Comments on: Small Grocers Alive in Raleigh http://raleighpublicrecord.org/ocp/2013/02/08/small-grocers-alive-in-raleigh/ News and analysis for Raleigh, NC Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: chickenlittle http://raleighpublicrecord.org/ocp/2013/02/08/small-grocers-alive-in-raleigh/#comment-129013 chickenlittle Sun, 10 Feb 2013 06:05:07 +0000 http://www.raleighpublicrecord.org/?p=17325#comment-129013 Nice story idea, but why feature a convenience store such as Grocery Boy Jr. in a story about small neighborhood grocers, especially when you have discovered a gem like the authentic, old-time, small neighborhood grocer Larry’s Supermarket? I don’t live in its surrounding neighborhoods, but I’ve been to the Grocery Boy Jr. convenience store on Lake Wheeler Road a few times for gas and incidentals and don’t recall anything other than typical BP or 7-11 convenience store products as far as groceries go, and can see no evidence of any grocery items in the odd selection of photos you’ve chosen to publish. What I do recall from my last “visit” to the Grocery Boy Jr., corroborated by the seven photos you’ve published, is a distinct impression of the staffs’/owner’s unconcealed disdain and close-minded bigotry against entire groups of people, including some negative sentiments expressed toward some apparently peaceful customers who were just leaving as I entered. This experience had already caused me to resolve to avoid patronizing them again, and I find it bizarre that this article is highlighting this establishment for apparently no other reason than the these gratuitous, group-based insults.

Or are we really expected to believe that an owner obnoxious enough to post such nasty signage despite knowing they will cause him to lose significant business, is really just a “sensitive” type of family guy whose feelings would be hurt by merely witnessing the incidentally annoying behaviors of a few inconsiderately dressed paying customers during the 90 seconds it takes to sell them “Red Bull and Nabs” so he can make a profit from serving them?

I wonder why no other neighborhood retail establishment (to my knowledge) in Raleigh feels the need to post such nasty, unwelcoming and insulting signage directed at certain groups of potential customers that correlate so closely with racial stereotypes and experiences? Are we to be believe that this part of Raleigh is uniquely overrun by undesirable dressers and loud-music-players as to make life intolerable for god-fearing, patriotic families with small children who just want to buy their weekly supplies of Red Bull, lottery tickets and Nabs at their local convenience store in peace?

BTW, are NASCAR products edible? Those hats look awfully tasty!

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