DAILY NEWS REPORTER DOES NO REAL REPORTING; CALLS US ALL “PARK SLOPE PRINCESSES”

Remember BACK IN FEBRUARY when FIPS unearthed a rumor that Slope Nannies (Slonnies? Slannies? OK, I’ll stop) were possibly covering Coop shifts for their bosses? This caused a kale storm in our comments section, and then the NY Times jumped on it and made us sound all Lord Voldemort-y by referring to FIPS as “The blog whose name we do not speak of.” And then time went by, as it does, and we all kind of moved on with our lives?

Well, most of us did.

Joanna Molloy of the Daily News wrote a breakthrough piece YESTERDAY telling all you nanny-outsourcing, Coop-cheating “Park Slope Princesses” to “Get a grip!”

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COOL OR NOT COOL: Locking Your Coop Shift-Mates Up So You Can Run Home And Watch An Ep Of 'Castle'?

This might literally be the best email we've ever received here at FIPS HQ.

It seems as though FIPS reader @CoreyGreen happened upon quite the little kerfuffle on Monday night at our favorite organic hemp tote bag loving establishment, the Park Slope Food Coop.

Read on:

As I was walking home from Union Hall tonight, I noticed a cop car and four police officers standing outside of the Park Slope Food Coop. At first I thought they were just standing around shootin the shit, but as I got closer I realized that they were investigating an ominous note left on one of the Coop's's loading doors.

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COOL OR NOT COOL: Hitting Up Starbucks During Your Park Slope Food Coop Shift?

I was sitting innocently at Starbucks trying not to procrastinate when, BOOM, I turned around and saw this potential Pulitzer Prize-winning moment. Thank GOD I had Erica's flipcam with me for just such an eventuality. I could scarcely believe my eyes.

And yes: this dude (who clearly was in the middle of his Coop shift), even had his orange vest on under his jacket!

Don't kick him out though, Disciplinary Committee. Because this is just too brazen and awesome to end in tears. He cares about the Coop, I just know it!

Or maybe he's just someone's nanny who was forced to do his mean employer's shift against his will?

[ed note: For the record, I vote TOTALLY FUCKING COOL!--Erica].

Food Coop Prankster

image via Park Slope Lens

Ok, so apparently there is something called an "online shift swap form" that members of the Park Slope Food Coop can fill out in an attempt to get other chumps members to cover their shifts.

One such Coop member clearly has a wicked sense of humor, cause s/he filled out the following, which was forwarded to me by another FIPS readin Coop spy:

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Anti Park Slope Food Coop Anthem: 'Keep On Shoppin At The Key Food'

Ok, the quality of this mp3 is deeply, shitty but I just couldn't resist as hello: it's an anti Park Slope Food Coop anthem.

A local cult band called Love Handel recorded "Keep on Shoppin At the Key Food" some time in 2010. They've since broken up and all prefer to remain anonymous, however, I think you'll find that this little ditty is pretty damn catchy.

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