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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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That’s their literal business model.
  
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- godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  - a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    In theory, yes, I agree. But make sure you properly value yourself! You only have so much time to give.
    
    My dude, if you can’t assemble the shelf just go pay more for one that is built. No one needs to run around computing their implicit value for such a simple task.
    
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    godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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- anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Same with Aldi. And you better bring your quarter and own bags.
  
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a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨weeks⁩ 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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