Last month, I had a short, yet horrifying retail exchange with the owner of a local nationally-branded hardware store. Not horrifying fiscally, mind you, but rather for the social and ethical implications. I’ve only just now settled down enough to write about it, and in life’s macroscope (regards to Mr. Anthony), what happened is relatively inconsequential. I will live comfortably with the resolution to never patronize that particular store or any other merchant wielding such grimly leveraged policies. The establishment will no doubt continue as a going concern due to the economics of demand.
