• bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 days ago

    I loved shopping at 2 am. It was basically me, nighttime truckers, and people who worked weird shifts stopping by after work. When I shop in the day the aisles are congested and shelves occasionally need a restock, and checkout lines out take forever (looking at you costco)

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        13 days ago

        I’ve always heard stories of shit going down at walmart, but I’ve never seen it.

        Dennys, on the other hand…

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      13 days ago

      If one is in your area, Winco is your friend then. 24hr grocery shopping. They are also worker owned and have a great bulk goods selection, so they are a better food shopping experience at roughly the same price point.

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        I miss WinCo. Had one in the town my college was in. I used to get a cart full of groceries for like $80. That place was the jam

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        13 days ago

        The nearest winco to me is a country away ;_;

        I wish I could shop at a unionized store or a worker-owned place but none exist near me for groceries.

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    13 days ago

    That would be a dream for autistic people with heavy sensory issues. Mine are usually manageable, but it sure would be convenient either way. I’ve never seen any 24/7 supermarket over where I live; I guess it’s just not a thing in my country (or Europe in general, from my experience).

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    13 days ago

    We’d go to Ralph’s at 2am and buy a carton of half & half for $0.69 and pay with a check.

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    The only 24h shop near me was a gas station. That never resumed post-pan. I’m guessing this is the same with Wally World.

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    Are they not 24-hours anymore? I’ve not shopped at Walmart for probably a decade now. Shopping late at night was the best; you never really realize just how much other shoppers slow you down until you have the whole store to yourself.

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      I’m not sure if some random ones are but I travel a good bit and since covid I have not seen a single Walmart open past 11pm. They are one of a TON of businesses that got rid of overnight operations for covid and never brought it back.

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      We have one 24hr Walgreens left, and I think that’s it. Feels like the town used to be full of 24hr stores before covid, now it’s just that one Wallgreens.

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        I don’t think any of our Walgreens stores are 24 hours anymore. Since I was a kid, I watched Kerr Drug go out of business, Eccard’s (or however it was spelled) merged with Rite-Aid and then Rite-Aid was bought by Walgreens and half of them shut down. Meanwhile Wal-Mart and Harris Teeter both now close at 11. So if Sheetz doesn’t have it you can’t buy it after 11 pm.

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    Do they not? When I was a high school senior I liked going there and McDonald’s and driving around all night, but I’m an old man now so I don’t leave the house past January

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    13 days ago

    Or don’t.

    If you’ve ever worked retail and/or graveyard … just no.

    All they’ll do is employ people to work horrible night shifts questioning their lives for peanuts in pay.

    And the people who come in at 2am…

    Ugh

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      Is it that bad? Worked nights at petrol station and…honestly, one of the best jobs I had. Paid shit, but was chill and somewhat inline with my internal clock so…

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          My condolences. Seems to be less so night shifts and more so Walmart itself then. I know people who aren’t of the night-time is wake-time type are immensely drained by night shifts…never imagined it could be this bad.

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    13 days ago

    Please no. Let’s not normalize burnout again. Few good things out of Covid was humane working hours