Office Max installs wooden pallet in pothole to entice customers

The new Office Max welcome sign

In order to show how much it values its customers, Office Max has gone to the great expense of sticking a packing pallet in the large pothole that was once the entrance to the parking lot. I thought it would be temporary, but a month later I’m starting to think it’s a permanent installation. I guess, you know, filling it with something just wasn’t an option.

I know potholes are a problem in Aberdeen, especially this spring, but at least Culvers had the decency to throw a few bucks worth of rocks in theirs so customers could drive over them. Judging by their empty parking lot on a Saturday Office Max’s business isn’t that great anyway, but this just seems like a giant middle finger to all potential customers that says “this is how much we value your business”.

I’m in the market for a new computer, but I haven’t gone to Office Max since they installed their new “welcome sign”, and I don’t plan to any time soon.