Just spoke with Mara at Bekins in Vancouver, who made some accusations while sounding hurt and offended. It seems that they or their lawyers have found the “Fuck Bekins” posters and writings over on thecobalt.net. She was hurt that I could write such rude, one-sided things about them; how I could post my emails without posting their responses, and how I took absolutely no responsibility for my actions. She also made an odd comment expressing doubt that anyone would have helped out with the “dance” that was organized…

I don’t post email sent to me by other people as a matter of course, because they haven’t typically given me permission to do so. I especially don’t do so when that email is in the form of a PDF that doesn’t lend itself to inline reading without some amount of work.

She insinuated that their lawyers might be contacting me, but she wouldn’t say why or for what, or what I might have said that would be illegal. I asked why they would, as I am pretty sure I haven’t said anything that could be actionable in even the most uptight court of law. I believe at issue was the term “Fuck Bekins” if I can judge from Mara’s dancing around the term.

Then she said “we were contemplating giving you some leniancy, but that’s not an option now.” They had already said that there would be no leniancy, and there was no chance of there being any, so what are they removing from the equation? Nothing. They weren’t sympathetic in the slightest, which lead to bitter me saying “Fuck Bekins” which leads to them being unsympathetic?

I said that we simply wanted access to a very small amount of the items that my wife uses to create her artwork; that’s all. It’s not even resalable items.

If anything, Bekins might want to consider action against the SEO people they employed to get them top results on google… A search for Bekins Vancouver places me immediately after the official bekins.ca site on the front page of results, and a search for Bekins Moving and Storage shows me just making the front page.

I’d show compasion towards Bekins Moving and Storage if they would be willing to show some understanding or compassion from their dead corporate hearts…