The Co-Op Uncensored

10/05/2026

10/04/2026

South Carolina fans, students, and alumni. You all deserve a better football team. I’ve lived down here since 1996 and this USC fanbase is amazing. You truly are. You deserve way better than what that product is they are putting on your field. You are probably a top 10 fan support school so no reason you shouldn’t be a top 10 program. There is no excuse. I’m sure the NIL money is there as you all have incredible alumni & have the funding. There are teams beating you where the students don’t even go to the games, not sure UK students know they have a football team. That cannot happen. You must demand better. I love Beamer, but College Football is now a win NOW business. Maybe a fresh start for both sides. He’s a great coach, but USC has to win. These last 2 years are unacceptable. I don’t have the answer but something needs to change. It should be impossible to come into Columbia and beat USC w/ this fan base. Yet it’s happening frequently. I want you all to get what you deserve. You can’t lose to UK and Miss St. You just can’t. I’m not an alumni nor born here but you all are an incredible fan base. They have to fix this problem for you all. I root for you all every Saturday and it always looks promising but something is not there and then it falls apart. As for you Clemson fans, who are also a great fanbase, you had an incredible run, imagine being a USC fan. Just my take from someone on the outside. Oh and for the west coast following, we call South Carolina USC. Don’t mean to confuse you.

09/24/2026

The Pumpkin Spiced scene has officially gotten out of control. They now sell Pumpkin Spiced 💩wipes. For those of you that don’t know what a Dude Wipe is well after you 💩 you can use a Dude Wipe that is wet to make sure that area is clean. And now they sell in Pumpkin Spice scent. Called Dumpkin spice. So who in the world would buy these? What idiot thinks a pumpkin spiced b***y is the way to go? I do. I bought 3 3 packs, so roughly 450 pumpkin spiced wipes. And they are glorious. And they really smell like pumpkin spice. I’m obsesssed. I just Amazon’d an entire box of these so I can leave them in every Co Op bathroom as you have to try these things. I mean I may have given you all Frose but giving you this is an entirely different level. I mean you go in to take a 💩 and you come out smelling like Starbucks. But I just don’t stop there. I like pumpkin spice so much I used them on my armpits. Last night I got right out of the shower and wiped my armpits w/ one of these and when I got in bed Liza said I smelled like a fall dessert. I mean, what a compliment. My only wish left in life is that they make a Frazier Fur scent for Xmas. I’ll buy all of them. Hopefully I’ll have these in our bathrooms by Monday. But honestly don’t 💩 in out bathrooms, but feel free to wipe down w/ one of these Dumpkin Spiced scented wipes. dudewipes well done. You are welcome Charleston.

09/08/2026

We are hiring a manager for The Co Op on Sullivans Island! Our HBIC is headed to NYC. Sam has been absolutely amazing & has given all he can give. He wants to try living in The Big Apple and I could not even try to talk him out of it. Everyone should do that once in their life and Sam cannot pass up this opportunity. We will truly miss this man. We’ve watched him grow into such a good person. The staff absolutely goes above and beyond daily ffor him so that’s what we are looking for. Sam leaves in November so we need a manager starting ASAP so Sam can show you all the issues and chaos he deals with/ every day. Now that we also have our Head of Operations you will report directly to him and handle the biggest shop we currently run. You will actually have a boss that can educate you and develop you in this F&B industry. Chris, our head of OPs, has over 25 years in operation f&b roles. He knows everything. And he knows I’m an idiot so s**t is really getting done now. Now I’ll sometimes chime in and ask for you to make p**p stickers but I’m pretty much out of the daily life of Co Op. But it’s a very hard job. Salary plus a bonus. 50 hour work weeks and working weekends is an absolute must. If you want to take a shot email [email protected] Good Luck!!!

08/27/2026

Imagine going in for a pedi and getting to see the woman’s face when I take my shoes off. This is not AI, these are really my big toes. Feel better about yourself now? Like at least your feet don’t look like mine. The struggle real. These bad boys require some serious TLC. My big toes rest on my other toes. There is a surgery where you basically crack them and reset them but why ruin a beautiful thing. My wife is screaming at me that I need to have a “warning” about this post but I feel everyone needs to see this work of art. Back in my tennis days I’d basically cry every 3 set match as these boys had to breathe and stretch and Nike really hadn’t figured out a W (wide) option. The pain is unbearable when they are restricted. But I survived. And now you all get to enjoy them. Anyway, I was stretching and had my legs propped up against a wall and took a few photos. Enjoy. Oh any foot fetishes you may have, this probably isn’t one of them.

08/23/2026

I’m 💯 okay w/ this 1 Star review. There is nothing we can do about this. Our policy is we I.D everyone when they order Frose. Just last week we had an undercover SLED agent try to order. We have made that mistake in the past. To make sure this never happens we I.D everybody. The only person who is allowed to approve someone ordering Frose w/out an I.D is me, and unfortunately I was not there. I’m sorry Sarah, hopefully you have already moved on from this and are enjoying being married. Have a wonderful Honeymoon. But the is a reminder that we I.D everyone ordering Frose. Just our policy so we never have any issues. Happy to give you some free Frose if you are still in town. Just bring your I.D.

08/17/2026

So we all know I love CC but at this point I think she’s also my favorite athlete, man or woman. For those that don’t know, the league she plays in is a complete train wreck. And she continues to take the high road. My daughter is too young to comprehend the amazing lesson she can learn from Caitlin but I’m 50 and have learned a lot. Watching games w/ my daughter watching Caitlin has been priceless. We put on our jerseys and it’s such an incredible experience. But the WNBA has created an absolute toxic environment and CC refuses to buy into it. She is the league, she knows it and she is doing an absolutely incredible job trying to keep her sanity while playing at the highest level. She spoke about hate recently and it really woke me up. I agree. I’ve done so much for good in this town. Several charity matches, an incredible story requesting donors for MUSC, even lost dogs and most importantly missing kids. Yet I wake up to 13 Reddit posts about how bad of a person I am. From no one that knows me. Well I do get the few that get fired from our managers and go to social about me but I have to ask the manager which one that was. One right now in Tik Tok that I actually loved and had a great relationship w/. Or thought I did. But I haven’t fired an employee since 2019. I’m an owner, I’m not someone’s boss. Anyway, we are in such a dark place right now w/ division. CC said it best. My advice is to take the high road. I’ll do that moving forward. Someone gives us a 1 Star for something I feel differently about I’ll just kill them w/ kindness. Me blowing them up doesn’t help. It’s funny but I’m done. I’m going w/ positivity. You won’t hear a negative thing from me as it’s contagious. ❤️❤️❤️

07/28/2026

So I have officially fired myself from “running” The Co Ops. My last day of “making decisions” will be August 11th. As the owner I had to finally admit to myself I’m not the right person for the job. Especially from an operations perspective. Plus it’s gonna give me a heart attack. My blood pressure and The Co Op just don’t mix. I want Gerald’s. I want Chick-Fila. I want Heavy’s. So I’ve brought in an operations specialist, that I can’t afford, w/ over 25 years of F&B experience. He’s gonna run the show. We don’t have what you all & my staff deserve. I’m buried deep in invoices and repairs. My staff deserves leadership. I’m too concerned w/ the numbers. Every time I walk in Halls and see Billy and Tommy I’m always so impressed w/ how much time they spend w/ the customers. Now I’m not going to touch you all that much but that’s where I want to spend my time. By being on site & the face of the company and having a few minutes each day to post about our business is what I want to do. That is The Co Op. me w/ you all and venting about real life. I’ve been buried deep in numbers, HR bulls**t, hiring, physical labor, & I’m terrible at all of it. I burn out my best employees. I have to let someone else handle that. Holding meetings w/ the staff, motivating, over working some, under working others, I’m just not good at it. The numbers are not numbering and that’s on me. Any issue we have is on me and I need someone to know what they are doing to deal w/ the issues. Yes I want to be there to apologize to a customer but I need someone to fix the problem. I just mask it. My management skills are s**t at this point. I am not making my staff better. I want the best for them and I am not that. I’m not F&B. Maybe 20 years ago when I was on Wall Street I had those skills but it’s a different world and I’ve aged out of it. I need the best for these shops and our staff so I’m hiring the best. Maybe if it was still 1 shop on SI I could survive but I’m responsible for too many employees now to not give them the best option. Damn I’m old. Putting my staff in the best position is going to put our customers in the best position.

07/25/2026

What celebrity have you seen at The Co Op? Peyton Manning came in yesterday so I asked the staff what celebs they have seen at the shops. Let us know who you have seen in the shops. Here we go. The cast of OBX along w/ Kelsea Ballerini. The staff would lose their s**t and try to sneak photos of Chase. He’s so dreamy! That cast is just awesome though. Madelyn Cline ❤️. Never saw Rafe though. The entire cast of The Righteous Gemstones. Tony is the greatest human on the planet. In the early days Edi and Cassidy would sit there for hours on days off and just talk to anyone. They are insanely awesome. Adam DeVine coming in w/ Chloe Bridges and he would always take pictures w/ anyone that asked. Such a great group of people. Andie McDowell. Stephen Colbert during the summers. John Stewart came in once. Baylen Levine. Oh Uma Thurman came in. Thomas Gibson. He’s honestly the best guy ever. Michelle Williams. Yes, she’s had The Co Op. Shep & Madison from Southern Charmed. The staff loves Shep. And I love Madison. Incredibly nice and friendly. Busy Philips. She’s perfect. Britney Snow. Hootie. And some of the Blowfish. Walter Goggins would come in w/ McBride. Peyton Manning, Shane Beamer, drawing a blank on other athletes. Who am I missing? Let me know.