showers! we need showers! and an employee locker room....

so I had the lovely joy of reading what used to be my favorite mag, dirt rag, until they turned into another damn collection of ads...and forgot about my lifetime subscription, probably regretting offering that to readers now huh?
anyhow, enjoyed a little blurb about independent fabrications and the move to New Hampshire. I guess its fair to say that my suspicions about the popularity of the move would be not so hot, and frankly I have no business commenting on a situation I am not truly involved in (thank fucking god). But, since this is my blog, and only nine folks follow it, who cares...
So, the funniest thing was the stupid comment about how great it will be to have an employee locker room and somewhere for customers to watch their frame be built and have it delivered to their hotel room on the coast.
Wow, what a colossal line of horseshit! really? locker room? what is next? snazzy polo shirts with your name and the if logo on it? maybe a full color employee manual? leave it to the corporate world to find a way to turn a truly amazing company that kicks out great bikes and make it vanilla.
The extra funny part is that someone with all that awesome college education, and 'real world experience' can't just leave it be. I guess you have truly arrived when you work somewhere with an employee locker room where you can don your ''uniform''...not very independent if you ask me mr awesome corporate douchebag.
On an equally sad note, Merlin has also been bought by an online retailer and will likely be moving out of Mass as well, the CEO even hinted (new CEO) that he will '' do everything possible'' to keep the production stateside.
If you wonder why my bikes are less than these guys here is a solid reason...
I don't have an employee locker room to pay for... ha ha...
fuck you corporate douchebags....