I’ve created a blog about something I’m very passionate about - customer service experiences…from great to horrible…regardless of location or type of business.

I am a big believer in word-of-mouth advertising (positive or negative) and in Vancouver especially.

First, this rant was originally written as a comment in response to a post on Metroblogging Vancouver.

Therefore, when I say ‘as for this site’, I’m referring to Metroblogging Vancouver, not Rant! Vancouver. (Which also sucks, though - it’s so bad, I don’t even read it.)

Second, I’m no troll. I’m just a reader of Vancouver websites who would like to see more interesting content published on my hometown blogs.

Third, my criticism that blogs are written by ‘nice’ people shouldn’t be overcompensated for by writers turning themselves into assholes.

I want you to be interesting, and funny, before being mean.

It’s a fine line to walk, but if you’re a writer worth your salt, then you can do it.

And finally, I also hate artsy writers who try to hard. No ‘whirling dervishes’ or excessive use of adjectives, thank you. Vancouver has enough of these hacks trying to write books, for God’s sake.

Keeping it real - Gary Condit

PS Am also suitably embarassed for not only ~using~ the word snarky, but incorporating it into the title of my blog, thus forever associating myself with middle-aged suburbanites when I am, in fact, a twenty-something urbanite.