No, no, no, Staples, just knock it off and get rid of that back-to-school stuff.

Cleary Squared goes to the new Staples in Roslindale Square, reports that if it wants to retain any customers on the weekends, it's going to have to instill some pride in the sullen, put-upon teens apparently running the place on Saturdays and Sundays.

Dan Miller reports he only goes to the School Street Starbucks because he needs his morning coffee, not because he enjoys "being held hostage by the designated drink maker, who thinks he's Tom Cruise in 'Cocktail.'"

Here comes the mini-Staples: They finally tore down the entire old Ashmont store on Washington Street this week, leaving only several piles of rubble. And the sign. Why are the signs always the last to go?