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	<description>As if San Francisco needs another &#34;food blogger&#34;</description>
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		<title>Circuit City and the Failure of Customer Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big fan of NPR&#8217;s &#8220;This American Life&#8221;, and I often listen to their weekly podcast on my walk to and from work.  Recently, they rebroadcast a show that originally aired in March 2009, called &#8220;Scenes From A Recession&#8221;.  Each of the three segments was about how the current economic downturn is affecting everyday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitting Below the Belt</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we received a flyer in the mail from a company that manages vacation rentals.  Here&#8217;s what the front of the flyer looks like (click the photo for a close-up look):   (You&#8217;ll notice that I have not included the name of the company in the above scan&#8230;fat chance, you bastards!) Apparently, in this challenging economic environment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Citibank</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know you&#8217;re really concerned about identity theft.  After all, it must cost you millions of dollars every year!  So I&#8217;m not really surprised that you put the following on the back of the envelope containing my latest statement:   The problem is that, well, the text you&#8217;ve put on the back of the envelope [...]]]></description>
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