Don’t know what it’s like now, but when I was a member of the Park Slope Food Co-op (1997-2003) every member had to work 2 3/4 hours every 4 weeks (yes, weird math). I did Sunday night inventory until they finally got scanners, then did cashier duty.
I think mig was referring to members refusing to bag their own groceries, though heaven knows people would try every trick in the book to not work their shifts.
It’s not that I hate how baggers bag it’s that I want it a very specific way to make unpacking and putting away easier. I have specific bags for different items to help me not leave perishables in the car. I like self-service for that reason though sometimes waiting for a checker can be quicker if it looks like a lot of people the self service line look like they have no idea what they’re doing.
The park slope food coop is a wholly member-owned buying and shopping org where you have to be a member to shop there, and all members must work. There is a paid staff as well, but members supply a lot of the labor.
I was referrring to shopping members refusing to allow working members to bag their groceries for them.
There was a wonderful co-op in Hyde Park (Chicago) that we shopped in when I was in college. Everyone could shop there, but if you were a member you got a rebate at the end of the year. Way back then, it was a place you could find (to us) exotic things - because of the University’s international community. Definitely the first step to really enjoying learning how to cook. Sadly, I understand it closed about 15 yrs ago.
Yep, it was def a gateway to new ingredients for me too!
Isn’t that special when that happens!
It’s supererogatory. There’s far too little of that, and too much of the opposite.
Yesterday at Costco, I pulled a cart off the stack, and offered it to a couple who were right behind me, before grabbing mine. Their surprise made me smile.
Little things.
It seems like the natural thing to do. I don’t expect a goldstar for being civil or kind.
If one does supererogatory acts out of expectation, one doesn’t deserve a star, IMO.
Out of ethical egoism, maybe.
I’ll take ethical egotism over being unkind or uncivil any day.
Egoism, not egotism.
At Aldi, there’s a lot of “buying” a cart from someone who has just unloaded it, to save them taking it back for the quarter, and often the quarter is refused.
Thank you so much for the correction! I thought they were interchangeable, but I’m not a native speaker.
You’re welcome, but it’s not a native term. It’s a philosophical one.
We have a very strong co+op here in Ashland.
It has moved beyond the volunteer phase.
The prepared/hot foods section does the most restaurant business in our whole town.
Ah. I’m more of a Kantian, I guess 
Making a gross generalization here but it’s often men in business suits
I can never work those quarter things!
I always park by them, too. never had any card damage due to boneheads.
