Before the newspaper was shut down some ten years ago, I was a very popular local movie critic. I would check out all the newest releases and write reviews for the Friday issue of the local paper, and people really liked my writing. Then, as you all know, newspapers started to shut down entirely. With the advent of social media there was no need for movie criticism, because everyone thought they were a critic. I changed jobs, moved away from writing, and eventually started managing one of the local medical cannabis dispensaries. I had a lot of big 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 very 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 movies, 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 we wanted it to feel like a CVS and not a place to hang out and have fun. I think it’s a bad idea, because I talk to my medical cannabis customers and have a good sense for what they would like to see. The corporate owners really don’t care about medical cannabis, or the customers, they are just trying to maximize the profit margin for the shareholders and present a certain image for the media.