Overheard at the Park Slope Food Co-op:
(In which the culinary becomes political.)
Woman: “Do we have any cheap caviar?”
Same woman, minutes later: “Do we have any caviar” — more quietly — “for the masses?”
(In which shoppers band together to help one of their own.)
Woman No. 1: “Do we have any hot chocolate mix?”
Woman No. 2: “I’m so sorry to be the one to break this to you, but no, we do not have hot chocolate mix.”
Helpful shopper No. 1: “You could check out the chocolate peppermint mix; that might work!”
Helpful shopper No. 2: “You could make your own hot chocolate mix by grinding the cocoa in the bulk aisle and adding milk and sugar!”
(In which the co-op teaches the value of being compassionate toward oneself.)
Man No. 1: “I’m a bad, bad man, and I spilled some nuts in the bulk aisle. Can someone on maintenance help me clean it up?”
Man No. 2: “Well, bad man, there’s no maintenance on duty today, but there’s a broom and dustpan.”
Man No. 1: “Bad Man is on it.”
Woman: “You are not a bad man. Everyone makes mistakes. Be kind to yourself.”
