Before the newspaper was shut down some several years ago, I was a unquestionably popular local motion picture critic.
I would check out all the newest releases and write reviews for the Thursday issue of the local paper, and people particularly liked our writing.
Then, as you all know, newspapers started to shut down entirely. With the advent of social media there was no need for motion picture criticism, because most people thought they were a critic. I changed tasks, moved away from writing, and eventually started managing one of the local medical cannabis dispensaries. I had a lot of important ideas when I first took over on how I could expand the medical cannabis store and bring in a lot of new customers. These ideas did not go over unquestionably well with the corporate owners, who had a strict vision for their chain of medical cannabis dispensaries. I wanted to open a smokers lounge, show motion pictures, sell medical cannabis edibles, and encourage people to spend more time here. The bosses wanted to present us as more of a pharmacy than a medical cannabis dispensary, which meant all of us wanted it to assume love a CVS and not a venue to hang out and have fun. I suppose it’s a bad idea, because I talk to our medical cannabis customers and have a fine sense for what they would love to see. The corporate owners particularly don’t prefer medical cannabis, or the customers, they are just trying to maximize the profit margin for the shareholders and present a particular image for the media.