Goodbye, Longwood Gardens
Memo: To Longwood Gardens
From: Miriam Xxxxx
07/09/11
I got my renewal notice from Longwood Gardens today. Sorry, I am not going to renew.
I have the most expensive membership category there is. I forget what it was called, but I do know I was given passes for several friends, as well as free admission for me and my family any time. I don't lend other people my membership card and I only come on rare occasions when I have the time. I also generally eat lunch there and purchase items in the shop. I would call my membership a win-win, but you win more than I do. Unless the restaurants and the shop are money-losing enterprises.
However, the last time I visited the gardens, people were being asked to show photo ID upon admission. It was almost like flying abroad, without the full-body search. No doubt that will come in time.
There is something disturbing about a garden visit to a quiet, peaceful place combined with showing picture ID. It destroys the mood one hopes to enjoy among the flowers and trees.
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They check to make sure your name is what's on the membership card. That's all. It was a two second inconvenience and it probably took you longer to construct this entry than it would to show the ID.
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