Update: A print shop run-in moved my thoughts on speaking up

I always thought people whined too much about not getting to say their piece. During a drop at a small print shop yesterday, the owner was arguing with a customer over a flyer design. The customer wanted to remove a line about a local landfill leak after getting a call from city hall. I figured it was just avoiding trouble, no big deal. But the print guy showed me the original text with dates and witness names, all verified. Seeing solid info get scrubbed because someone got spooked hit me different. Now I know why pushing back matters, even over small prints.

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cameronprice4d ago

Since when do city hall calls get to decide what counts as news? I mean, nothing says "we messed up" like trying to quietly delete the proof after it's already printed. Pretty rich how the people who should fix a leak just want to hide the story instead. Guess it's easier to scrub a flyer than to actually clean up their mess.

hollys341d ago

That bit about quietly deleting the proof... saw the same thing with a park budget flyer last year. Always make a bunch of copies right away and hand them to neighbors. Once a few people have the paper version, it's too late for them to scrub it all. Take clear pictures too... upload them somewhere online so it sticks around. Makes it way harder for them to ignore the real problem.

william_williams754d ago

It's the same old playbook everywhere. People in charge would rather cover their tracks than deal with the real problem. You see it in small ways all the time.