While I share the concerns about creeping sameness, I wanted to share this hopeful story. I stopped by Silk Road to buy a few things last weekend and was chatting with the clerk about how I had finally worked through the huge order I placed at the beginning of the pandemic. She said many of their customers were similarly worried and placed big orders, to the extent they had to totally reconfigure their warehouse arrangements. In context it sounded like the business was doing really well, and certainly they expressed deep gratitude for their customers.
I love shopping there, it's a special place. Feels like something that escaped from Heritage Park.
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