Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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Today is the 3rd day of the 26th week, the 23rd day of the 6th month, the 175th day of 2020, and:
International Widows' Day
Let It Go Day
National Columnists Day
National Eat At A Food Truck Day
National Hydration Day
National Pecan Sandies Day
National Pink Day
Pink Flamingo Day (Lawn Ornaments)
Ratha Yatro or Ratha Yatra
Runner's Selfie Day
SAT Math Day
Typewriting Day
United Nations Public Service Day (International)
Incidentally, Mercury has been in retrograde since June 2nd and will remain that way until July 12th.
Today I used up my last bar of Disney soap.
Back in the day, every visit to WDW meant coming home with little containers of shampoo, conditioner, and lotion plus little bars of soap. I quickly stopped collecting the bottles, but I always kept the soaps and used them when we were home.
Even when they changed to less themed soap bars, I still brought them home and used them.
They sat next to my bathroom sink and every time I washed my hands I thought of all the fun we had in the parks and how much I wanted to go back. It was just a little piece of magic in a workaday world. Then, in August three years ago, WDW went to dispensers. Why? To reduce ecological impact, the company intoned, but really to reduce costs, both very valid reasons. And yet…. I stare at that last remaining sliver of soap, knowing I have finally depleted the bag of souvenir soaps, and I am sad. What was the value to Disney of stoking the dreams of their customers and fans, of keeping their brand front and center as part and parcel of the everyday routine? Especially now, when so many of us don’t know when or if we will be able to return?
I took that last sliver of soap and put it in the washcloth bag where joined with the other scraps, it will slowly wear away, and put another fresh bar of soap – generic soap – out on the soap dish.
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