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[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 98 points 2 years ago

The fact that things like this never occur to me as possibilities goes to show just how naive I am about how the world works

[-] CodingAndCoffee@lemmy.world 68 points 2 years ago

You sound like a good person who returns their shopping cart

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago

Be the change you want to see in the world! The shopping cart/parking lot affects us all. Walmart losing money on every avocado doesn't bother me at all.

In fact walmart probably doesn't care at all either, they'll take electricity over humans any day

[-] jayemar@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago

A friend of mine told me that when he worked at a grocery store as a teenager that he always liked being tasked with rounding up the grocery carts in the parking lot because he got to go outside and be by himself for a bit. I think about that a lot, but I also return my cart.

[-] Ambiorickx@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I agree with your friend, I’ve been in the same job. But I also return my cart.

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Former grocery store teen here. It was nice to get away from customers a little, but then again then you're stuck in a parking lot with those same customers and now you have to try and avoid getting run over.

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

I always thought it was nice except for when the weather was terrible like when it was really hot or cold and you were out there with numb hands shoving 30 carts across a snow covered parking lot.

It was only occasionally good

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Great, since those carts are returned by good people now, it means they can have a 5 minute break outside in the sun instead.

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Damn, now I'm going to think of those kids when I return the cart! Maybe I could like, pile them up real bad in the little hut so they can still get fresh air.

[-] PilferJynx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I want to see corporate profits shrink!

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 30 points 2 years ago

Me returning the cart makes a person's job easier.

Stealing doesn't affect the workers.

[-] ggppjj@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Funfact: Walmart pays the vendors (usually local person who rents their own truck and buys their own stock) on scan data. If it doesn't scan, Walmart is also not affected.

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 2 years ago

I return my shopping cart but I couldn't give a shit less how much Walmart is losing to shoplifters.

"Oh know guys! We only made $28 million in profit this year instead of $29 million! What will we tell our investors who are each worth six times that?"

[-] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

$28 million

I like your Dr. Evil-esque way of getting the order of magnitude wrong

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

You're right, they made ~$150 billion last year, but that's too much math.

[-] SexyTimeSasquatch@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

For some reason not returning the shopping cart makes me angrier than the meme about abusing self checkout.

[-] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I am not a lazy bones.

[-] ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

It's all fun and games until you are banned from the local grocery stores .Loss prevention is pretty good these days. It's the Internet though, they really aren't stealing. It's internet tough guy shit.

[-] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was at one and moved an unscanned item to close to the bagging area and the screen froze then showed an areal cam of me getting too close to the bagging area.

[-] Flughoernchen@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago
[-] ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago

How is having a camera on what you are checking out creepy?

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Most self checkouts use cameras and AI where I am.

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Where I used to live, the self checkout didn't even accept Google Pay.

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Aw, that's the best part. I love paying with my ridiculous smart watch that I didn't need.

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Well too bad you spent so much money on a watch that needs to be charged every day.

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It was a stupid impulse buy, yes...

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Oh these are the worst. I had an Apple watch Series 0 I got cheap from a friend. Was pretty neat, but the charging was annoying.

Now I have a Casio GBD-200 which gives me a few smartwatch features (notifications, phone finder, vibration) with a battery that lasts 1-2 years and since it's a G-Shock I don't have to worry about damaging it.

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was curious to see if there was someone else than me with that watch so I searched for GBD-200. Howdy fellow Casio bro ⌚

[-] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

Oh I'm so tough, look at me... stealing from a grocery store

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I have had the thought when buying 2 donuts from the bakery section I could ring it up as 1, but then I realize that it might lead to trouble just to save maybe a dollar at most.

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