Weird things you noticed lately (Ladies)

[SlickyBoy]

Many of these boomers who I assume are not religious / atheist don’t seem to believe in an afterlife, yet it is a conundrum that they would be petrified of their own morality. It seems it is more about the boomers are scared to die because when they die or so they believe it is over, no afterlife. However if they continue to live as they do and not seek Christ while they still have a chance, then with all the sin and no repentance, they will be in for a rude awakening so to speak. The way they demand others to get the vax, is not because they are worried for their health, but more about wanting to be in control and being obedient only when it comes to listening to what mainstream media tells them to think.

One of the more vociferous voices I've noticed in this category comes from someone who considers himself fiercely independent and has been an entrepreneur his whole life. He's reflexively against any kind of authority figure and regards all organizations, especially large ones, as inherently corrupt and their leaders to be bullies and liars - you should hear him carry on about Putin. To suggest to him that he's taking on the same kind of dictatorial impulses he condemns from others would be an interesting social experiment - I might try that with him, thanks!

 

[DeDe]

I stopped at Aldi yesterday and as I was exiting the store, a middle-aged man and a young boy(?) no older than 12 were on their way in. The boy was wearing a T-shirt that had a rainbow heart and next to it were the words, "make love." I don't see how a father could allow his son to wear such a shirt and I can't fathom how such shirts are easily acquired by minors.

 

[IconWriter]

Did anyone else have to memorize the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling? This line especially keeps coming to mind these days: "If you can keep your head, when all about you, men are losing theirs and blaiming it on you...."

 

[Kitty Tantrum]

Here's a thing:

It's not hard for me to wrap my head around mentally ill young people calling their dogs "fur babies" or "children."

The thing that really gets me is the number of old people I see referring to their adult kids' dogs as their "grand-doggies."

I'm too disgusted by it to even try to wrap my head around the psychology of someone who HAS procreated and raised actual real human children buying into that.

People often talk about modern degeneracy as though it were a young tree, planted a few decades ago and now firmly taking root... actually we're looking at countless seedlings springing up out of the muck of layer upon layer of rotten fruit that has been dumped for generations from a tree planted hundreds of years ago.

 

[Ah_Tibor]

Here's a thing:

It's not hard for me to wrap my head around mentally ill young people calling their dogs "fur babies" or "children."

The thing that really gets me is the number of old people I see referring to their adult kids' dogs as their "grand-doggies."

I don't know, I feel like it's more like a cheeky joke. My mom and MIL both refer to my cat as their grandcat (the latter also hates cats and animals in general). My husband also sometimes calls him "fuzzy son" because he likes to be included in everything we do, lol

Sometimes it's a kind of consolation when they don't have actual grandkids-- which is sad-- but most of the people I know who don't have kids either have fertility issues or mental hangups (same reason why they're oftentimes still single).

 

[TexasJenn]

Holding my nose, I went to Walmart today to get some basic household things. I went to check out, and they said because there weren't many customers, there wasn't a single live cashier available to check me out. My only option was to use the self checkout. Never seen that before. One more reason not to go there

 

[EntWife]

Holding my nose, I went to Walmart today to get some basic household things. I went to check out, and they said because there weren't many customers, there wasn't a single live cashier available to check me out. My only option was to use the self checkout. Never seen that before. One more reason not to go there

I no longer recognize the world I live in.

 

[Atlas Shrugged]

Holding my nose, I went to Walmart today to get some basic household things. I went to check out, and they said because there weren't many customers, there wasn't a single live cashier available to check me out. My only option was to use the self checkout. Never seen that before. One more reason not to go there

I am one of the few people that hate self check out. I want the cashier to do it. I’ll gladly bag my own things but don’t expect me to know how to work that scanner that takes 5 tries to hear the beep and heaven forbid I have produce in a bag. Nope. One time and yes this was wrong after a long day I loudly said to the employees leaving that I should get a discount for basically doing an employees job. Yeah not their fault. They probably hate it too.

 

[Kitty Tantrum]

I liked self-checkout in its earliest form. In many instances it was much faster and more convenient for me when I had just a few things.

As it's been adapted to accommodate larger transactions, reduce theft, and be more idiot-friendly, it has also become slow and cumbersome. The lag time between inputs (scan or enter code, weigh or enter quantity, place in bagging area) is atrocious. The computer can never keep up with me. Every other item, it screams at me that I have to scan the item before bagging it (or that I need to bag the previous item before scanning another), when I already did, and I have to stand there twiddling my thumbs while it catches up.

I don't believe there is any plausible way that this system was *not* designed with at least the secondary goal of frustrating people and wasting their time on purpose.

They believe they are the consumer when they are in fact the consumed.

 

[PineTreeFarmer]

Holding my nose, I went to Walmart today to get some basic household things. I went to check out, and they said because there weren't many customers, there wasn't a single live cashier available to check me out. My only option was to use the self checkout. Never seen that before. One more reason not to go there

The only qualm I have about self checkout at Walmart is that I usually have to check out and scan everything there, and then go to customer service because I always have to split payments.

I think because it's such a rural area we are always well staffed, though. Even the self checkout. I can't afford not to go to Walmart because the groceries are literally 1/3 the cost of the other grocers, and I'm so familiar with the employees that I have literally loaned one lunch money.

 

[EntWife]

I won't use self checkout. It's aggravating and never works well.

If they don't have a cashier to ring up my purchases, then they obviously don't really want my money. I'd leave my full cart at the front of the store and walk out. If they won't pay someone to ring up my purchases, then they can pay someone to put them back on the shelves.

 

[PineTreeFarmer]

I won't use self checkout. It's aggravating and never works well.

If they don't have a cashier to ring up my purchases, then they obviously don't really want my money. I'd leave my full cart at the front of the store and walk out. If they won't pay someone to ring up my purchases, then they can pay someone to put them back on the shelves.

You must live a lot closer to a store than me

 

[EntWife]

You must live a lot closer to a store than me

If our local Wal-Mart went to all self-checkout, I'd have to go about 40 minutes away to do my shopping. That's worth it to me.

 

[TexasJenn]

I understand that some people shop at Walmart because it's cheaper and they might not be able to afford to shop elsewhere. But I have a big problem with their predatory business practices, the way they ruthlessly destroy local businesses that have been there for decades. I also can't support an obscenely profitable company run by billionaires that underpays its workers while we taxpayers subsidize them with welfare. I pay more elsewhere, and I'm thankful I can afford to vote with my dollars in that small way.

Self checkout is ok for a few things. I love scanning groceries But the systems are so slow and error-ridden, I find it's always faster and more pleasant to go with a real person. Plus, I'm not interested in accelerating the robot takeover.

 

[Ah_Tibor]

I don't believe there is any plausible way that this system was *not* designed with at least the secondary goal of frustrating people and wasting their time on purpose.

I'm kind of in the same boat-- I like self-checkout for small transactions *when it works.*

I genuinely don't think that's by design, though. The people making these things try to improve the tech all the time, and reality intervenes. I was watching a video about an Amazon store where the nerds in question were trying to figure out the problem of people picking up items but putting them back, and the scanner not removing them, and-- eureka! They could have somebody check for accuracy at the door! So they basically reverse-engineered a cashier.

In the end I think it has to deal with certain people not liking human interaction (why CAN'T a robot do the job of an depressed alcoholic 40 year old with four kids? I like solutions, why don't YOU) and-- more tracking.

 

[Veemerk]

Holding my nose, I went to Walmart today to get some basic household things. I went to check out, and they said because there weren't many customers, there wasn't a single live cashier available to check me out. My only option was to use the self checkout. Never seen that before. One more reason not to go there

The lines at the cashier checkout ant the grocery store are usually so long that I am sometimes forced to go to self checkout. Though that is reassuring that people would rather have a cashier check them out than use self check.
If I have too many groceries, it’s just too hard to self check out. It makes much more sense to use a cashier.
Also, anytime I go to CVS and have coupons, the self-check messes up. It can’t handle multiple coupons or something so I must use a cashier.

 

[Camellia]

In the past few months, I noticed that most of the stores I've been to (Aldi, Whole foods, and local grocery stores) converted their cashiers into self-checkouts, leaving only a couple normal ones. Trader Joes is the only one that remains the same so far.

I've never liked "self" anything, let alone self-checkout. Where I come from, everything is done for you. Need gas? You don't even need to get a out of your car because there's a person that will fill up your tank for you. Imagine the culture clash when I moved to America! I find this do-it-yourself way of life here very anti-social and individualistic, and with the advance of technology, it's only getting worse.

 

[TexasJenn]

I miss HEB grocery stores in Texas. They had a few self checkout lanes, but the stores are always busy and there are always plenty of cashiers ready to ring you up. You never have to wait long. There's usually one person in front of you max.

 

[Nordwand]

In the past few months, I noticed that most of the stores I've been to (Aldi, Whole foods, and local grocery stores) converted their cashiers into self-checkouts, leaving only a couple normal ones. Trader Joes is the only one that remains the same so far.

I've never liked "self" anything, let alone self-checkout. Where I come from, everything is done for you. Need gas? You don't even need to get a out of your car because there's a person that will fill up your tank for you. Imagine the culture clash when I moved to America! I find this do-it-yourself way of life here very anti-social and individualistic, and with the advance of technology, it's only getting worse.

My local Tesco superstore did likewise with rougly half of theirs, and it was causing tailbacks. Lots of disgruntled customers talking as they queued; I, for one, have not returned. Fortunately, no-one else in the area has followed suit.

 

[Ah_Tibor]

I've never liked "self" anything, let alone self-checkout. Where I come from, everything is done for you. Need gas? You don't even need to get a out of your car because there's a person that will fill up your tank for you. Imagine the culture clash when I moved to America!

You'll love New Jersey!