BEFORE:
AFTER:
We recently did some light shaming of The Place for the classic Camden move of asking for money to take a vacation.
We did, however, give them some credit for not using the money to chop down trees, a la Wolfpeach.
Whoops!
Color us embarrassed. But also a little impressed.
Are they readers? Did we plant the tree-cutting seed?
Predictably, the land of the sharrow was distressed, which led to a wonderfully petty Instagram response:
Given The Place's history of quickly taking to the internet to address any perceived slights (parking has been an issue) this wasn't particularly surprising, but that doesn't mean they didn't find new ways to entertain.
Our favorite parts?
"Our house and shop will be much warmer with the sun coming in and we'll use less fuel for heating which... is greener"
Impeccable logic.
If you really think about it (and ignore the warm times of the year), global warming might actually be good since we'll need less fuel to heat our houses.
"We're replacing them with native flowers"
Ah yes, the native flowers, which notoriously don't coexist with native trees.
If you, dear reader, are one of the Gullible Gusses or Dupable Deborahs who has now given money to two (2) new businesses to chop down old trees, we suggest taking a minute to reassess your charitable priorities.
If they were just honest about doing it so more people would see their business from the road (or just apologized?) we might have more respect, but trying to justify it as environmentally friendly is a ridiculous move.
Thus ends our fully anonymous note intending shame.