through out our city that have the bright idea of running their A/C full blast, with… yes, that’s right… the front door wide open!

This is a store on Ventura Blvd in Studio City called Michelle D Fashion… by the way, it is one of 18 stores between Laurel Canyon and Laurelgrove that had their doors open and A/C on.

I guess ignorance is bliss

p.s…. if anyone wants to send me a picture of a store they find, I would be happy to post it!