I'm the BEST!

Sometimes things happen that just make you say "really?"

I got an email a week ago about an award that I had apparently earned from the local chamber of commerce -- 2015 Best Bike Shop in Puyallup.

Really? Sure, on my Facebook page I've listed my business as "Bike Shop, Manufacturing", but that was just for the purposes of having SOME kind of category for a custom framebuilder that made sense out of all the things to select from the menu. I've re-assembled one bike for a customer this year, the only actual "shop" kind of activity I've had all year.

Maybe I'm just all that and a huge bag of chips. Maybe the other two shops within three miles of my place just really suck. [I don't actually believe that.] 

More likely it's a way for the chamber to get me to pay for the privilege of printing out a certificate to hang on my wall saying "I'm the BEST!"

I don't need those kinds of ego strokes, thank you.

So, chamber of commerce... Really?