The difference between European countries and America is becoming so stark. Anyone reading or watching global news has to see how backwards this country is and that it’s only getting worse.

  • @regul@lemm.ee
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    1510 months ago

    Can you imagine an American grocery store chain letting its cashiers sit down?

    • @AssholeDestroyer@lemmy.ml
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      610 months ago

      The Fred Meyer (Kroger) in my neighborhood has 4-5 armed and body armored security guards stationed at the entrance and exits. They ask to check your receipts at the exit and search all your bags.

      Its actually illegal to force someone to stop since its not a private club like Costco, so you can just tell them no and keep walking. Thats not well known though so you have stormtroopers checking old ladies papers and searching all their belongings.

      Oregon allows off duty officers to moonlight as armed guards so a lot of them are cops from various departments. During the 2020 protests there were a few Federal Protective Service agents patrolling the store.

    • @codenul@lemmy.ml
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      410 months ago

      One reason I shop at Aldi's. Their cashiers sat down. I respect that. I shop there.

      American

  • @CrowAirbrush@lemm.ee
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    1310 months ago

    I worked at Albert Heijn in my teens and they stopped selling coca cola as they couldn't agree on a price.

    Cola wanted to increase the consumer price to €1,35 for 1.5 liter bottles.

    It took quite some time before the store had coca cola in stock.

    I bought a bottle a couple weeks ago as we had some friends over and i laughed so hard out of misery. That same fucking bottle now costs €2,49 at Albert Heijn.

    Store brand is 89 cents, which is what we used to pay for original cola .5 liter bottles.

    Guys, it's just water with a bit of flavouring in it. We should all just collectively stop buying these famous brands and watch them burn. Lol

  • originalucifer
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    -110 months ago

    a lot of us frogs have been pointing out the warming waters to the ridicule of everyone else.

    'just vote!' they say, meanwhile our 2 choices have been conservative or asshole conservative for the last, oh 50 years.