At times, I think Adam Borowitz should be nominated for
sainthood.
Why? Well, Adam is our City Week listings coordinator, and that
means he has to deal with all of the folks who submit listings requests
to us. Now, 99 percent of those who request listings are polite,
understanding and reasonable people.
Then there’s that other 1 percent.
I bring this up, because we recently freshened up our listings
guidelines, and as a result, some events that we had been
listing—like regular, for-a-fee classes and ongoing events run by
for-profit businesses—were eliminated from our database.
That made a couple of listings-requesters rather cranky—and
Adam had to deal with them.
Hence, sainthood.
The thing that astonishes me about these cranky people is that they
feel entitled to get a free listing in the Tucson Weekly,
like it’s a God-given right or something
To those cranks, I have this to say: Our listings are meant to be a
service to our readers; we do the best we can to perform that service
given the constraints (time, space, money, etc.) we have. If, given
those restraints, we decide that your listing doesn’t make the cut, we
apologize, but that’s our decision—a decision we’ve made with our
readers in mind. Feel we’ve made the wrong decision? You’re welcome to
ask us to reconsider, and if you don’t like what we ultimately decide
… well, if you want complete control, you’re welcome to purchase an
advertisement.
I’d like to thank the 99 percent of you listings requestors who are
indeed polite, understanding and reasonable; you help us produce the
best and most comprehensive calendar in all of Southern Arizona.
To the 1 percent … I’ll just keep my mouth shut.
This article appears in Aug 6-12, 2009.
Yes, Borowitz does a good job.
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“To the 1 percent … I’ll just keep my mouth shut.” (Editor Jimmy Boegle’s close of his diatribe about the one per cent) Though not even close to being Everyman, there is evidence that editors just want to be normal, at any cost.
Jimmy, I get my copy of the weekly in midtown. Have you noticed that the paper has been folded incorrectly for a few issues now?
From what I understand, anytime we have an ad insert, the printer needs to print the paper with a “lip,” or a little extra paper on each sheet for the insertion machine to grab. Or something.