NYT: Food Co-op Exile's Story Demands 2,000 Words
Comrades, a new bar has just been set for Park Slope Food Co-op navel gazing: “For such a scrutinized institution, little public attention is paid to people like me—co-op failures and near-failures who have struggled to stay in good standing and have stumbled in the cramped aisles. Like every other aspect of the much-loved and…
Comrades, a new bar has just been set for Park Slope Food Co-op navel gazing: “For such a scrutinized institution, little public attention is paid to people like me—co-op failures and near-failures who have struggled to stay in good standing and have stumbled in the cramped aisles. Like every other aspect of the much-loved and much-hated co-op, the topic of members in trouble draws a bushel of opinions. An organic bushel, of course…The co-op, a place that raises aspirations for society, makes us raise aspirations for ourselves. I am still suspended, but imagine myself someday returning and remaining in good standing. Nostalgically, I envision old friends and former roommates in the aisles, examining the white nectarines. But I wonder: couldn’t it be a little mellower?” —Flunking Out at the Food Co-op
Photo by Betty Blade.
wine lover, a fresh and original point there!
>Rob, story,
I didn’t prof reed my last post.
Why didn’t the writer start an good old fashioned bare knuckled fist fight when the she was forbidden entry? I thought that’s how they settled things at the coop.
in order for 3 hours a month to even begin to make sense, you have to also figure out the opportunity cost. if you make $75 per hour lets say, then 3 hours there costs $225. how much can you really save?
i wasnt make fun of gabby, i was just confused about what the heck that all said/meant. ill re-read it i guess.
*rob*
Gabby’s only writing was the title and the first sentence. That largely-unintelligible mass of words was a quote from a NYT article.
no offense gabby, but i could barely read/understand what you just said :-/
could someone translate?
*rob*
First thing I thought reading that article last Friday was, “This thing is long enough to have the ‘single page’ option?”
…about to invoke Godwin’s Law