Grocery stores are open at 4am?! What monster would ask retail workers to work night shifts?
My shopping list: Coal
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madjo@piefed.social 19 hours ago
hraegsvelmir@ani.social 9 hours ago
Honestly, from all my retail jobs between high school to now, nighs shifts were the best. They were the only time in my retail jobs where I would go to work, previous shift manager would tell me what needed to get done by the end of my shift, and just leave me to it. I was advised to bring something to read with me on my first day.
I could bang out all my work in one go, then sit and read for the rest of the night, and nobody cared. Plus, there weren’t that many customers, and most of them tended to keep to themselves, anyway.
When I did overnight grocery in another company, there was even less customer interaction, and we could bring little speakers with us to play music while we stocked our aisles, as long as we didn’t blast it crazy loud or have something playing with tons of profanity. Out of all my positions working with the public in retail, those were easily the best. Also, given the minimal staffing on the overnights, we really only saw each other when we all took our breaks, so work place drama was pretty minimal.
ductTapedWindow@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Everything was open late before covid. Wegmans and Walmart were 24/7, we had pizza places open till 3am, etc.
During college I worked retail on second shift, it wasn’t so bad.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Yeah I “think” we have one all night dinner left out of dozens of places before COVID. And that’s in a 500k pop City.
I miss 4-5 am grocery shopping :(
bridgeburner@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
US companies of course
UninvestedCuriosity@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
All my overnight grocery stores stopped being open past 10pm. It was only the expensive grocery store that was open all night but I felt it was worth paying.
glitch1985@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
This is the biggest thing covid took away from me no 24 hour Walmart or grocery stores.
chunes@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I miss it. 2020 is the worst thing to ever happen
stickyprimer@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Just don’t go at 8am because you’ll be stuck in all the slow moving wolf packs of elderly.
I used to think that old people went grocery shopping at 8am to avoid the crowds but now that I’ve seen my dad struggle to sleep past 4am, I think I understand that for a lot of them, 8am is like high noon - their day has been underway for hours and they’re just waiting for the world to wake up.
btsax@reddthat.com 12 hours ago
Mark the Super Bowl on your calendar (if you are in the US) because it is the best time to go to most stores.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Just order your groceries for pickup or delivery so you only have to interact with 0-1 people from a distance.
CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de 18 hours ago
I did this for a while when I had an injury and couldn’t walk easily, but the produce selection was always trash. Plus shopping (and maybe delivery) fees were very expensive. How do you get not-crappy produce if you do this?
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Depends on the store/manager and local competition. My Safeway produce has almost always been good to great. I pay 5.00 a month for no fees delivery (plus tip) so it’s really not expensive.
They often offer deals online also, that you can’t get in the store.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
Humans are the worst. But even worse than that are humans gone shopping. Sadly we (Krauts) have no 24/7 shopping or else I’d go at night too, and also I’m a fucking cheapskate. Otherwise I would just shop online.
But then I’d miss all the sweet discounts 😭
urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
Cries in german
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Same, but laundry. Also wearing pajamas.
meow@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours ago
Is that the krampus? German mythological being, who steals children, who where Bad :3
Agent641@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
What dat Krussy do?
meow@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours ago
Idk, eat them. Also i dont care, AS long AS he does bis job, we are all happy
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Krampus, after centuries of work, decided to take a sabbatical from stealing bad German children, just a few years break early 1900s. How bad can it be
username_1@programming.dev 1 day ago
Do you prefer boiled or fried coal?
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
… Burnt? Well, unburnt but then I burn it
username_1@programming.dev 23 hours ago
Coal is almost pure carboneum. Ideal for burning and almost impossible to… unburn :)
GraniteM@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
The artist here is Brom, and he’s so fucking good. Gives Goth Boris Vallejo vibes.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 day ago
Apparently you hate cashiers too (unless it’s a self-service supermarket like those in countries where night shifts legally pay well)
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
not any more or less than their own employers hate them ¯\(ツ)/¯
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 20 hours ago
I too like to go shopping before going to sleep.
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
where in the world can you go grocery shopping at 4AM??
sepiroth154@feddit.nl 23 hours ago
The USA and UK have 24/7 supermarkets. Maybe also France but I’m unsure.
AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 22 hours ago
well, we used to, and it was wonderful. But not so much any more. They still exist in some places but they’re much rarer now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTWD7qULzA4
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
And gas stations, if you hate yourself enough.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
USA, Europe…except Germany. We close the world when sun goes down. Or weekend hits.
P00ptart@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
So like the Minneapolis of europe.
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 21 hours ago
I can confirm your statement about Germany haha but I’ve never seen a 24hr supermarket in the Netherlands or France either
M137@lemmy.today 22 hours ago
They’re not common in Europe at all.
Aphos@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
Also in Germany… It’s called Späti
brb@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
24/7 stores are pretty common in Finland, atleast in bigger cities
Haaveilija@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Finland - the promised land of avoiding people :D
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 21 hours ago
Walmart used to be open 24 hours, and I would often hit it in the middle of the night, coming home after a late night work event (common for my business).
There were still a lot of people, just not customers. Late at night, the aisles fill with stacks of boxes, and there is an army of workers stocking shelves. Those people will all be replaced by robots within a decade, maybe even half that time.
Anyway, after Covid, they adopted normal hours, and aren’t open all night anymore. There are a few drugstores that are open 24 hours, and convenience stores as well.
arrow74@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
I don’t think Walmart will be replacing their staff with robots.
One products and store messes are simply so very un-uniform it’s actually hard to automate.
Two the government won’t subsidize the robots like they do the workers.
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago
Finland.
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
WinCo!