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[–] [email protected] 178 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've had this conversation with the lady at the really good deli down the road from me! When I occasionally have a rare chance to go in there she says "we never see you anymore!" And I have to always remind her they only serve lunch from 11am to 3pm, my work starts at 11 and my lunch break is at 330 lol

[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This. If you work during the day anywhere around my town you have a good 30 minutes to do shopping before all the stores close at 4:30.

Never understood those hours, they lock out more than half of their potential customers

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They want time to do stuff to.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's when they should introduce a second shift instead of just having one shift and one set of staff.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

Ah, but you see, they would have to pay them

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Then you have to pay for double the employee hours. And you may not necessarily make double the profit in doing so.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

With self checkout and shelves that detect when stock is empty, how much people could they really need.

I have often wondered about the self checkout clerk/guard who's only job it is to do random control checks in case someone tries to steal.

I sort of cant imagine that they would lose more then a full employee wage on theft without that person there. Especially since pretty much every supermarket having insurance against common theft.

Its called “commercial property insurance” and covers both customer and employee theft.

There exist even a version where lost profits on stolen goods are additionally insured but at least that one is rare to see in this context.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Where I live, there are now supermarkets without employees. You scan your card to open the door, shop, and do self-checkout. I assume if you just leave, they'll deduct the value of the items you took from your account.
They don't offer alcohol, though. Cause there's no way to check if you're of drinking age.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Then they can't go an FB or Nextdoor and complain about people not shopping local.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

all the grocery stores around me stopped being 24 hours so now i can never get anything after work except taco bell

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wish 24 hours was a thing again, my fiancee gets out at 12:00 and there is literally nothing open unless you want to drive an hour. Honestly i'd work a graveyard shift too, love the night

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'm of two minds. I love the convenience of 24/7, but we were JUST THERE. we saw just how much the corpos will demand in order to keep staffing for all 24 hours. People need time off, and they deserve for it to be consistent and "normal". That doesn't happen if the corporations have a say in a 24 hour shift.

I'd love to see expanded hours not being 24/7, but having different start times. No reason every shop has to open at 6am, some can open at 6, some at 8, some 10, etc, and with a similarly staggered closing time, we can have the convenience of having things open when we're available, and not have every minute of our lives scheduled by a corporation.

Obviously there is still a case for overnight shifts. Emergency work, for example. And we need some support for those people working in an industry that has to be always open. I don't know that there's a good solution to compromise on both situations without just an excessive amount of regulation.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Add those local businesses for food or service type things that are more weekend things, but they close on Sundays cause JEBIS!

Fortunately lots of them also post political shit up in their business or signs whining that nobody wants to work, so I don't even want to partake in most of them anyway.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

If I see a sign in a business whining about workers or people not wanting to work, I will straight up leave and go somewhere else. Tells me everything I need to know about how the owner treats their workers.