A carrotmob is a group of people that get together and spend their dollars consciously at places that live up to the ideals we’d hope to find in all businesses – employing a carrot and not a stick. DC’s first Carrotmob took place today at Teaism in Penn Quarter. Among many other environment- and employee-friendly practices, Teaism provides paid sick leave for their employees, something more than 90% of restaurants fail to do.
Today was really a lovely day. I woke up fairly early because that is how I generally roll. Headed up to the continental breakfast upstairs but didn’t see a single coworker, despite there being maybe 40 in this hotel. No matter, I trotted off quickly to B&H to peruse the camera gear because I am a masochist and know I can’t afford any of it. But I thought maybe I could find a funky camera strap or something. Instead, I picked up a hot shoe sync for my studio lights. Very helpful staff there, as always.
I’m back in NYC again for another work function. This time I’m all by my lonesome in the hotel room, but just about everyone in the union has come up to see our prez get some industry award. As always, I love New York. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again here – I believe New York City is the most interesting place in America. If you can’t find something exciting to see and do in NYC, you can go ahead and define yourself as a stick in the mud.