CVS wants me to stop shopping with them.
I’ll just goto a fucking supermarket. It’s faster. Yes, even with the checkouts.
Many supermarkets are enshittifying/rent seeking too though
Or, just maybe, they could adequately staff their stores instead of constantly running skeleton crews. If they were actually sincere with their cries of high theft, more employees on the floor could deter would-be thieves, while also giving them time to help customers when needed and pack out product so the place doesn’t always look like an obstacle course left in the wake of a hurricane, with piles of stuff on the floor blocking half the aisles.
Any place that requires an app for me to shop at is a hard no for me, much less all the other nonsense they want to include.
Yeah but the engines of capitalism & infinite growth in a finite world gotta go brrr.
The poll in the article…
Would you use an app to unlock retail store displays?
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Yes. If it speeds up shopping, that’s a win for me.
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No. I don’t need an app to shop, and will just find and employee to unlock it.
Where’s the option of “no, I didn’t need it as much as I thought I did”
Or, “No, I’m not bothering to shop at CVS anymore because that’s a hassle.”
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Why the fuck aren’t they just dropping this shit off at my door?
Why do I need to go into a convenience store when there’s no convenience?
The “shit being locked and nobody comes to help when you press the button” bullshit is why I bought some spare keys for the universal barrel locks most stores use. 9 times out of 10, these cabinets are locked with a lock that’s key is just a circular bit with a single tooth.
And you carry one of these around with you? How often are you visiting stores with these locks?
Yes, and weekly; every time I do my shopping.
A. Bug an employee even where this system is implemented.
B. If I had no other choice than to use the app: Open the cabinet, take a dozen products, close the cabinet, “decide” against buying some and leave them on an adjacent shelf.
(Edit) C: just “forget” to close the shelf. I’m not trained to handle their BS system.
My first choice of action would be to walk out the door. My second choice of action would be to walk out the door.
D) Turn around and shop elsewhere
Just take the shelf apart. I’m sure it’s just some shitty plastic flap with a crappy lock. Cheapest crap they can get.
If the Walmart/target cases are anything to go by, it’s a basic universal tubular lock. You can by a decoder/pick for like $10
Depending on where you live it is illegal to possess lock picking tools unless you are a licensed locksmith. Something about “intent to commit a crime.”
Yeah, but that’s a key, not a lockpick
Or, now hear me out, I stop shopping there.
How 'bout no?
This new system with the app is a hydra
That’s a no from me dawg
I’m just not gonna shop at CVS
I already don’t shop there, so no.
How about I just don’t shop there?
Fuck. This. Noise.
nope, never happening.
“Do my job for me?”
“No.”
