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On 2026-05-25 12:27:27 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 25/05/2026 8:11 am, Anne Frank wrote:
I'm not even surprised anymore.
Humanity is cutting its own throat. I first realized this
when they introduced self checkouts in supermarkets, from
30 checkout girls to 2 checkout girls (for emergencies)
pretty much overnight and that's just one supermarket!
When given the option, I deliberately choose the 'checkout girls' cue.
Seems to me if I do the work of the 'checkout girls', the Supermarket
should either PAY me something or give me the products at a discount
price!!
Not only are you doing your own checkout scanning and packing, but you
no longer get free plastic bags to carry your groceries in either ...
yet prices for everything still keep going up and supermarkets continue
to have massive profits.
Similarly with banks. They keep closing branches and trying to push you
to do your own banking online, yet they also keep raising fees and
making massive profits.
The post office is another one. They also keep closing branches and
decreasing the number of days they deliver mail to homes, yet keep
raising the price of postage (including parcels). The only difference
is that the post office does not make a massive profit, at least here
in New Zealand.
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