Gothamist: Yellow Rat Bastard's Bastardly Deeds

michelle

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:17:45 -0500

OMg are you serious? there are rats tehre? man that dude is bitchyy. and i just like applied to work tehre today . i wonder if i should work tehre now i mean i need money to buy stuff and all =T

Alan

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:26:02 -0500

Post-rave, hipster...i don't know how accurate those descriptions are...it almost seems like it's the sterotypical "New York Store" for tourists. It has a scandalous name (try opening a store with that name in Omaha), has a fake gritty look and has "underground" clothing brands that Midwestern Gap and American Eagle wearers think NYers are into. It's a tourist store.

joeblow

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:28:56 -0500

they're jooos! I tell you, jooooos!

kevin bracken

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:36:15 -0500

actually it's not really hipster fashion, a lot of the clothing there is sort of post-rave, i guess. i will admit that a lot of my wardrobe came from YRB; they were one of the only stores in the city that sold UFO's

robin.g

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:06:19 -0500

How does a t-shirt get frazzled?

zach

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:30:39 -0500

The name is a reference to a Sin City comic. And the employees are working with a union - the Retail Warehouse and Distribution Services Union (RWDSU), which is affiliated with the UFCW. They are also working with the community group GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side.) Kudos to Spitzer for taking these guys on and to the workers for holding management accountable for its criminally exploitative practies.

always sunnie

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:13:26 -0500

Looks like someone got their vintage T-shirt all frazzled.

robin.g

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:40:01 -0500

Oh shut up about hipsters already.

sity stuff

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:42:23 -0500

People go to this place? And, those other stores? are they stores or brands? Damn, hipsters will buy anything. Anyway, what a shock, a store with a name like yellow rat bastard cheats their employees. They do sound like scumbags. Bring back OK Hardware on Broadway.

SoHo Guy

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:27:35 -0500

They used to have rats in the window (like chicks at Easter) as 'advertising' during the hot Days of summer, baking in the sun, without water. It stopped when animal rights activists picketed. They also painted the entire sidewalk yellow until Landmarks came down on them Real scum

Anonymous

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:05:22 -0500

Unionize!

kevin bracken

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:39:37 -0500

Haha, as a person who was friends with most of the staff in 2004, I can tell you that these things are all entirely true and really just the tip of iceberg. Fortunately, the employees filed a class action lawsuit against YRB and won the right to be paid minimum wage. However, after FICA and taxes, they are making almost the same amount as they were before! YRB is shady. No doubt about it.

Angry Asian

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:19:00 -0500

Wow who would have thought the management was a scam just like the store :P