Comments on: The Fresh Market Post that Wasn’t http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/ A day in the life of me. Fri, 11 May 2012 03:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john hendeson http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-43810 john hendeson Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:24:59 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-43810 the fresh market recently opened in loudenville ny the store is nice but your normal grocery items are very limited bread -basics like pasta -paper product- the meat produce and bakery are nice but very pricey the so if you want to do your whole grocery list go to the other fine stores in the area thanks the fresh market recently opened in loudenville ny the store is nice but your normal grocery items are very limited bread -basics like pasta -paper product- the meat produce and bakery are nice but very pricey the so if you want to do your whole grocery list go to the other fine stores in the area thanks

]]> By: Stix http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Stix Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:59:04 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-984 Do yourself a favor and bypass Fresh Market. The employment policies are antiquated and oppressive and the word "union" get a hire fired. Turnover is extremely high simply because no one can live on a $9 wage. Little is fresh and the back of house is one gigantic freezer. That savory looking pie you purchased is made by Sara Lee and enters the store frozen as do the breads, rolls, bagels and muffins. Check the date on that dairy product because stock rotation is haphazard, if at all. Sanitation is a joke and the place consistently fails standard health inspections. Management is top heavy and consigned to sadists who must have missed their opportunity to work as overseers in the plantation fields. Organization and standard food practices are ignored. The store is in chaos most days, because department managers don't stay long enough to establish protocols for efficiency. The waste is phenomenal, yet catch no employee sampling wares, lest he/she be fired for theft. Check to see how many fair trade items exist in the aisles - zip. This is a self absorbed organization dependent exclusively on appearances, not substance and endless music loops of Vivaldi and Handel. Do yourself a favor and bypass Fresh Market. The employment policies are antiquated and oppressive and the word “union” get a hire fired. Turnover is extremely high simply because no one can live on a $9 wage. Little is fresh and the back of house is one gigantic freezer. That savory looking pie you purchased is made by Sara Lee and enters the store frozen as do the breads, rolls, bagels and muffins. Check the date on that dairy product because stock rotation is haphazard, if at all. Sanitation is a joke and the place consistently fails standard health inspections. Management is top heavy and consigned to sadists who must have missed their opportunity to work as overseers in the plantation fields. Organization and standard food practices are ignored. The store is in chaos most days, because department managers don’t stay long enough to establish protocols for efficiency. The waste is phenomenal, yet catch no employee sampling wares, lest he/she be fired for theft. Check to see how many fair trade items exist in the aisles – zip. This is a self absorbed organization dependent exclusively on appearances, not substance and endless music loops of Vivaldi and Handel.

]]> By: Ged http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Ged Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:32:20 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-977 Stefany, when I first read the comment posted by Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett, like you I was pretty much shocked, appalled and disgusted. I was trying to figure out ways to respond to such a bigoted line of feedback. I brought the post to the attention of my friend Anthony</a> and he, thankfully did some digging. It seems as though Mrs. T.D.'s "persona" is really just a extremely subtle attempt at humor. How do we know this? From the comments over at her blog, we see "she" used to be an active member of the Landover Baptist Church. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist_Church" rel="nofollow">According to Wikipedia</a>, this "church" is in fact no such thing, but a satirical site designed to parody the extreme nature of the religious Christian right. Now, parody or not, I do take offense at the things that were said, and of course I whole-heartedly disagree with them. Knowing that it is someone's attempt to demonstrate the outlandish nature of intolerance and bigotry however, is crucial, and I'm not sure this comes across at all. Thanks go out to Anthony for helping me uncover this information, I hope this makes you feel better. Stefany, when I first read the comment posted by Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett, like you I was pretty much shocked, appalled and disgusted. I was trying to figure out ways to respond to such a bigoted line of feedback. I brought the post to the attention of my friend Anthony and he, thankfully did some digging.

It seems as though Mrs. T.D.’s “persona” is really just a extremely subtle attempt at humor. How do we know this? From the comments over at her blog, we see “she” used to be an active member of the Landover Baptist Church. According to Wikipedia, this “church” is in fact no such thing, but a satirical site designed to parody the extreme nature of the religious Christian right.

Now, parody or not, I do take offense at the things that were said, and of course I whole-heartedly disagree with them. Knowing that it is someone’s attempt to demonstrate the outlandish nature of intolerance and bigotry however, is crucial, and I’m not sure this comes across at all. Thanks go out to Anthony for helping me uncover this information, I hope this makes you feel better.

]]> By: Stefany http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-976 Stefany Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:30:25 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-976 I would like to comment to the narrow minded pin head who said that only liberal artsy homosexuals shop at the FM. I resent that, I am not liberal, nor "artsy", nor am I homosexual. All people regardless of their race, creed or sexual orientation are all just people and you are an ignorant person for being so daft that you can't shop in a place where you are too afraid because you are homophobe! As for the blog, a great entry and I will be shopping at the fresh market since being a Unitarian Universalist makes me unafraid of homosexuals and artsy people. Good Day To You! I would like to comment to the narrow minded pin head who said that only liberal artsy homosexuals shop at the FM.

I resent that, I am not liberal, nor “artsy”, nor am I homosexual. All people regardless of their race, creed or sexual orientation are all just people and you are an ignorant person for being so daft that you can’t shop in a place where you are too afraid because you are homophobe!

As for the blog, a great entry and I will be shopping at the fresh market since being a Unitarian Universalist makes me unafraid of homosexuals and artsy people.
Good Day To You!

]]> By: Jiffy http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Jiffy Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:02:51 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-983 Oh, I miss the Fresh Market from when I lived in G'boro years ago! I'm a big fan of Whole Foods as well as Trader Joes, another great organic-minded market. Happily, our local grocery store has a good organic section. We also love our Farmer's Market. Oh, I miss the Fresh Market from when I lived in G’boro years ago! I’m a big fan of Whole Foods as well as Trader Joes, another great organic-minded market. Happily, our local grocery store has a good organic section. We also love our Farmer’s Market.

]]> By: Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:45:08 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-980 Dear Ged, For what it's worth, I thought your blog post was lovely. Dear Ged,

For what it’s worth, I thought your blog post was lovely.

]]> By: Ged http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-979 Ged Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:23:50 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-979 Bucifal, just because I couldn't take pictures inside the store for its grand opening, doesn't mean I'm not gonna shop there. I was disappointed at the manager's position to be sure, but I understand it. I have to refuse almost daily requests of people asking to use our icons on their commercial and non-commercial websites, so I can hardly complain. Nothing suffered except my ability to create a nice, pretty blog post, read into that what you may. Bucifal, just because I couldn’t take pictures inside the store for its grand opening, doesn’t mean I’m not gonna shop there. I was disappointed at the manager’s position to be sure, but I understand it. I have to refuse almost daily requests of people asking to use our icons on their commercial and non-commercial websites, so I can hardly complain.

Nothing suffered except my ability to create a nice, pretty blog post, read into that what you may.

]]> By: Bucifal http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Bucifal Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:50:17 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-978 8-| so you start complaining about something and then you realise you like it?? why did you complain in the first place :| 8-| so you start complaining about something and then you realise you like it?? why did you complain in the first place :|

]]> By: Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:52:13 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-981 "spose you don’t go to the downtown farmer’s market then either" Surely, you jest. Farmers markets are swarming with Birkenstock-wearing, patchouli- soaked hippies and annoying panhandlers. I send the housekeeper. “spose you don’t go to the downtown farmer’s market then either”

Surely, you jest. Farmers markets are swarming with Birkenstock-wearing, patchouli- soaked hippies and annoying panhandlers.

I send the housekeeper.

]]> By: jw http://gedblog.com/2007/06/27/the-fresh-market-post-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-982 jw Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:57:53 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=524#comment-982 Store's okay. Getting there is hell. The roads to it are messed up and the parking lot is awful. Store’s okay. Getting there is hell. The roads to it are messed up and the parking lot is awful.

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