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[quote=Anonymous]Yes I miss this. Also society was more functional when this was the norm because it created more jobs for young people, elderly people, part-time workers, etc. It enabled more people to work in industries that they had no experience in since these were entry-level jobs, which also helped people identify industries they might want to pursue more advanced work in. It provided people getting back on their feet after a difficult period a foothold on the economic ladder.

But it's all driven by corporate greed. They staff as leanly as possible to lower overhead and maximize profits.

An Amazon Fresh opened in my neighborhood recently and I shopped there one time just to see what it was like. It's barely staffed at all and the woman who rang me up was openly hostile (I went to use my phone to pay and she angrily told me I couldn't do that there and would have to run my card -- which is totally fine but why was she so rude about it). It felt cold and unwelcoming. You can tell the store is stocked using some algorithm to determine what demand will be and as a result the selection of products is strange -- all name brands (no store brands) and no creativity or ingenuity in what products are available. Which is usually part of the fun of trying a new store.

I also miss trying clothes on in person, buying gifts for kids in person, etc. Sure online ordering can be convenient, but I think it just sets the expectation that everyone can get anything within 24 hours, which in some ways makes our lives worse. People are impatient and demanding and it's all fed by this idea everything should be immediate and easy. I miss when things took longer and were sometimes more laborious, but also felt better and more rewarding (and when less was demanded of us in general because everyone accepted there were limits on what a person could do or have access to).[/quote]

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