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Tensions Increase between L.A. Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s Shoppers
Los Angeles, CA - After yesterday evening’s incident in which a still-unidentified young professional female told a Trader Joe’s cashier that Whole Foods seems to have a better variety of organic yogurts, tensions have grown even more palpable in Los Angeles between shoppers dedicated to the two specialty grocery store chains.
Local businesses are reporting an increase in the rash of cubicle-dwellers flashing, or “throwing up,” the menacing Whole Foods hand signs to other employees. On the streets, the practice becomes more than just a gesture. Those displaying the “WF” hand sign in view of someone with Trader Joe’s allegiances could find themselves, if not dead, at least left alone and ignored by that person.
Asked if the community should fear an all-out war between the two embattled groups—known on the streets as the Trader Joe’s “Customers” and the Whole Foods “Customers”— Los Angeles Chief of Police, William J. Bratton said, “No.” And he’s probably right…but only probably.
A Los Angeles officer worker flashing the menacing and awkward Whole Foods hand sign