{"id":2997,"date":"2021-12-10T11:02:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:02:31","slug":"nymysteries-com-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=2997","title":{"rendered":"NYMYSTERIES.COM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png?w=474\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=2997\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>NYMYSTERIES.COM December 10, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was in the Thompkins Square library yesterday. It\u2019s a wonderful place: quiet, organized, courteous and efficient personnel. Nothing\u2019s perfect. As I was eying the carefully arranged stacks of local newspapers, a fashionable woman carrying a pad and a bunch of tiny notebooks approached me.\u00a0 She began a rehearsed speech about the importance of the library and suggested I take a brief survey. She showed me the tiny notebooks and offered one if I took the survey. I wanted to tell her to get lost but forced myself to be mannerly. She showed me the pad on which there were rigamarole questions such as how long have you used the library, etc. There was also a rectangular space in which she expected me to write something or other. At that point, I stopped. She became pissed off and chided me for not continuing, saying I had given her permission to interview me. I had? Why am I whining? Because I\u2019ve been receiving this kind of survey request from restaurants as in tell us what you especially liked about our restaurant; from hospitals as in describe your appointment with Doctor X. If it was a good visit, put it on social media. If it wasn\u2019t get in touch with us at this link.\u00a0 Enough already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-9.53.12-AM.png?resize=474%2C644\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-9.53.12-AM.png?w=588 588w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-9.53.12-AM.png?resize=221%2C300 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>The First Presbyterian Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-9.55.17-AM.png?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-9.55.17-AM.png?w=623 623w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-9.55.17-AM.png?resize=225%2C300 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Perfect for a one bedroom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-9.59.52-AM.png?resize=474%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-9.59.52-AM.png?w=571 571w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-9.59.52-AM.png?resize=208%2C300 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>The frame&#8217;s for sale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The First Presbyterian Bazaar on Fifty Avenue was delightful. Parishioners\u2019 hand-me-downs and hand-made Christmas ornaments were the specialty. 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