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WILDTURKEY101 posted:i saw an old man freak the gently caress out at the stop and shop robot and start yelling and cursing at it and it was the funniest fuckin thing I've seen in years Yea I saw that too roomtone posted:bummed out man. wish this ai bs just didn't exist. feels like pursuing anything right now is foolish cos it's all going to be replaced so i have to live with being a fool. can't decide whether to just ignore it or doomvestigate it more, but i really don't want to use it. seems like they're gonna take an ice cream scoop straight to the heart of humanity with this one.
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May 14, 2023 04:10
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did you know there’s a special big y in springfield MA called “fresh acres” and they sell food that is even fancier and more expensive than whole foods.
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pencilhands posted:did you know there’s a special big y in springfield MA called “fresh acres” and they sell food that is even fancier and more expensive than whole foods. drat gonna have to go check this out
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May 14, 2023 04:18
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there’s also a special big y in west springfield MA called “table and vine” which is a giant liquor store
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May 14, 2023 04:21
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pencilhands posted:did you know there’s a special big y in springfield MA called “fresh acres” and they sell food that is even fancier and more expensive than whole foods. Hmmm that'd be a longer drive than the Costco. Hmmm.
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May 14, 2023 04:36
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none of these robots have nice feet so i shan't be loving them opSmugworth posted:This is the robot at my local grocery store eh... maybe. it'd have to buy me dinner first
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May 14, 2023 04:49
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enough with the loving of robots, more loving up of robots
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May 14, 2023 04:58
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Here in Seattle Pagliacci say they'll use drones to deliver pizza. When you're paying fifty bucks for a large I am not tipping the drone! https://www.king5.com/article/tech/pagliacci-pizza-drone-delivery/281-24c24a59-8165-460b-a614-9539528a01d1
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May 14, 2023 05:05
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I have decided I will not gently caress the Stop and Shop bot, I will go out with it and start a serious relationship only to ghost them when it's clear they're committed.
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PinheadSlim posted:I have decided I will not gently caress the Stop and Shop bot, I will go out with it and start a serious relationship only to ghost them when it's clear they're committed. Just like you ghosted everyone who wants to know what accent you have that makes you think chowder and louder don't rhyme
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Devils Affricate posted:Just like you ghosted everyone who wants to know what accent you have that makes you think chowder and louder don't rhyme They do so I must have been really drunk, idk lol
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Wait lmao I was thinking of the other guy
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CPL593H posted:The robot doesn't really bother me but that thing that screams "THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING TIDE!" when you get within 15 feet of the aisle with laundry detergent is the goddamn worst. They started having that thing because a bunch of old people believed some dumb urban legend about people stealing Tide to barter for drugs like ten years ago. My dude not everything has to be some boomer race-baiting thing. Everyone is actually still stealing Tide because it is a commodity that is super easy to fence, and especially when everyone was understaffed during covid there were non-pursue policies that made it de-facto legal to shoplift in many big cities. Just grab some, sit on it for a bit if it's too hot, then drive some to a laundromat in a poor area and you'll flip it all minutes if you sell at a discount. Here's a video of people stealing whole carts full of it from just 2 years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwShXgSYts4
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May 14, 2023 06:34
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The stop and shops in Holyoke suck but the big ys are so much more of a drive.
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I've had a lot of grocery store bagels but nothing compares to a Safeway bagel, it's on par with and sometimes better than actual Bagel places. The donuts are Dunkins level, though. Especially before they got bought by Albertsons. Such gluten, such chewy and shiny brown exteriors! Also I've changed my mind, I would gently caress that robot.
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Zero VGS posted:My dude not everything has to be some boomer race-baiting thing. Everyone is actually still stealing Tide because it is a commodity that is super easy to fence, and especially when everyone was understaffed during covid there were non-pursue policies that made it de-facto legal to shoplift in many big cities. Just grab some, sit on it for a bit if it's too hot, then drive some to a laundromat in a poor area and you'll flip it all minutes if you sell at a discount. Plus if you're a drug dealer and get busted, they will take all you cash, but maybe they won't know what to do if you just got a bunch of bottles of Tide? Also it's dumb anyway. The Stop & Save Robot says, "Thanks for buying Tide" because it's a loving ad, not anything to do with people shoplifting. (Assuming it does, I don't have a shop & save near me so...)
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Zero VGS posted:My dude not everything has to be some boomer race-baiting thing. Everyone is actually still stealing Tide because it is a commodity that is super easy to fence, and especially when everyone was understaffed during covid there were non-pursue policies that made it de-facto legal to shoplift in many big cities. Just grab some, sit on it for a bit if it's too hot, then drive some to a laundromat in a poor area and you'll flip it all minutes if you sell at a discount. That's nice and all, but the majority of retail shrink is companies just misplacing their own stuff - something like 60% of losses are from operational shrink, not theft, and of the rest there's more employee theft than shoplifting. The bitching and moaning over laundry detergent is a distraction from poor internal practices. Not to mention, wage theft still robs workers of much, much more than companies lose to shoplifting. Hard to find any sympathy here.
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midwifecrisis posted:The stop and shops in Holyoke suck but the big ys are so much more of a drive. Why would you go to a grocery store when you can go to the Holyoke Mall and get a gyro at the food court? Unless that's gone it's been awhile. edit: The Greek Place appears to still be open. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 15:55 on May 14, 2023 |
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Duck and Cover posted:Why would you go to a grocery store when you can go to the Holyoke Mall and get a gyro at the food court? Unless that's gone it's been awhile. drat I might just do that this weekend
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Stop or my mom will shop
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Also it's dumb anyway. The Stop & Save Robot says, "Thanks for buying Tide" because it's a loving ad, not anything to do with people shoplifting. (Assuming it does, I don't have a shop & save near me so...) I mean if it's a motion activated announcement when you're near Tide then that does seem like a passive-aggressive anti-theft thing, like when you see monitors of security camera feeds above the doors when you walk into a store. Where I am, the Dollar General just locks all the Tide behind a cage. I only buy the "Free and Clear" detergents and bronner soaps anyway. You know what was hosed up, I got some dish soap that was "Pure and Clear" thinking it was the same, which turned out to be Palmolive's code for no dyes but still a ton of perfume because lol gently caress you.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:That's nice and all, but the majority of retail shrink is companies just misplacing their own stuff - something like 60% of losses are from operational shrink, not theft, and of the rest there's more employee theft than shoplifting. The bitching and moaning over laundry detergent is a distraction from poor internal practices. You'll notice that when Walgreens admitted they flat out lied about closing those stores in San Francisco due to "shoplifting", it got approximately 1% of the coverage as the ENDLESS stories about people stealing. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/...&smid=url-share
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Zero VGS posted:I mean if it's a motion activated announcement when you're near Tide then that does seem like a passive-aggressive anti-theft thing, like when you see monitors of security camera feeds above the doors when you walk into a store. It's clearly just an ad. There's other detergents besides just Tide. But also it would be an ad for other people in the vicinity as well, "This person is buying Tide!"
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Zero VGS posted:Here's the thing though, Stop and Shop is union and they are absolute poo poo-tier. Their deli is trash and I saw them selling a bag of Hint of Lime Tostitos for loving $5.99. For corn! The 7/11 was cheaper! I guess they need big margins to fund that stupid loving robot. You will discover, after a bit of digging, that management at some companies have a tactic of instead of fighting the creation of a union, they can co-opt and sabotage the union so that it serves the interests of the company. This has the added benefit of making the more gullible members of the public think that "sometimes unions can be bad". Well when it's not actually a union, but an organization controlled by management that calls itself a union, why yes it can be bad!
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Zero VGS posted:My dude not everything has to be some boomer race-baiting thing. It is more often than not. SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Plus if you're a drug dealer and get busted, they will take all you cash, but maybe they won't know what to do if you just got a bunch of bottles of Tide? Do drug dealers take Purex for drugs and if so what is the Purex to Tide conversion rate? AreWeDrunkYet posted:That's nice and all, but the majority of retail shrink is companies just misplacing their own stuff - something like 60% of losses are from operational shrink, not theft, and of the rest there's more employee theft than shoplifting. The bitching and moaning over laundry detergent is a distraction from poor internal practices. Everyone I know that ever worked in a grocery store has told me about the absolutely MASSIVE amount of perfectly good poo poo they just throw in the garbage. And of course employees are absolutely never allowed to take any of it. And Walmart straight up writes shoplifting into their budget. Zero VGS posted:I mean if it's a motion activated announcement when you're near Tide then that does seem like a passive-aggressive anti-theft thing, like when you see monitors of security camera feeds above the doors when you walk into a store. Yeah I probably should have mentioned that. The horn thing that yells about Tide also has a TV screen above it where you can see yourself.
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The robot at my local store spends a lot of time going back and forth in the produce department noting spills, mostly because people are disgusting slobs that toss poo poo on the floor. One time, it got a carton of strawberries caught in the perfect position where the robot didn’t turn around but instead dragged the box across the floor, creating a mess, which it then tried to follow to the source, which resulted in a lot of backtracking, going in circles and beeping, all while smearing more berry paste around.
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MoonshineWilly posted:The robot at my local store spends a lot of time going back and forth in the produce department noting spills, mostly because people are disgusting slobs that toss poo poo on the floor. One time, it got a carton of strawberries caught in the perfect position where the robot didn’t turn around but instead dragged the box across the floor, creating a mess, which it then tried to follow to the source, which resulted in a lot of backtracking, going in circles and beeping, all while smearing more berry paste around. I was in Stop & Shop one time and the robot kept announcing a spill in the produce area. Some employee had to come pick up a small piece of an onion skin for it to shut up.
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Does Big Y still give out the colored coins? I always liked that rewards system, felt like we were saving up pirate doubloons
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MoonshineWilly posted:The robot at my local store spends a lot of time going back and forth in the produce department noting spills, mostly because people are disgusting slobs that toss poo poo on the floor. One time, it got a carton of strawberries caught in the perfect position where the robot didn’t turn around but instead dragged the box across the floor, creating a mess, which it then tried to follow to the source, which resulted in a lot of backtracking, going in circles and beeping, all while smearing more berry paste around. My friend with a dog wanted to get a Roomba and I showed him of those videos where the Roomba hits a dog turd and proceeds to smear it across a hundred square feet of carpet, that talked him out of it lol CPL593H posted:Everyone I know that ever worked in a grocery store has told me about the absolutely MASSIVE amount of perfectly good poo poo they just throw in the garbage. And of course employees are absolutely never allowed to take any of it. And Walmart straight up writes shoplifting into their budget. I was in a Target when all the power went out, so I asked one of the employees what happens to the food in the fridge. She said "by law we have to dispose of it if the power doesn't come back within X minutes". I drove back about an hour later to the rear of the building, and sure enough there were pallets upon pallets of still-wrapped, still-cold produce all stacked up neatly next to the dumpster. Filled my car to the rafters and drove into the sunset.
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free hubcaps posted:Does Big Y still give out the colored coins? I always liked that rewards system, felt like we were saving up pirate doubloons No, they finally got rid of that I want to say two or three years ago? Now it’s just a normal digital loyalty card.
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Yeah if it hits the danger zone it has to be tossed so they don't get sued It only takes one person getting food poisoning from improperly temp'd food Food Saftey is important, once it's in the trash it's up to you if you want to eat it
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CPL593H posted:The robot doesn't really bother me but that thing that screams "THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING TIDE!" when you get within 15 feet of the aisle with laundry detergent is the goddamn worst. They started having that thing because a bunch of old people believed some dumb urban legend about people stealing Tide to barter for drugs like ten years ago. Brain worms must've crossbred with the ones that inspired the security camera and motion detector ones in Wal-Mart next to all the Black hair care products.
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I know it's probably still fine and I've eaten and brought home expired food before too, but the law exists for a reason. Otherwise some dumbass puts it back in the cooler and lets some old lady buy it.
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I remember once coming out of the bathroom at Giant and the robot was in its charging area and I said "Lazy fuckin' robot, just wants to sit around charging all day!" And then it started following me around the store in a creepy and menacing way and honestly I don't think I've felt fully safe at any Giant since then
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Duck and Cover posted:Why would you go to a grocery store when you can go to the Holyoke Mall and get a gyro at the food court? Unless that's gone it's been awhile. It is! I work in that mall
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