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As a business owner, let me say that if you're not paying your employees enough to live off of, you don't deserve to be in business.
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HookShot posted:As a business owner, let me say that if you're not paying your employees enough to live off of, you don't deserve to be in business. The real victim of that story is the pregnant girl making $11/hour who the manager wants to fire the second she gets back from mat leave
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May 31, 2017 00:17
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So this person is working 70 hours a week but their profit margin is so slim that they can't afford an extra $528.00/mo. for the pregnant woman (assuming she's working full time), and presumably they're moving too little volume to spread that amount out across their sales without spooking customers. And they're not drawing a paycheck. I don't think Wynne is their problem. unlimited shrimp fucked around with this message at 00:32 on May 31, 2017 |
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May 31, 2017 00:29
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"But it's my dreeeeeeeeeaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmm, I shouldn't have to pay people enough to pay rent and buy food because this is what I've always wanted!!!!"
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May 31, 2017 00:36
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the trump tutelage posted:So this person is working 70 hours a week but their profit margin is so slim that they can't afford an extra $528.00/mo. for the pregnant woman (assuming she's working full time), and presumably they're moving too little volume to spread that amount out across their sales without spooking customers. And they're not drawing a paycheck. I've noticed most of the people I speak to and advise about business ventures have really rosy outlooks. They don't think about their burn rate, business development, start-up costs, capitalizing through the first year, and they often hit like the six-month mark and they're already hand-to-mouth, which means they can't spare a minute to improve business or advertise or anything. Half of what I do is scare the poo poo out of them so they plan for at least a full year of lean times.
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May 31, 2017 00:37
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HookShot posted:As a business owner, let me say that if you're not paying your employees enough to live off of, you don't deserve to be in business. That's what I'm writing on the tip line from now on.
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May 31, 2017 00:40
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Postess with the Mostest posted:That's what I'm writing on the tip line from now on. I wish there was a way to not leave tips that didn't completely gently caress over serving staff. Restaurant owners in no way deserve to have their business subsidized by tips.
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May 31, 2017 00:48
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I'm guessing Weaver is hoping to get campaign finance reform and maybe pretty please get PR and fight the next election on a more even playing ground. Also his position was never that strong to begin with. He had to play both sides in order not to tip his hand, but most likely either his caucus or voters would be pissed if he supported the Liberals and most likely Horgan knew this. Weaver probably wants to get what he can now while making life easier for the Green party during the next election.
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May 31, 2017 00:49
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https://twitter.com/Nicki_Doyle/status/869712698577215489 Maybe Scheer was on to something
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May 31, 2017 02:18
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PT6A posted:Has any store actually got rid of manned checkouts, though? The grocery stores I go to always have self-checkouts, but I never use them. Why the gently caress would I do someone else's job for free (and have to put up with "PUT ITEM IN BAGGING AREA!" over and over)? I use them at the local Superstore a lot because for some reason there's never a lineup for them while there often is for the human-manned tills.
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May 31, 2017 02:41
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The only place i've used them is the new Canadian Tie that's just a streetcar ride west from me. As I've work on tills for years, I am pretty comfortable using them, but I see people who aren't having a lot of trouble, and there's always someone there to help them. So they're not really decreasing labour. Not to mention you still need to have staff to stock shelves, help people find things, handle customer service issues and so on. That Imgur guy is clearly an rear end in a top hat, yes fire a pregnant woman as soon as she gets back from mat leave, yes that is what a good employer would do. I've seen a bunch of people go "oh i run my business really well, and my staff loves working for me, but I can't have the government telling me that i have to pay them more! I cannot afford that!" I really doubt these people's employees really do love working for them. Does none of these people know that paying someone minimum wage is saying "if i could pay you less, i would". None of these people who are bitching about it realize that with more money in peoples pockets, they're going to spend it, and no just on basics, but on luxury goods. Mr Baker will have more customers because people will have more money. More money in the economy is always good. These greedy tools that can't see past the pile of money they're getting are completly blind to this. I've been yelled at multiple times by people who have way better jobs than me how this is going to ruin everything, and that if i want to get a better job, i should get one. Of course, because its super easy to find a high paying full time job when you've worked retail exclusively in the last 15 years and only have a BA in history. Yep, good advice techbro who got hired right out of school.
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PLEASE PLACE THE ITEM IN THE BAG PLEASE REMOVE THE ITEM AND PLACE IT ON THE SCANNER PLEASE PLACE THE ITEM IN THE BAG PLEASE REMOVE ALL ITEMS FROM THE BAGGING AREA BEEP BEEP BEEP PLEASE WAIT FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE ATTENDANT It's almost easier to grow my own loving produce than to try to buy it via those loving godforsaken self checkout kiosks.
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May 31, 2017 04:41
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I'm way faster doing my own scanning/bagging, sounds like you're just terrible at basic life tasks 
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May 31, 2017 04:56
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EvilJoven posted:PLEASE PLACE THE ITEM IN THE BAG How is being over the age of 67 and retired?
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May 31, 2017 05:09
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Don't you loving dare make excuses for those terrible self service checkouts at Superstore. They're crap. Full stop. The ones at Home Depot for some reason aren't nearly as horrible.
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May 31, 2017 05:10
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Self service checkouts are fine, and way easier/faster when you only have a handful of items. Avoiding the dumb alarms are easy if you just listen to the instructions. Sorry you're having difficulty following along to simple prompts with step by step picture instructions.
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May 31, 2017 05:12
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Also while I often find self serve checkouts faster and more convenient, I also often go through the checkout line just to reduce the number of jobs cut in favour of the machines. But only if there aren't any 90-year-olds like EvilJoven who want to count out their change in nickels in front of me.
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May 31, 2017 05:13
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You're right, the instructions are simple. It tells me to put the item in the bag. So I put the item in the bag. And then it tells me that I did it wrong somehow and to take it out again. Don't blame me because a loving machine can't tell that I put the loving item in the loving bag.
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May 31, 2017 05:16
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My mom can use those Superstore checkouts no problem. And her English is pretty mediocre.
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May 31, 2017 05:23
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EvilJoven posted:You're right, the instructions are simple.
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May 31, 2017 05:26
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EvilJoven posted:You're right, the instructions are simple. Are you my senile dead grandma?
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May 31, 2017 05:32
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Woah guys, cool it on the elder abuse.
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May 31, 2017 05:39
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Either there's something wrong with prairie auto checkouts or with prairie auto checkout users because those things are damnable here too. Fight skynet. Buy groceries from a human.
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May 31, 2017 05:47
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Stickarts posted:there's something wrong with prairie users Agreed
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May 31, 2017 05:57
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Hey now, sometimes they gently caress up the bar codes and the weights.
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Accretionist posted:Hey now, sometimes they gently caress up the bar codes and the weights. It's much more likely that someone from Winnipeg is terrible at basic life tasks though
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May 31, 2017 06:12
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What else is an F350 for if not running over self-serve checkout machines?
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CLAM DOWN posted:It's much more likely that someone from Winnipeg is terrible at basic life tasks though Harsh but fair
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My anecdotal contribution is both about the self checkouts. I can use them fine. Once I tried with my mother and she had the whole EvilJoven experience. I'd probably still be in the store if I didn't have us swap places of who's scanning/bagging.
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May 31, 2017 06:44
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is EvilJoven a good mother?
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JawKnee posted:is EvilJoven a good mother? Get him to tell some dad jokes as a test.
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Here's a scorching hot (and correct) take: 1-day shipping from Amazon Prime to your door > interacting with the human being at the checkout >> lovely self-serve checkouts
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May 31, 2017 07:49
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I like the local farmers markets personally and also going to actual farms to buy stuff
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May 31, 2017 07:52
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Farmers markets are the most white middle class enjoyment that I have in my Vancouver life
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May 31, 2017 08:05
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its true
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May 31, 2017 08:09
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Self-serve checkouts are almost always faster than having someone else do it. Do the stores you guys go to only have like one checkout or something? The ones I go to have like 8 and there's never a line.
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May 31, 2017 08:30
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I also live in Winnipeg, I've only been to the superstore by kenaston but they definitely have the worst self checkout system. It's still really simple to use though, you just have to be patient.
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EvilJoven posted:Don't you loving dare make excuses for those terrible self service checkouts at Superstore. They're crap. Full stop. They really are. If you're moving any faster or more deftly than a claw game, they get hopelessly confused. The Sobeys ones are pretty much the exact opposite, you just vaguely wave your stuff at them on its way to the bag and they're like "yup ok next cmon go faster". flakeloaf fucked around with this message at 13:23 on May 31, 2017 |
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heeheex2 posted:I also live in Winnipeg, I've only been to the superstore by kenaston but they definitely have the worst self checkout system. It's still really simple to use though, you just have to be patient. Ya that's the ones that give me grief. flakeloaf posted:They really are. If you're moving any faster or more deftly than a claw game, they get hopelessly confused. That's what I'm seeing. Maybe the posters in this thread who say they're fine are just a little... slower. 
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twistedmentat posted:Does none of these people know that paying someone minimum wage is saying "if i could pay you less, i would". None of these people who are bitching about it realize that with more money in peoples pockets, they're going to spend it, and no just on basics, but on luxury goods. Mr Baker will have more customers because people will have more money. More money in the economy is always good. These greedy tools that can't see past the pile of money they're getting are completly blind to this. This, exactly this.
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