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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gort" data-source="post: 4340569" data-attributes="member: 11239">A small business needs to actually offer something above and beyond the large businesses. I'm not sure where you've pulled "burger joints" from - restaurants do well because they offer service and food that's above and beyond "burger joint" fare. Same deal with small butchers and food stores - they offer something higher-quality (or they should) to justify their higher prices.What these stores are doing is offering the exact same product as the larger chains for a 40% markup, and are considerably less convenient to the average consumer. There's nothing there for me. I don't actually want to roleplay in a store with random people - I'd rather do it at home with friends. I wasn't introduced to gaming at a shop, I learnt it from a friend. I don't owe these guys anything.I don't know where you got this nightmare scenario of no jobs and nothing but burger joints from - we already went through this stuff when supermarkets appeared. I for one am glad I don't have to go to a dozen different shops just to get my groceries, and it's not like the economy collapsed over it. Were you there to smash automatic looms when those were invented as well?</blockquote>