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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:07 PM Original message |
Use the self-checkout machine.......OR ELSE !!!! |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. maybe should have |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You read my mind..lol. They aren't going to need him much longer |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Once the customer count goes up on the self checkout |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Excuse me, but if the power goes out, the staffed cash registers don't work either. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I worked at Barnes and Noble during the three day blackout here in Phoenix |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Books have prices marked, so that's certainly possible. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. I'm guessing you're under 40? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
66. No I'm not under 40. But I am under 200. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #66 |
173. The registers in my store had hand cranks/levers/whatever for power outages... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
91. The merchandise has shelf pricing. If the lack of power is widespread and expected to be lengthy |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #91 |
101. They'd have to weigh the slow income to the cost of paying employees to come in for the day |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #101 |
114. Also factoring into the decision would be the loss of consumer confidence in the brand |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #91 |
149. In this case, we had no idea how long the outage would be. It turned out to be almost 48 hours, IIRC |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Umm...that's why it might be a bit important for people to be |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Yes, they close. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
140. For crying out loud we are talking about the same thing |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sign up now and train for a career as a Machine-Pointing Prole |
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wakemewhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. lol! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Remember when they used to be called "Peoples"? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Down here they were the Eckerd chain before CVS bought them n/t |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
93. Eckerd was so much better. |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #93 |
104. Eckerd |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
71. Yes! |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
110. I still call them Peoples. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #110 |
161. I did for a long time after they changed their name, but |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. My grocery store has them too... |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Wait till the charge a fine for NOT using the auto-check-out. It's only a matter of time. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
98. It WILL happen, though no one will call it a "fine" |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #98 |
146. No, it will be a discount for using the automated machine. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
150. yep. you pay already -with your time- because they have more auto-checkouts than human cashiers |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
63. I go in a grocery store that has them, |
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Cutatious (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. When CVS starts pointing customers to fill their own pain med scripts |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:57 AM Original message |
I'd hit the narcotics first |
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Cutatious (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
117. Well I sure would not be wasting time in the NSAID section...NT |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. Soon you won't be able to shop anywhere |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. So if you have no employees to check out products |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
69. I wonder about that - several times I've come upon |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
100. If thieves become a problem, they'll have everything locked until you pay |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Maybe it's just me, but I love them at Costco. So fast. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I don't mind them being there.....I sometimes use them at Meijer..... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
105. I don't mind them |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. Well, it looks like it's time to transfer scripts from CVS, |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
74. You know what.... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #74 |
84. CVS here is more pleasant than Walgreen's. The people in the pharmacy at |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #84 |
172. PLUS, Walgreen's screws me on prices.... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. I avoid those self checkout machines |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Agreed. n/t |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Agreed. I don't care how long I have to wait for a person, I won't use them. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. old fart here that |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
53. I'm with you. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #53 |
70. I try not to use them |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
58. Does that mean you only eat food from fields plowed by horse? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:30 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Seeing someone's job disappear before your very eyes |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:47 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. What do you think mechanization did to farming? Those jobs disappeared too |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #61 |
79. I like to do my little neo-Luddite bit for humans. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
103. The mechanization of farming helped to free farm kids |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #103 |
175. That is one aspect, it also cost a great deal of farming jobs |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. Not necessarily |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #61 |
170. oh what a load |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 06:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
64. Thank you, I'm the same way - why should I do the "work" for no incentive |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #64 |
88. The incentive is that the business will be able to offer lower prices... |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #88 |
109. Yeah |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #109 |
119. What are the fuel taxes in PA versus NJ? |
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peabody (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. That's really naive. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Of course it does. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #122 |
126. It tastes great, too! New and improved style and comfort...now with more vitamins |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. So tell us then, O sage.... |
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peabody (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. How it works is that |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:45 PM Original message |
Just out of curiosity, how many businesses have you run? |
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peabody (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
138. None. But that doesn't |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. People only see what they want to I guess. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
158. You live in a Randian fantasy world. Seriously. |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
163. you're leaving out the customer service aspect of |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #163 |
166. Register jockeys aren't exactly renowned for their excellent customer service. |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #166 |
178. This grocery store did not - the attendant informed me of that. |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
171. That is a theory and a delusion |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
65. I only use them if I'm buying 1 or 2 items without coupons. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #65 |
131. not at all stores |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
82. Same here. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
86. Wow. How do you feel about washing machines? |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
94. Disagree. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #94 |
124. I'm with you. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Heh |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. Not at all, we're just not luddites. [nt] |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. I could care less about corporate greed. |
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peabody (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #130 |
141. And that's what's wrong with the world today. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. That's really nice and all... |
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peabody (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #143 |
153. I understand that. And saving |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #130 |
160. Are you confused? This is DEMOCRATIC Underground, and not |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #160 |
165. This is indeed DU... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #124 |
159. Yeah. Interacting with living, breathing humans is such a waste of time....... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. When no business needs to hire people to make, distribute and sell products... |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. The people who sell, transport and install those machines? |
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Pancho Sanza (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Last year about this time there were dozens of them in local markets here |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. This is exactly why Wal-Mart has an employee "supervising" the |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Eventually no checkout will be needed, RFID tags will scan as you shop, walk out |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
72. And that will be a shoplifter's dream, |
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. If I use them I want a discount. |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. I have to admit that I do like... |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yeah thats the ticket.. not trying to be nice to you |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. They directed everyone to them, slowing the checkout process down considerably..... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
89. You didn't provide that fact earlier, so it really wasn't in the way. NT |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Sounds like a conspiracy to me. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. I have no problem using the self-check-out machine. If I have |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. I dislike them and ignore them and refuse to use them. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'd love to see some stats on acceptance of those (goddamn) self checkout aisles. |
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Zanzobar (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. Nevah! I cannot stomach it! |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. They're fun |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. I like self-check machines. I'm more likely to catch a pricing error than |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm with you. I see them as replacement for actual jobs |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Self-checkouts that can't work w/o human employees are useless. |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
44. I refuse to use them at CVS |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
46. Always have and always will refuse to use the self check-out. |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
48. I hate to be the voice of dissent. Here are a couple of facts. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #48 |
76. I agree with your first point. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
49. I refuse to use them. ( I don't shop at CVS either.) n/t |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #49 |
162. The dignity of human work. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
50. I deliberately don't know how to use those machines-of-the-devil. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
51. I just came in from using one, they foul up more often than not.... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
52. I was steered to one of those at my super market |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. "there was no way I was going to become an unpaid employee." |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #55 |
73. +1 I too alway thought if they are going to make me be an employee |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
75. excellent point |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #75 |
155. That has to one the least informed comparisons I have ever heard on DU or anywhere for that |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
80. I still won't pump my own gas. As an old lady, I ain't gettin' outta my car. I have a couple "full |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #80 |
90. You wouldn't get much gas in Western PA... most Full Serves are gone. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
156. "Now you HAVE to pump your own gas and gas is not cheaper by a long shot. " |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
54. I occasionally use them, but I think users should be extended a %age off |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Even if they did that, their purpose is to get |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
97. Full service stations in my area are more expensive than self-serve. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Really you still have full service? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Exactly. Gas is also cheaper in the other mandated full service state, NJ, than in NY or PA. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #102 |
108. While I agree that lack of competition equals a lack of downward pressure on prices... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #108 |
118. Those are costs of doing business and are part of the formula for setting prices. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. I'm not understanding what you're saying. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #120 |
148. I'm acknowledging that other factors come into playing when pricing a product. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. There's at least one, just recently passed by it. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
60. This has happened to me twice at a QFC grocery store and each time I've told the person directing me |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
62. I worked retail for (far too) many years... |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
67. If you're only buying one or two items, the self-checkout is perfectly OK to use- |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #67 |
96. That's how are local supermarket promoted them, but they did |
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negativenihil (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
68. i hate self checkout. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
77. i never use them - even for one item. nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
78. "Self-checkout" = Fewer employees. I refuse to use the machines. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #78 |
87. not the ones where I live they have 1-2 employees babysitting... |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
81. the Stop and Shop by my house |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
83. I hate those things, they overload my Aspie brain! |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
85. My library recently installed self-checkout, and I like it! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #85 |
176. With a library, you're reducing operating costs at a publicly funded service. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
92. Do you stay away from ATMs and only go to full service gas stations. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
95. This is all about eliminating jobs. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #95 |
115. But it also creates better jobs. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #115 |
152. Ones that stay here in the USA. |
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peabody (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. EXACTLY! |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
107. Here is the deal with those machines |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
111. I refuse, saying aloud that they cost people jobs. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
112. One of the most convenient ways to destroy the UFCW |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
113. Self-checkouts checkout jobs, one employee supervises 4 job killers around here |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
116. Self checkout is PERFECT for a drug store setting |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #116 |
134. That's why I hang out at pharmacies... |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
123. I love them |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
125. Walmart has those and customers are idiots on them. |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
132. After doing some homework on the self checkout in CVS I was not too disappointed |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Sorry, I don't buy it. |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #135 |
145. Did you even read my post? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #145 |
151. It's contrived to rationalize the purpose of these machines. Which is to eliminate labor. |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #151 |
157. Care to cite your source for the statement that their purose: Which is to eliminate labor. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:22 AM Response to Reply #157 |
167. At any time you can do an Internet Search with the words Automated Checkout Machines Reduce Staff. |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #167 |
174. A few things |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Corporate bullshit. nt |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #137 |
144. What are you talking about? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
136. No. ... |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
139. Just what I want to do. Use a self check out in a store that caters to the sick |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
147. I refuse to use them even though they are easy to use.... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
164. I refuse to use the damned things, EVER. their primary purpose is to reduce the number of employees |
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169. I've shopped there a couple of times.. |
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