Nope. With some exceptions for disability, all the members must work.

Plenty of rich people blow their money unnecessarily. It's staying rich that's the challenge for a lot of them.

True, lots of folks earn work credit by doing things other than working in the store—-you can even earn work credit by working a shift at the local soup kitchen (which has a long relationship with the Co-op) or helping set up other co-ops. It's not volunteerism, though, it's work—it's a condition of membership, and I…

PSFC has about 16k members—-the largest co-op grocery store in the country—-so they have a lot of buying power and the discounts are great. But yes, supporting the cooperative movement is a real incentive for a lot of people, and it's definitely part of the reason I've been a member. They're a good neighbor to the…

Yeah, very true. I give them props for opting out of conspicuous consumption.

Could be. Despite its occasionally byzantine policies and left-wing shoutfests, the Co-op's an organization worth supporting and it does a great deal of good in the community.

Could be. Could be that it suits her left-wing politics, which I wouldn't criticize. But hey, she has to work the hours the same as the rest of us scrubs.

I don't think it's strange that they'd want to stretch their money, but saving 20% on your grocery bill probably isn't the most efficient way to consolidate your wealth. Especially when you're living in a brownstone worth about 2 million in one of the cities wealthiest neighborhoods. I guess they're trying to…

I doubt they're super, super-rich, too, but my guess is they clear 7 figures a year, so I also doubt they're members of PSFC because they need the discount.

As a PSFC member, I can tell you that the cult-like rules are, in fact, a total pain in the ass. And the crunchy lefty ethos can be great (they work hard to buy from small, local, and minority-owned businesses and regional farmers) it can also induce a great deal of eye-rolling (there's an ongoing debate about…

Re: Maggie Gyllenhaal...If you're a member of the Park Slope Food Co-op, every member of your household over the age of 14 has to pull a 2 hour, 45 minute shift once a month—-not a 45 minute shift—-or you can't shop there.

I know. And her father's got his own addiction demons too. I'm not sure how helpful he can be to her.

Yep.

If you're looking for the center of douchebag gravity in New York, I strongly suspect you'll find it at that party.

Hearted for the Dr. Ruth love. She is an amazing woman and educator!

^^ THIS. As an over-50 male friend of mine once said, "Once you pull it on, there's not much left to pull it onto."

Congrats to Janet Snakehole, whose collection of gifs never ceases to delight and amaze!

She always seemed like a lost soul to me. I never found her reality show funny because it was so clear that she was drugged out and miserable and being exploited for cheap laughs.

I hate to think too deeply about this, but I suspect it's a thing. To be honest, I think pretty much anything semen-related you can think of is a thing for some people. It's probably some kind of sick corollary to Rule 34.

DADDY! I want an African penguin NOW!