Why do I feel the need to say thank you to the grumpy person staring at everyone in the self-checkout corrals? They did nothing but make sure I didn't steal or break anything.
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It's a disease. I have it, too.
Itβs just being courteous, nothing wrong with that. You never know, one day he might offer you a bag or something.
I suppose... it just feels so futile sometimes
Because youβre civilized & a delight to be around. Unlike the person who works there
That depends on the day π
they often have to come over and fix some shit
watching for thievery is probably the smallest part of their job - but i don't know how it is where criminals are not properly prosecuted and excluded from teh gen pop
Yeah, they definitely deserve a thanks if I screw up scanning something, but I usually don't.
The theft thing drives me nuts. My neighbor worked in theft prevention for almost 20 years & got fired for grabbing somebody by the arm. Everything is a lawsuit now, so I guess it's cheaper to be sued for wrongful termination than for bodily harm.
yeah, which is why there's another 20% on top of inflation prices
It's sad the way things have gone, and there's really no one to blame besides the slow creep of beaurocracy... and the money.
blame? plenty of people you can point at who keep pushing reasonable people to accept further decay of their morality
and those who allow that, and don't get anrgy as fuck and start to actively do something to fight the system? they are almost worse than the instigators who want to get a free ride and all the things tehy like without consequences or costs
one of the central tasks of a disease of society is to hide its existence
At some point, a system becomes a living, breathing thing with all its parts just trying to keep it alive & relevant. I don't believe in the prevelance of malice. (Not that it doesn't exist)
I don't know, it takes all types to create meaningful change, but anger just isn't my tool. I can acknowledge something is wrong & choose different actions to try to change course. I get it, though.
