Comment on The land before time

• WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Work that grocers have passed onto their customers that they used to do themselves:

  • Gathering the groceries from the shelves.
  • Bagging the groceries.
  • Checking out the groceries.

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  • godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good ol shadow work.

    Ikea is the greatest.

    • You look up the items in inventory and find their warehouse locations
    • You traverse the warehouse, locate the items, and load them on your dolly
    • You take them to the front and self checkout
    • You load them in your delivery vehicle and complete last mile delivery
    • You unbox and assemble the item with minimal instruction and provide your own tools

    All of those used to be paid work, some even being part of the “white glove” service. Instead, we pay with our time, a finite resource.

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    • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      When is comes to Ikea, what you pay in time is taken off the price, according to my experience

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      • jaaake@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s their literal business model.

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      • godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In theory, yes, I agree. But make sure you properly value yourself! You only have so much time to give.

        Though, that was also said about digital games instead of physical ones, that the savings get passed onto the consumer. Not a 1:1 but that one is going swimmingly right now 😅

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      • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Same with Aldi. And you better bring your quarter and own bags.

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    • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My dude here opening a Heathkit and being like “why the fuck did I pay less to have to assemble everything?!”

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      • godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re missing the entire concept of what shadow work is. And why it’s being pushed further and further.

        I use ikea myself. I DIY’d my solar system. I’ve no problem performing the labor. That’s not the point here.

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  • gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i mean i wouldn’t want another employee touching every single food item. this is also a hygiene issue.

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    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How do you think your produce ends up in the bin in the produce section?

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    • athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Do you not ever go out to eat?

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      • gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        seldomly. i mostly buy supermarket store stuff when i “go out to eat”. i sit down with a nice pre-packaged coffee for example. is cheaper than going to a coffee shop.

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• dingus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It still does in my area. Not every grocery store, but the big grocery chain around here definitely does. Sometimes they even offer to take my groceries to the car for me which has surprised me.

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• Prove_your_argument@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Market Basket, Stop and Shop, and so many others still have people for this.

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  • Broadfern@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hello New Englander.

    Yeah even having moved from there to the US South most grocery stores still have traditional checkout lanes/humans bagging your items if you so choose.

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