From the Queens Chronicle:Flags of 22 different nations fly on the awning of the Family Food Farm grocery store at 94-01 63 Dr. in Rego Park. Old Glory is not one of them.
And that is something Vietnam War veteran George Gardner, 66, of Rego Park finds “ridiculous” — though many passersby and even store employees have never even noticed the lack of the Stars and Stripes.
“It’s astonishing that you can have flags of 22 different nations on your store but not one of them is the American flag,” Gardner said. “It’s just ridiculous.”
Andy Lee, a manager at Family Food Farm, has been working at the grocery store for the past five months, and he did not realize the American flag was missing from the awning.
“There really isn’t an American one?” Lee inquired as he walked outside to look at the row of flags. “I don’t even look up there most of the time; I didn’t know.”
Lee also said that if a customer would donate an American flag to the store, he would have no problem adding it to the rooftop collection.
“If someone wants to bring a flag here and we have space for it, I’ll put it up there,” he said.
However, Gardner claims to have already made such an offer.
“I went to the store and offered to pay for a flag,” he said. “It’s a fantastic store and I understand they’re busy, but they just said ‘Yeah, yeah’ and that was it.”
Lee said he hadn’t known about Gardner’s concerns.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that,” he said.
14 comments:
Where's Al Queda's flag?
Once again I blame the people.
"No one noticed" "the place is busy"
If more people noticed and said something then the owner might put one up.
If those that noticed and "offered" to buy them a flag ( which is ridiculous) would start the boycott , maybe the owner would do something. Being that its going to affect his pocket and all.
Stop being SHEEP and do something proactive!
used to live close to there
you need a passport to go to that part of 108st
Wow, just wow. 2lbs reg. onions only 99 cents!
What's most insulting is that there is a Canadian flag there. How many Canadians are in Rego Park?
Crappie, I'm on the job.... I know people who live down the block from that fruit stand and will have them donate a flag ASAP!
They only accept American dollars not American Flags.
We Dont need no stinking Americano flag!
I didn't know there were even any Americans still living in that country...er...neighborhood.
"Wow, just wow. 2lbs reg. onions only 99 cents!"
GROWN IN CHINA WITH HUMAN WASTE AS FERTILIZER.
Anonymous said...
We Dont need no stinking Americano flag!
You don't deserve one, you excrescence!
----Two Nonymouses
Yeah...those perfectly formed (5 to a net sack) of garlic bulbs are genetically engineered and from China too!
Don't put anything that comes from China in your mouth.
Let the politician's bite their Chinese contributers' wands. Being suck-up crooks, they're used to that kind of stuff.
Just hang a white flag. It's too late .
Donate an American flag? Were the other flags donated?
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