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Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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like I went to taco bell and they didn't even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don't get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.

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[–] Neve8028@lemm.ee 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don't get napkins!

They were probably just out and too busy to restock or something. It happens. Never been to a fast food place where they don't provide napkins and I steal napkins from the taco bell I live near regularly. What a weird overreaction.

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ya, this whole thread is unhinged. Very strange.

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A lot of people are responding to the title, not to the body of the post.

Why was there no napkin dispenser? Dunno could be a lot of things.

Why does everything get progressively shittier under capitalism? It's probably not related to the napkin dispenser specifically, but everything under capitalism gets progressively shittier.

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe. But there's a lot of "They're coming for your napkins to maximize profit!"

[–] Neve8028@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Welcome to lemmy. I hate big corporations but some of the people on this site will blame amazon when they stub their toe.

[–] qjkxbmwvz 1 points 2 years ago

Was at a different fast food restaurant the other day and they didn't have hot sauce out. So I asked the cashier, and he handed me a handful of hot sauce packets.

It happens.

Tangentially

if a company offers free stuff with very little barrier, there's probably a lot more waste than when you have to ask someone/ever-so-slightly inconvenience yourself to get it. I think you'll always have a group of people angry no matter what.