Frankendesign

I work at Chapters Bookstore. The other day a cashier was serving a customer when another customer interrupted. "I'll be with you in a second," said the cashier. The man started freaking out. He lodged a complaint, and got my co-worker in trouble. I see this all the time; people don’t want to wait for anything, and they take everything out on you. To me, this deterioration of kindness and consideration is the most insidious blight on our mental environment—when our rights as consumers overshadow our responsibilities to each other as human beings.
Letter to Adbusters, May/Jun 2002, not reprinted here by permission, author’s name withheld

Washington protesters assail World Bank, IMF
WASHINGTON (AP)—(...)Bill Wetzel, 22, a student at New York University, wore a skull mask and a sign. On one side, it said: "Hello my name is capitalism" and on the other: "Hello my name is war."

"I see our culture spreading itself across the planet from America outward," Wetzel said. "What scares me is that this is a culture that puts money before everything else."

Police said the turnout Saturday was larger than expected...Police Chief Charles Ramsey gave a rough estimate of 35,000 to 50,000 on Saturday. (...)
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