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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)

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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 71 points 2 years ago

Unregulated capitalism.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Yes... capitalism...and not consumers who just don't care.

[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 11 points 2 years ago

You’re gonna get a lot of downvotes but people really are too pacified by binge watching Survivor while scrolling through TikTok. People don’t get angry about the shit that matters, not when it’s much easier to be angrier about Star Wars not being good anymore.

[-] kattenluik@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago

Not even that, just a government that doesn't care.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

A gov is people, if you're being ruled by your inferiors then it's time to step up and lead, but people won't. Easier to bitch. Myself included.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 2 years ago

It's both lack of regulation and lack of consumer activism.

[-] blazera@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

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

[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

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

[-] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years 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 4 points 2 years ago

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

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