A little long winded at the end, but a good read. The amount that I feel “on my own” is insane.
And it’s not even the gig economy. Nobody has any agency to do anything. I was trying to buy a frozen turkey at Target on sale after Thanksgiving. The tag fell off at some point. They told me that they couldn’t sell it to me because they had no way to weigh it. It took three people looking at the shrink wrap for a bar code (which never has the price since they’re individually weighed).
It was going to be like a $8 turkey, but none of them had the authority to just make that happen. Target would apparently rather have a checkout line grind to a halt than let a few dollars go as a weight is estimated.
Funny. I went to Walmart a month or so ago and picked up a crown of broccoli, but it didn’t have a tag. The self checkout attendant just estimated the cost (which was slightly cheaper than the actual price) and added a custom entry. It wasn’t a product sold by weight, but still.
A little long winded at the end, but a good read. The amount that I feel “on my own” is insane.
And it’s not even the gig economy. Nobody has any agency to do anything. I was trying to buy a frozen turkey at Target on sale after Thanksgiving. The tag fell off at some point. They told me that they couldn’t sell it to me because they had no way to weigh it. It took three people looking at the shrink wrap for a bar code (which never has the price since they’re individually weighed).
It was going to be like a $8 turkey, but none of them had the authority to just make that happen. Target would apparently rather have a checkout line grind to a halt than let a few dollars go as a weight is estimated.
Funny. I went to Walmart a month or so ago and picked up a crown of broccoli, but it didn’t have a tag. The self checkout attendant just estimated the cost (which was slightly cheaper than the actual price) and added a custom entry. It wasn’t a product sold by weight, but still.
Honestly, that has been an issue in retail for a long time. Nobody who would figure that stuff out would find a better job.