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.
No problem, BrooklynGreene.
I’ve been asked to work there tonight and I’m not even a member.
“How many hipsters does it take to change a lightbulb?”
Hipsters prefer candlelight and thus are ignorant of lightbulb-related technologies.
HA! HA! That was fun.
Answer — none. Darkness is so ironic.
BrooklynGreene, my dance card is pretty full already. That said, I’m sure the Coop has a lot of great exotic offerings that I’d love to pick through. 🙂
How many different types of mushrooms are there???
Oh goody, ow we can bash hipsters for a while. This whole coop crunchygranola bashing was getting tiresome.
OK, your mission – should you choose to accept it – is to write a punchline to this riddle:
“How many hipsters does it take to change a lightbulb?”
DIBS, heehee, i did that on purpose, glad you got it. But tongue-out-of-cheek, there is truth to it. Life’s about choosing where to put your scarce resources.
Rob’s comment about forcing Park Slope’s kids into labor might be the only thing he said this month that makes sense to me. Not just the Slope though, all kids should have to work to appreciate what they have. Many of the haters sound like they were raised as entitled snobs, laying on beanbags playing PS3 while mommy did everything.
Sorry Carroll G.,
I wasn’t reading for nuance considering there was so much nonsense commenting to wade through contributed by non-coop members. I kind of skimmed.
And Dave, I think you might enjoy the coop. There may be some “added value” you could get into.
ENY, please come back to the OT so we can spar over kickball and Chows, LOL!