• @[email protected]
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    6714 hours ago

    It’s really simple: either you accept shrink, or you hire enough people with keys to handle your anti-theft shit.

    I don’t go to target anymore, CVS, or Walgreens if it’s at all avoidable because it’s going to take an hour to get in, buy a few things, and leave.

    They want to lock shit up, but then only have one employee covering the whole damn store that can unlock shit, meaning if you want some laundry detergent, it’s going to take you half an hour.

    Of course, the local grocery stores, Walmart, Amazon, and various other retailers don’t lock shit up, so yeah, I just go there and don’t have to deal with stupid bullshit pushed by morons who haven’t gone shopping in one of the stores they run.

    • @[email protected]
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      89 hours ago

      Just wait, I’m sure soon a wild techbro will appear with a great solution to this problem that will require you to install an app and surrender all your data and biometrics in order to open those cases yourself to get a damn toothbrush or some shaving cream…

      • @[email protected]
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        79 hours ago

        If this happens I’m now personally blaming you.

        Just send your ID in and they’ll authorize Unlokr to let you buy your dish soap in peace.

      • Rimu
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        48 hours ago

        AI surveillance cameras in 3…2,…1…

      • @[email protected]
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        37 hours ago

        Dun dun dun dun Dana da Suddenly a wild techbro appears! Your attack was super effective!

    • @[email protected]
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      28 hours ago

      Yeah I really have been turned completely off to Target. I have one really close and the prices alone, but also the experience, are absolutely horrible. Going into an ikea once kinda opens your eyes. You could have a better thing for 1/3 the cost. Also, the fucking internet exists. So why buy anything at a “big box” store.

      • @WoodScientist
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        47 hours ago

        These companies don’t realize what century they’re living in. The advantage of a physical store is that you can get what you want NOW. Not tomorrow. Not two days from now. Not whenever Amazon finally gets around to delivering it to you. You can go to a store and get what you need NOW.

        That is the entire reason for these stores to exist. Theirs is a market of convenience. But they can’t seem to realize that.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 hours ago

        Its regional. The Walgreen’s by me doesnt lock stuff up, nor the walmarts, but if I go about 10 miles south then they do.

        • @[email protected]
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          39 hours ago

          Well yeah, the stuff that they lock up is also regional because they generally base it on what’s been getting stolen.

    • @AA5B
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      29 hours ago

      Same here, but that means I buy everything from Amazon . There’s not an ethical choice