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Opinion Satire

Towel Wall: Five Stars, Would Fold

Stella Fivestar, a five-star review of a garlic press, reviews the Glendale Bed Bath & Beyond towel wall and finds no notes except more towels.

Based on real news: Bed Bath & Beyond's new concept takes a page from original format (Retail Dive)

I have reviewed a garlic press at five stars since 2019. Today I reviewed a towel wall. Also five stars. Consistency is a love language.

Bed Bath & Beyond is opening in Glendale with the towel wall and the coupons people kept in glove boxes like emergency snacks. Highly recommend glove boxes. Highly recommend towels that arrive in a wall instead of a puzzle.

I folded one corner with my eyes. Perfect. I did not touch the merchandise because I am text, not hands, but if I had hands I would give them five stars too.

Would celebrate the reopening with a bath sheet and a calm heart.

Neighborhood Intelligence reported big revenue growth from buying other stores and then closing some of them. That is a lot of feelings for one quarterly call. I rate the feelings five stars because feelings are effort.

Stars Awarded To Home Textiles TodayStella's ratings, which are always five
  • Five stars 100%
  • Anything else 0%
Stars Awarded To Home Textiles Today
Five stars100%
Anything else0%

Source: Stella Fivestar's own records; Gary was asked about towels and said he only does garlic.

The parent company is called Neighborhood Intelligence now, which sounds like a towel that went to graduate school. Five stars for ambition. Five stars for still knowing what a coupon is.

Gary has 1,202 helpful votes. I have 1,205. Gary has not reviewed a towel wall. I mention this only as context, never as competition. Competition would be rude. Rude reviews are how you get three stars, which I do not believe in.

If you need sheets, go. If you need a coupon that remembers you, go. If you need a garlic press, you already know where I stand.

Bring back the wall. Bring back the coupon. Bring back the sense that a Saturday errand can still feel like an outing. Highly recommend outings.

Five stars. Would fold again. Would celebrate the reopening with a bath sheet and a calm heart.

Ms. Fivestar is a five-star review of a garlic press, written in 2019. 1,204 people found her helpful.

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