• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOP
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    3 months ago

    I love how they blamed the customers.

    As if they weren’t purposely treating employees like shit and understaffing.

    Over pictures of stores overcrowded with unboxed products, Oliver described dollar stores as “less like functioning stores and more like American Ninja Warrior: Retail Edition”

    “That chaos isn’t a one-off mistake or the fault of those stores’ employees,” he said. “It is the natural end product of how the companies behind these stores choose to operate them. And if you think it can be bad shopping at a dollar store, it is nothing compared to what it’s like working there.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/20/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-dollar-stores

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      3 months ago

      It’s not just that, while per unit things may be cheaper there, it’s because they sell things in smaller sizes.

      Can never remember if something was John Oliver or Daily Show, but I think Oliver did a show on it this year.

      Like a bottle of shampoo might be a dollars vs $3, but the one that’s a dollar has 1/4 of the shampoo.

      The more you shop at dollar stores, the more money you waste.