Exactly. There’s nothing - almost nothing maybe - in larger stores or chains that is not designed to make you buy things. Even the way through, Ikea is obviously god emperor there but other follow closely.

Market pathing... hated those guys when I worked night stock.

Meanwhile I end up just walking up and down every isle, even the isles where I never get anything

On the one hand I imagine they've done some kinda analysis on how number go up, on the other it's hard for me to imagine that the money you spend on paying your employees is better directed towards making everyone frustrated rather than just keeping the store a clean and pleasant place to be in

Why did you link to the image again?

I'm really sick of companies making changes that are clearly negative, and claiming it's a good thing, like in your example. Somehow they've all come to the conclusion that if they just say it's a good thing people will believe it.

I would bring a small portable scale lmao

The censorship emphasizes the cursing.

(Anyway, I have no idea why people keep using the tanker censorship in all of lemmy. Just have .ml block your post, you are losing nothing.)

What censorship? I see someone posted the comic in the comments, and I can't spot any differences. Maybe OP updated the original post.

That, or the author just innocently forgot about it.

As someone who lost seven years of their life to that company...

BIG agree.

But that private selection stuff is better than everything else!

I live 5 minutes from a shitty one. I appreciate the convenience. I wish they paid their employees more.

Oh and it's in a "bad" neighborhood. So they pay a fat tall guy to stand there with a gun on his hip. Goddamned hilarious.

I loved going to markets in Costa Rica. Not only is everything cheap and fresh, but there are multiple cops with shotguns and AKs. I would definitely steal from my local Kroger first.

You just reminded me how my local Co-op downsized (basically walled off the back half of the store) and they did rearrange everything to accommodate that. They used to sell electronics and all sorts of things and suddenly they had none of that and a whole bunch of products also vanished. I'll grant you that it didn't change much before or after that though.

But then I'm talking about the company known as Co-op here in the UK, who are excessively fond of charging no less than 10% more than other supermarkets for the same products, then close their stores in confusion when people shop elsewhere, so maybe this is a different thing altogether. They started out as a co-operative, but they stripped all that back and they're just another, expensive, mini-mart chain now.

Why are their beans so fucking expensive