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.
“my spouse and i have an 18 m old. we are active coop members who rarely miss our 6-8:30 receiving shifts. it isn’t hard to get up a little earlier once a month.”
Get up earlier? What are you talking about? You must have the greatest 18 m old ever.
I was up 4:30 today, 6:15 Sunday, 5:45 Saturday…
If I suddenly find myself with 3 spare hours, I’m sure as heck taking nap!
“FTW”
Fuck The What?
northsloperenter —
my spouse and i have an 18 m old. we are active coop members who rarely miss our 6-8:30 receiving shifts. it isn’t hard to get up a little earlier once a month.
With 13,000 member, if that’s correct, they could charge each one $100 a year and employ 26 people at $50,000 per year!!!!!!!!!
At some point the model needs to change.
DIBS: Four.
Added to yours, there is also one to post the video on YouTube.
WOW…100 comments on a place that sells fennel. FTW.
Again, here’s what I don’t get. BrookylnGreene, if the coop is so successful why not expand? If people are coming there from all over Brooklyn, wouldn’t it make more sense to open more stores in different neighborhoods? I’ve heard that’s an idea that has been discussed, but for some reason keeps getting shot down. Why?
It’s all good just as long as Brooklyn Green doesn’t post any more haiku.
Three. One to change it, one to write about it on twitter and one to post it on facebook.