We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country. “Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy.”
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Deodorant is locked up AND costs $19 at my local CVS! We should all be rioting in the streets.
Allllllll of this. I had to get an Rx at Walgreens the other day b/c my usual pharmacy was out of it —and all the beef jerky was under lock and key. All I could think was “I’m never coming here again”
Fantastic deep dive, explaining what I've seen so often but didn't understand. But I will say that it has impacted my shopping habits. Going into a store - especially the grocery store - feels so hostile now that I almost always order ahead and do curbside pick up. Why take more of my own time to feel so discouraged from actually being there?
The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now, to use a Benn Jordan-ism. One could look at it like the swing between 8 years of Obama to Trump - Amazon Go (well known for being a comfortable experience as per that SNL sketch) on one end of the spectrum to toiletry museums on the other
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