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[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

You sound like a good person who returns their shopping cart

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

I want to see corporate profits shrink!

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 30 points 1 year ago

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

Stealing doesn't affect the workers.

[-] ggppjj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

$28 million

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

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] SexyTimeSasquatch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

I am not a lazy bones.

[-] ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year 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 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago
[-] ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Most self checkouts use cameras and AI where I am.

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

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

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

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

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It was a stupid impulse buy, yes...

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 2 points 1 year 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 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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 1 year ago

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

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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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