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Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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like I went to taco bell and they didn't even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don't get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.

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[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 64 points 11 months ago

Unregulated capitalism.

[-] blazera@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

I cant wait to be arrested for not noticing the napkin dispenser is empty fast enough

[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

there wasn't even a dispenser lol felt like i was going crazy

[-] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 11 months ago

I'm incredulous.

You're right in that taco bell wants to maximise profits, but surely the provision of napkins allows them to produce more profit.

I mean a lot of companies are doing a lot of shitty things worthy of criticism, but I don't think that this is one of them.

[-] Wooki@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

const_void fighting the good fight at…checks notes… lack of napkins…….

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