This is absolutely praxis. This is directly denying the owning class from profiting off of the people and getting resources directly into their hands.
The only thing that could be better is raiding the stores and giving the food away for free.
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while the profits are near-record levels, the companies say their profit margins are shrinking
The complete lack of self-awareness these companies have is astounding.
The only thing that could be better is raiding the stores and giving the food away for free.
The Robin Hood Economy. If they don't pivot from Trickle Down to Trickle Up, we will spontaneously pivot to a Robin Hood Economy, and that often comes accompanied by things like guillotines.
This is denial of a broken system at this point. Luigi was right. Mortality is not something they feared could be used against them.
Luigi was with me. But whoever did it was def right. Edit: And after scrolling down a bit further... Goddamnit.
Oh no oooo I accidentally forgot to scan the most expensive item and still removed the tags oh noooooooooo
Ah, damn, I forgot to weight the item again so it's being sold at 0lbs, my bad.
Oh shit my dudes I accidentally returned an extra two items the customer didn't actually bring in.
What can I say, I'm a clumsy and forgetful cashier. (just not in the company's favor)
I’d say modern security programs would tag such a thing, but Fred Meyer got 200 hours of footage of someone I knew stealing before they made a move, so maybe they wouldn’t be that particular.
That's probably just so the cops can pin heftier charges
Walmart does that. They don't prosecute people for petty shoplifting, but they keep track. When the cumulative total hits felony level theft, they prosecute.
I think this is general for most stores.
It makes sense, considering the majority of petty crimes are for a lower value then the gas police would use to get on scene.
I do not get paid enough to care if I charge someone correctly/fully/at all. Even if I got paid more, I still wouldn’t care for that matter. The industry I work in has gotten so expensive for customers. It’s pathetic how corpo and hierarchical it’s become. Used to be really anti-establishment.
Trying to imagine which industry both has customers and is/was ant-establishment
I guess it wasn’t really an industry before per se, but it got over taken by a commercialized version of itself…
Weed dispensary?
Okay, okay, I’ll cave. It’s the rock climbing industry, so honestly not that far off hahaha!
The opposite of this is fun ways to mess with abusive customers.
Back when I worked font desk at a hotel, our ancient phone system had a "flaw" where if you transferred someone to an extension that didn't exist in the system, it would ring for 30 seconds then transfer the call back to the front.
If my usual attempts to diffuse the situation failed, usually because the person was actively looking to abuse someone, I'd say, "Please hold while I transfer you to someone who can help." Then send it to ext 1234 which didn't exist.
When the call inevitably routed back to me, I'd say, "I'm sorry, it looks like they didn't pick up, let me transfer you again," without giving them a chance to speak.
Rinse and repeat until they hung up.
I also helped out the nice customers by giving them a free microwave and mini fridge, since I was also the bellman who set those up. Usually it was $20 each, which is bullshit.
It is important to practice disobedience. Disobedience is a skill like any other, and it needs to be practiced. There will come a time in your life where your ethics will be tested. And in those cases that truly test a person's soul, doing the right thing almost always requires breaking the rules. If doing the right thing involves following the rules, then there isn't likely to be an ethical dilemma. Doing the right thing is easy when you're following the rules. There is no ethical dilemma involved in a police officer arresting someone for a murder they really committed against an innocent victim. The law and morality are on the same side. But sometimes doing the right thing requires violating the rules or the law. Teaching slaves to read was illegal. The rules of insurance companies require their workers to deny as many claims as possible. Countless soldiers have had to violate direct orders in order to do the right thing. Doing the right thing when faced with an ethical dilemma usually requires the violation of some sort of law or rule.
But again, disobedience is a skill. And it must be practiced. The easiest path will always be to simply go with the flow and follow the rule. Just do what you're told, regardless of morality. Often such decisions have to be made in a split second. If you're not practiced in disobedience, then your instinct will be to simply comply.
Thus it's important to practice disobedience. Find harmless ways to break minor rules, just to get in the practice of it. Retailer wants to make you wait in a long line to check your receipt for the goods you already paid for? Walk right out the door. Tell them "no thank you" when they ask to see your receipt. At the airport, decline to have your face scanned at the TSA checkpoint. You're entirely within your rights to do so, but they certainly make it so having your face scanned is the default option. And find little ways to help people, like this story here, even if it breaks the rules.
Then when you do face a true test of your character, you will already be practiced from years of minor disobedience.
Absolutely it is. And I want more of it.
Yes it is.
Chaotic good. Approved.
This isn't really chaotic enough for my tastes.
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The Klingon moon?
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