March 25, 2017
"No more food for you" says Sara at Bellingham's Community Food Co-op (Cordata deli department). For nearly 18 mnths, @TheCoopInBham (Cordata) compassionately gave me their expired food, eventually every night after closing. Without a valid explanation, suddenly this came to a cruel & abrupt stop!
CONTEXT:
In the summer of 2015, after "hanging out" at the "Public Market" (Terra Organica) for around two years, a weird deaf Canadian guy assaulted me (he pushed me, I pushed back). I reported it to management, who knew me well. They tried to get video of it, but it was out of range. Police were called on my behalf. A new barista, who hated me, told police she saw me assault the deaf guy (a lie that almost got me arrested). I posted this story on a blog and the store manager kicked me out for insulting his lying employee. I relocated to the Cordata Co-op for coffee, wi-fi, etc. Months later, the deaf Canadian guy started showing up there as well, never buying anything, just using wi-fi & trying to provoke me again.
Recently, the Community Food Co-op (Cordata) hired several new female employees. One, with a partially shaved head, apparently complained to management that she saw me taking sandwiches (given to me by the deli every night after 9pm closing). Another one (L) recently came up to me & talked about her past employment at Terra Organica. She knew the lying barista (D). She was also the first Co-op deli employee to say she wouldn't get me any more expired food. The REALLY weird part... during our conversation about Terra Organica and my hanging out at the Cordata Co-op, she (L) said that I was different than most of the homeless because I was considerate, clean, looked out for the store & was "kinda like the store's Jesus" (WTF?). That was REALLY odd to me. I didn't say it, but I felt like asking if I was about to be crucified. Yikes!
Three long-term deli employees continued to give me food for a few days, then another new female employee (G), referred me to Sara (longest employed in the deli). Sara introduced herself and said she was the senior person in the Co-op deli and that she just found out about my getting the expired food each night (for +/-18months). No way! Nearly everyone who works there saw me in the store, after hours, getting food from the deli.
CONTEXT:
In the summer of 2015, after "hanging out" at the "Public Market" (Terra Organica) for around two years, a weird deaf Canadian guy assaulted me (he pushed me, I pushed back). I reported it to management, who knew me well. They tried to get video of it, but it was out of range. Police were called on my behalf. A new barista, who hated me, told police she saw me assault the deaf guy (a lie that almost got me arrested). I posted this story on a blog and the store manager kicked me out for insulting his lying employee. I relocated to the Cordata Co-op for coffee, wi-fi, etc. Months later, the deaf Canadian guy started showing up there as well, never buying anything, just using wi-fi & trying to provoke me again.
Recently, the Community Food Co-op (Cordata) hired several new female employees. One, with a partially shaved head, apparently complained to management that she saw me taking sandwiches (given to me by the deli every night after 9pm closing). Another one (L) recently came up to me & talked about her past employment at Terra Organica. She knew the lying barista (D). She was also the first Co-op deli employee to say she wouldn't get me any more expired food. The REALLY weird part... during our conversation about Terra Organica and my hanging out at the Cordata Co-op, she (L) said that I was different than most of the homeless because I was considerate, clean, looked out for the store & was "kinda like the store's Jesus" (WTF?). That was REALLY odd to me. I didn't say it, but I felt like asking if I was about to be crucified. Yikes!
Three long-term deli employees continued to give me food for a few days, then another new female employee (G), referred me to Sara (longest employed in the deli). Sara introduced herself and said she was the senior person in the Co-op deli and that she just found out about my getting the expired food each night (for +/-18months). No way! Nearly everyone who works there saw me in the store, after hours, getting food from the deli.
