Bezerkeley!

Los Angeles Times ^ | September 22, 2008 | John M. Glionna

[sailrabbit]

At Berkeley Bowl, the nuts are off the shelf

Brothers Juno, 20 months, left, and Cyrus Soltani, 5, sample fruit at the Berkeley Bowl market, famous for its exotic produce. For those caught tasting food or beverages without paying, the penalty is severe: a lifetime ban.

By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 22, 2008

BERKELEY -- As most veteran customers know, it takes a pretty thick skin to successfully navigate the Berkeley Bowl, this strident city's most popular grocery store.

Outside, petitioners seeking signatures for ballot measures have come to blows with opinionated residents. In the tiny parking lot, nicknamed the Berkeley Brawl, frustrated motorists have been known to ram one another's cars. At the checkout, people have thrown punches and unripened avocados at suspected line-cutters...

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[unixfox]

"There's a sense of entitlement to this town," Evans said. "People think, 'If I want to do it, I'll do it, just try and stop me.' "

This is what socialism does!!! You get what you deserve!!!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I lived in Berkeley in the early 70’s and I was one of “them”. I go there now and I’m literally nauseated just driving through the place.

[Pinkbell]

The article cracked me up just picturing all the liberals:

"Berkeley residents are angry -- they're mad at the president, the economy, all kinds of stuff. And this is the place where it seems to get released, the local supermarket."

But other things get pointed out too. Your cart is at the wrong angle. You didn't replace that apple where you found it. Tell your child to stop playing with that plastic bag -- it's a choking hazard. One customer said he thinks he's come up with the perfect city bumper sticker: "Welcome to Berkeley: Now please stop doing that!"

One time, Pollan was picking out a box of cereal for his daughter when a fellow shopper interrupted him. "He said, 'I'm watching Michael Pollan shop for groceries,' " Pollan recalled. "There was this note of disappointment that I was buying Fruity Pebbles. Berkeley is full of hall monitors. It's a small town, and people are looking into each other's baskets."

I'd like to have a store with such a diverse produce selection here, minus the liberals of course.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

“Tell your child to stop playing with that plastic bag — it’s a choking hazard.”

I’m munching on a Berkely Bowl apple even as I type.

Flash Jr. 1.0, age 3, and I were waiting for Mrs. Flash outside the entrance of Berkeley Bowl a few weeks ago. Jr., sitting in his shopping cart, was happily pointing a banana at the passers-by, making shooting noises. I was just waiting for someone to make a critical comment, but no one did.

[SmithL]

Does the Berkeley Bowl feature the fruits & nuts from UC’s Orchard?

[Doctor Raoul]

That and how angry they are. This article has the Bezekeley “progressives” pegged.