FIPS UNDERCOVER PART II: Target Atlantic Center Mall [An Abortion of Retail]

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This is part two of our four part series in which we attempt to uncover, once and for all, why the hell Target at the Atlantic Center Mall sucks a big dick.

ICYMI, Here's part one.

For those who might be wondering (cause we read your comments like we were studying for an exam): yes, we are all pompous, yuppie, assholes. But that has fuck all to do with how deeply and profoundly this Target sux.

We returned to Tarjay this past weekend (same time, same place), for another afternoon of fun.

Again, please note: we have not manipulated or "reused" video in any way here (except to blur out faces). This place actually sucks this hard.

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The Brooklyn Flea's Winter Antiques Pop-Up Market in DUMBO: It's On

Today marked the inaugural launch of the Brooklyn Flea's Winter Antiques Pop-Up Market in DUMBO, and FIPS was there to catch some of the action.

The Pop-Up Market is located at 76 Front St. (@Washington Street) in Dumbo, and will be kickin it for the next 12 weeks (until March 29th) from 11-6pm.

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Target @Atlantic Center Mall: The Seventh Level of Hell

This is a photo taken at the Atlantic Center Mall Target. Brownstoner wonders if this is a sign that there actually isn't a recession after all?

Those of us who regularly visit this particular Tarjay outpost know that these empty shelves have NOTHING to do with xmas, the recesssion, or anything else other than:

*This is, hands down, the most poorly run retail outpost of any store, a-n-y-w-h-e-r-e.
*Whomever is responsible for stocking their shelves does an earth-shatteringly horrendous job (ALWAYS).
*The employees of this particular store are all: clueless, wildly unmotivated, and generally pissed off at you for daring to enter their space and bug them whilst they fool around, steal shit and ignore people.
*If you haven't ever been there, you should never go there. EVER.

That's all.

(via Brownstoner).

Say Cheez

Some of the most horrendous pics of me in *existence* are from those yearly school photo shoot escapades we're all forced to endure (particularly from my pre-braces, pre discovery of styling products era). So I totally dug seeing these bright, cutesy, 2.0 school photos from Park Slope rez Thomas Roemischer.

If you don't want your kids to hate you in 20 years, I highly recommend you call this dude.

(via NYT).

Bodega Dreams?

2 Questions:
1. Do you guys remember Kozmo.com? And how friggin revolutionary that seemed back in the Y2K? (I.Am.So.Old.)
2. Where are all the enterprising young hipsters in Park Slope??

"In the tradition of FreshDirect, Kozmo and Peapod, two enterprising hipsters in Brooklyn have started Hyperbodega.com, which offers and delivers beer, cigarettes, condoms, plantain chips, cat food and other such items directly to doorsteps in Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Bushwick, neighborhoods closest to where the men live."

These dudes deliver from 10:30pm to 4am and only charge $3 bucks. I am so fucking down with this idea...

(NYT via Gothamist)