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It amazes me how things used to make more sense back in the day.
With this line of thinking, I guess lynchings are acceptable too?
Lynching CEOs would make a lot of sense, so yes.
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Of course Amazon cares. They measure fulfillment time religiously. Amazon is amazingly well run.
Amazon is only well run for the shareholders and executives. It is not well run for the people filling the boxes. It seems down right sadistic. Like the executives don't even see them as people. And they sent me a 43" Samsung TV when I ordered a 42" LG OLED. How the hell can their many billions of dollars of IT investment not automatically scan the barcode on the box or weight the box or use computer vision and notic…
A couple of years ago, my (now) wife ordered her mother a battery case for Christmas because she had seen the same one at our apartment and mentioned wanting one. Since it was ordered using the gift wrapping options, we didn't open it when it arrived, and she gave it to her mother to unwrap. Her mother was quite confused when she unwrapped her gift and found a sushi-making kit. It's become a recurring joke in our family now that we need to check any gifts ordered from Amazon in advance to avoid accidentally giving someone a sushi kit.
Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season
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Can you please name a single city in the US where you can easily live on $20/hr that isn't stricken with massive poverty? I find it insulting that you don't think Americans, especially those that work, don't deserve dignity through their labor in having a meaningful life. Especially when they work for one of the richest companies in the world.
I find it insulting that you're moving goalposts and attributing things to me that I did not say and do not think.
It's what I said in the original comment and it's what I think.
You failing to come up with an answer at least readers will know that you don't have their good conscious in mind.
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as a union diesel engine mechanic i can guarantee most, if not all these comments are complete PR. I went on strike about ten years ago to protest mandatory overtime and lack of chemical PPE. the minute we authorized the strike, we had news channels from three states covering us and a billboard up the road that demanded an end to the strike by "concerned" truckers was erected in hours. Every day I could count on at l…
I feel that the Luigi Mangione case is making more people aware of this type of dynamic.
It wakes a ton of people up rhat thought they could righton,righton with different decorations. Its going to be worse, the moment trump is revealed as a failure when it comes to system takedown ..
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Behold! Neighborhood businesses wither and die.
When all the business does is order from the catalog shipped from China and stock a shelf it’s not that worrisome when they die. Businesses that should be able to sustain themselves are things that have additional experiences and services. Food, coffee, sports shops with fittings or lessons, bike shops with repair rooms, art galleries that are fun to browse, clothing stores that you can touch and try on, stuff crafte…
Multibrand retail should be about curation, and a shop that does little more than open boxes is not worth supporting, I'll grant you that.
Your list is good, but how many are vulnerable to competition from online ?
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You should reread the comments you have replied to, as you clearly haven't understood what was written. A law would be fairly simple — it would forbid a marketplace or retailer from influencing the price of goods sold outside their marketplace/shop. There are already laws regulating pricing in some places, e.g. selling below the manufacturer's recommended retail price, or preventing selling products below cost to att…
> You should reread the comments you have replied to, as you clearly haven't understood what was written. I sure have > A law would be fairly simple — it would forbid a marketplace or retailer from influencing the price of goods sold outside their marketplace/shop. This type of law would make no sense, you are basically saying "I can price gouge the customers on your platform while providing the same product cheaper…
> you cannot use our platform to price gouge people and sell your shit for more than you are selling elsewhere.
You're badly misrepresenting the situation, to the point that I have to wonder whether you're just being dishonest. Many (likely most, but I don't have the data) 3rd party sellers aren't price gouging customers on Amazon, they're simply trying to pass Amazon's significant fees onto the customers.
They're being prohibited from doing so which reduces price transparency and competition which as you surely know, are both required for a market to be efficient.
This is a move that I would expect to disgust free market capitalism maximalists on some level, regardless of what one may think about Amazon's "right" to do whatever it wants.
I asked you whether you believed that society would democratically support Amazon's actions to determine whether you're making those arguments because you genuinely believe this behavior makes average people's lives better, or whether you're just arguing some abstract extremist neoliberal talking points of freedom for the sake of freedom, no matter what it costs us.
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Of course Amazon cares. They measure fulfillment time religiously. Amazon is amazingly well run.
Amazon is only well run for the shareholders and executives. It is not well run for the people filling the boxes. It seems down right sadistic. Like the executives don't even see them as people. And they sent me a 43" Samsung TV when I ordered a 42" LG OLED. How the hell can their many billions of dollars of IT investment not automatically scan the barcode on the box or weight the box or use computer vision and notic…
> Like the executives don't even see them as people.
The username above was GreedIsGood. I think they think the executives are doing the right thing.
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#558https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazonFC/comments/1hhips1/amazon_te... Interesting to see discussion on Reddit from r/AmazonFC are pretty negative , wonder if these are genuine employees comment for PR team hired by Amazon
reddit is no longer a good place to try and get a pulse on general sentiment. comment section is filled with bots and the front page has the most random content i have ever seen, like occasional random creep shots of celebs that get like 3,000 upvotes that gain more transaction than current events.
what is a good place to get a pulse on general sentiment then?
Re: Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season
#559https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazonFC/comments/1hhips1/amazon_te... Interesting to see discussion on Reddit from r/AmazonFC are pretty negative , wonder if these are genuine employees comment for PR team hired by Amazon
Amazon actively incentivizes (pays) employees to write positively about their experiences on social media.
that sounds dystopian if its true
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If they are working for you full time, but you aren't paying them living wage, how exactly are they supposed to make ends meet?
I don't know, but I think it is unfair to put all responsibility onto the business owner. In theory, a job is an agreement where you work for someone, and they pay you. Certain benefits may be required depending on circumstances, but making companies provide so many benefits is not a fair option. Keep in mind, I'm not opposed to companies providing benefits, but I think regulating this would create more trouble than…
Why should someone bother working full time for you if working full time for you won't make ends meet?
If the workload is so low why don't you just do the work yourself?