Heidi Cotler a real obscenity

Yep. I think the same philosophy that says youth is for "living in the moment" (embodied in Heidi, even into middle age) is the same thing that prevents adherents of the philosophy from wisely preparing for the future. Tower could have used some teetotalers to future proof the business instead of going wild on hand truck fuel.

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WOW!!

Who are you to judge? A woman who started at the bottom (clerk) and worked her butt off to become a VP of an international company. Probably more successful than you will ever be. Let alone the fact she did this when many women were stay at home moms and didn't or couldn't work. She led the path for women working in retail. Heidi's point, work hard, never make excuses (period) or anything else on why she couldn't work, sucked it up & contiued. That may sound odd now days, back in the 60's was quite a feet. Yes she drank and did drugs & swore. Part of the work culture back then, if you point out one person for doing it, better point to the masses. Anyone who says otherwise is full of it. If she was a washed up hippie, drunk, druggie as you imply, Heidi would not look like she does, talk like she does after decades & decades of heavy use. Believe she was pointing out the culture around her & how she managed to keep up with the men (showing strength as a woman).

Why would anyone wish failure to anothe & not success? Saying Napster & I-Tunes destroyed Tower while making it sound like a good thing. Foolish, Napster were theives, free music killing the music industry, musicians not getting paid? How is that good? They too didn't last in the digital age. I-Tunes, another joke & slap in the face for the artists making the music, not making a fraction of the profits of played recordings. Great idea, but forty years from now, will anyone have hard copies of records to put turntable and listen too? Take folks back to the days of youth with a favorite album? NOPE!!! They'll also forget some bands, titles & tracks along the way. Sad really. Some have finally figured this out, records ARE making a comeback.

Tower should be looked upon favorably, get hired at the bottom and trough hard work end up with a great career. Try that these days. Now we have Mega Companies owning everything.