"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.
“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.