Open Thread: Do The Right Thing Edition
The 20th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s ground-breaking movie Do The Right Thing, which dealt with a day in the life of a block in Bed Stuy, and in so doing brought the multi-layered issues of gentrification race coexistence and conflict in the inner city to a broader national audience. Two decades later,…
The 20th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s ground-breaking movie Do The Right Thing, which dealt with a day in the life of a block in Bed Stuy, and in so doing brought the multi-layered issues of gentrification race coexistence and conflict in the inner city to a broader national audience. Two decades later, how much has changed and how much remains the same?
snappy, I think you need to give them another chance, and work within their parameters. Costco actually pays their people well and I’ve never had a problem when shopping. But there are certain expectations on both sides.
Like m4l says, you need to go with a car or a friend with one, and you need to buy a lot of stuff for the lines to make sense. Drop me a line and we’ll take u next time.
They’re not a supermarket, so they don’t do bags, per m4l. We bring a bunch of Lands End canvas thingies. Also, you have to be flexible in what you expect to find. They won’t always have the brand you bought last time. That’s part of the fun.
The expectation is that you will save a lot of money if you buy a lot of stuff, bring your own bags, and be flexible in your shopping.
No thunder or lightening here but I may have spoken too soon – starting to look worse again.
I have to go out to a dinner from work – forgot my umbrella & had to borrow a colleague’s very small spare.
Hey- thanks denton! I’ll check on that.I wonder if they give discounts for initial similarity? 🙂
etson- any thunder and lightning? Nothing here but water.
My windows are open so the rain blew in and freaked out my pooor half blind cat. She just fell off the sill- I feel so bad. I have to now pick her up and make much of her.
Sky is definitely lighter than 10 mins ago in midtown but it’s still raining.
snappy, why even go to these warehouse clubs if you don’t have a car and/or a ton of mouths to feed. everytime people go there, they end up buying more than can be lugged home by hand.
It’s barely enough to moisten the ground here – just blotches of drops on the pavement – so far….
Nite all…I’m gonna run…er, limp on home now…what will I watch now that RHWONJ is over? Argh! HGTV reruns, here I come! Keep dry everyone 🙂
Hey Dave:
Just saw this and thought of you. Check out the answer to her second to last question…
http://brooklynbased.net/everything/the-home-buying-guru/
But Sams is part of Walmart. Walmart Corp. is like the Japanese beetle. Once it gets into the neighborhood everything dies around it.
I avoid them.