• Positivity on Social Media

    From Charles Pierson@1:106/127 to All on Sat Jan 30 19:10:00 2021
    A short while ago I shared a video somewhere in the BBS world featuring my brother, who is a big supporter of Locally Owned Area Businesses in his area

    As an update on his endeavors, a couple of days ago he posted a story about a local owned independent donut shop that was struggling, and encouraged people to patrinize them over the weekend. Friday, the shop was sold out in 6 hours.


    That's something positive I see that can hapoen with social media.

    Even with the struggles he is having during the ongoing restrictions due to covid, he's highlighting fellow businesses to promote them as well.

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Charles Pierson on Thu Feb 4 22:49:00 2021
    Hello Charles!

    ** On Saturday 30.01.21 - 19:10, Charles Pierson wrote to All:

    A short while ago I shared a video somewhere in the BBS
    world featuring my brother..

    As an update on his endeavors.. Friday, the shop was sold
    out in 6 hours.

    That's good and bad! :/ Good that people were interested in
    supporting the shop, but bad that the shop couldn't do business
    over the weekend (which is what I assumed happend since they
    sold out of everything on Friday.)

    That's something positive I see that can hapoen with social
    media.

    Yes.. it's like the modern megahorn of the century.

    Even with the struggles he is having during the ongoing
    restrictions due to covid, he's highlighting fellow
    businesses to promote them as well.

    A kind of lethargy has settled in my town, and people are simply
    not shopping for things they do not deem to be essential.

    There is a shoe shop right across the street from me. They
    decided to go dark on Dec 26, and actually lock up. I can see
    some deliveries arrive from time to time, but they don't
    entertain the public. I don't see why they couldn't allow a few
    people at a time.

    After all the years of just getting by with the old shoes and
    boots that I do have, this would have been ideal to shop for
    something new.

    Dedicated clothing stores are pretty much all closed and non-
    functional.

    Banks only allow a handful of people inside, or they insist on
    "by appointment" only. I believe I wrote about a recent
    experience I had with my bank around mid-January.

    But.. I have achieved a bit of an upswing in "special orders",
    so that keeps me juggling my options.

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    ../|ug

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