If laws don’t apply for the rich, get fucked, they don’t apply for me either. Fuck your system.
Comment on grocery shopping
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
We do steal every time. Somewhat around the amount everything went more expensive. Not because we need to, but out of principle. Mostly around 20% of what we buy. We are old and don’t look stereotypical enough, so we never get controlled.
They rob us, we rob back. It’s only fair. And yes, we know it’s not the shops that rob us, but the manufacturers. But we can’t rob a factory.
python@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Samesies! My partner isn’t vegan, so whenever I’m buying food for him, I just so happen to pull it a bit too quick over the self-checkout scanner so I guess it doesn’t scan, oops 🥺
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
They beep so fucking loud here, this would not fly well with a cashier (or can) that watches well 😁
But we came up with different ways to do it over time. And yes, self checkout mostly, but we also do it at register if we have to. The most brazen one was a whole fucking door we drove by the cashier while my wife distracted him with questions and her charme 😁
We should not be proud of that, but we are. We probably wouldn’t even have noticed the price hikes. But I absolutely despise that they force you to pay more for things you can’t boycott. I can just not buy a car, but I can’t not buy food to protest. Fucking greed.
SippyCup@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Bluetooth speaker in your pocket and a beep sound on your partner’s phone.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
might work, but that’s a bit of overkill. I prefer sleigh-of-hand or simply not scanning many things. People are already overworked and understaffed, noone’s gonna check anyway. The cameras are just scare-tactics too.
copd@lemmy.world 2 days ago
in the UK they weigh the baggage area and if you don’t scan something it’ll should “UNEXPECTED ITEM I THE BAGGAGE AREA” and you get publicly shamed by all the whiter than white old people.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Interesting. Where are the weighs? Do you HAVE to out your bag on a special place?
I wonder we don’t have that yet too. But then again, overworked and understaffed. Noone cares if anything beeps or not. Even if the door-alarms go off, nothing happens. In no store, ever. It’s just that the vast majority of Germans are so obedient, they instantly stop, go to the next employee and explain themselves.
PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Certain grocery chains in Canada employ these types of self checkout scanners. Every item is weighed, your bags need to be on the scale from the start and there’s a camera over each checkout.
copd@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes you do have to put your bag in a special place. It’s effectively impossible to accidentally steal something without using your pockets
relativestranger@feddit.nl 1 day ago
at the wm here, if you even look at the scanner cross-eyed, it sounds the alarms and halts the register until the babysitter can come over, review the footage and unlock it. if anything passes anywhere in the cameras’ very wide fov and a scan isn’t registered… anything… it stops.
they got sam’s club-like checkers at the exits, now, too. anything not in a bag gets ‘checked’… at least that’s what we’ve concluded is their criteria, based on when we have been stopped trying to leave.
me thinks they’ve had a slight uptick in ‘customer-applied discounts’ lately.
Angelevo@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Turns out the USA never left the Wild Wild West age.
balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 1 day ago
The hand of the market is doing the lifts
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I’m no murican…
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Your local Kroger isn’t robbing you. Neither are their suppliers in general, but even so you are not punishing them by shoplifting. The store already paid the producer for it regardless of whether the item is sold or stolen, meaning they don’t care either way.
If you want to steal, that’s your prerogative, but don’t pretend that you’re morally justified to take out your frustrations on someone unrelated.
biggerBear@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
GROCERY STORES REACH INSANE AND UNPRECEDENTED PROFITS!CEO STATES ‘WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? STARVE? LOL SUCK IT PLEBS’
This guy - “GrOcErY sToReS arEn’T RobBinG U, HaVe U cOnsIdeRed tEh CeOs FeeLiNgs?”
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yeah they went from like 1-2% to like 5%… Which for a grocery store is insane and I precedented. Normal grocery stores have never been good profits. In 100 years they all basically barely break even
So to see them actually turn a profit is fucking unheard of
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Whatever a “Kroger” might be, but luckily the world has morally intact people like you! And I’m not frustrated, it’s not about the money, it’s the principle. Someone in the chain did raise prices for items I can’t boycott, I don’t care who. Also I don’t need justification. To whom should I justity? to you? lol.
SippyCup@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Kroger is a grocery chain in the US that is attempting to monopolize grocery stores.
It is always moral and just to steal from Kroger.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Monopolize? Great. Should I ever visit the US (no I would not), I’d go there and steal a lot :)
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Whatever a “Kroger” might be
Kroger is a supermarket chain in much of the US, but some of their stores use different branding. I just meant it to be a recognizable example of somewhere you might get your groceries.
And I’m not frustrated, it’s not about the money, it’s the principle.
When I said frustrated, I meant in a general sense about the economy, as in higher grocery prices. But I guess I did misunderstand your motivation for this. So it’s not about how much suppliers/stores are actually charging, just that they raised prices at all? And you view that as stealing?
Someone in the chain did raise prices for items I can’t boycott, I don’t care who.
And I guess that’s the problem in my eyes. If you intend to punish someone, it should be focussed on whoever is responsible. I’m sure you would agree it is unreasonable to yell at a cashier when your card gets declined for example. I’m also skeptical that you can’t boycott, but without specifics I’ll have to take your word for it.
Also I don’t need justification. To whom should I justity? to you? lol.
I judged you because you shared this with other people on the thread, which I view as inviting feedback. But you are right that my opinion isn’t important. What matters is that you can justify your actions to yourself. Whatever your morals are, I doubt it includes indiscriminate punishment. Maybe ask yourself things like, “What would it be like if everyone acted the way I do?” or “Will this lead to things getting better or worse?”.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
How could one boycott food? Especially if literally everything went up? I can stop buying cars or whatever else, but not food.
Hence yes, it’s stealing. Not in a technical sense OFC. And it’s not because a good became more scarce or anything, but just greed. Plain and simple.
Also yes, it’s not the grocery’s fault. But as said, can’t rob a factory or a CEO. And as everyone is raking in record profits, it’s fine.
As a sided note: I didn’t raise prices of my stuff and I also didn’t raise rents of my apartments (I’m still just at covering costs, not earning). We’re doing good, employees happy, why should I? To expand? To have more stuff? Greed has no limit, and with things like rent or food, people have no choice to “vote with their wallet”.
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 2 days ago
Are you Uncle Leo?
On a tangent, I just found out that Len Lesser was not only quite handsome in his younger years, he was also an extra in one of my favorite movies, the original “Papillon.”Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I have no idea who uncle Leo is 😞
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Jerry’s uncle. He stole stuff then if caught would say he was old and confused. Kinda like Trump.
balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 1 day ago
Ok but who is Jerry
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
lol. Well I’m not old enough to go for the “confused”-route :)
SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
not with that attitude!
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
You’re right, we just lack dedication 😫