Around the Banks: Dr. Frederick T. Mickler

As time progresses and populations become more diverse, it seems some services are part of a different age and, rather than becoming more personalized, become more impersonal. I will provide a couple of examples. There was a day and age in north central Florida, not long ago, when many of us could phone a hometown or home-owned clothing or department store, and ask, "Will you hold such and such (a shirt or pants, sports coat or suit) and send it out on approval" or you went into the store where you were fitted for pants, coats, etc. That kind of service and that kind of store is a thing of the past. Another example was your hometown medical doctors; you knew them and they knew you. You