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Park Slope Food Co-Op Already In State Of Sandy "Insanity"
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Christopher Robbins
Published Oct 28, 2012
Modified Oct 28, 2012
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The denizens of Park Slope know that every hurricane survival kit is incomplete and downright DANGEROUS without raw pate "seed cheese," which is apparently why the Park Slope Food Co-Op was packed to the gills with responsible adults this morning. According to the grousing on Twitter, things have not improved, and there's currently a queue to even get in the door.
Behold what Mother Nature hath wrought. It's like the DMV, if the DMV were a Kafkaesque nightmare with 78% cacao chocolate bars.
It's 8:20am and the @foodcoop is already a shitshow. Is there something going on...?
— Megan McDavid (@mmcdavid) October 28, 2012
Stocking up at @foodcoop. Thought I was smart getting here early. Thought wrong. In a wrap around line next to the mushrooms #HurricaneSandy
— Karen Wise (@KarenWisePhoto) October 28, 2012
Insanity @foodcoop. Friend was told to go upstairs, get a number & wait in this room to be called down to shop #Sandy twitter.com/sarablask/stat…
— Sara Blask (@sarablask) October 28, 2012
Chaos in Park Slope. The @foodcoop is so crowded that they have had to close to shoppers for at least an hour. #Sandy
— Fiona Spruill (@fionaspruill) October 28, 2012
An employee of the Co-Op could not confirm the hour-long closure, and said that they would be open until their usual hour of 7:30 p.m. But by then all the Grana Padano will be long gone, man.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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