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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Walmart works after midnight? If shops here were open this late I'd probably do all my shopping at 2am

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Most of the 24 hour Walmarts and similar stores in my area stopped doing that during COVID, and then never did again. Most close at 10 or 11. I miss going into Meijer at 3am and getting... Whatever I wanted ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You'd think they'd want less people in the store at the same time so why reduce the hours for Covid?

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At the time it was so that they could sanitize everything in compliance with what the CDC was telling them. In 2020 and into 2021 they actually had a pile of people in the store cleaning every surface overnight. Then, like magic, they stopped.

Now it's because they can employ fewer people. We're still beholden to places like that because we have to buy groceries. If they could get everyone in the city in and out in an hour they'd happily do it no matter what we thought. But competition being open later forces them to be open longer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Ah ok at least the initial thought made some sense

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah I was going to say I don't know of any 24-hour shops anymore. It's a shame too because I don't understand how people who work night shifts are supposed to get anything done anymore it's not like you can order online for delivery at 4:00 a.m.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to do this when I lived near a 24 hour grocery store. Good times.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same. But then I had kids, and shopping at 2AM doesn't work well when kids get up at 6-7am...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I have made a similar discovery via similar methods.

I dearly love my progeny, but occasionally there are things I miss from before this life.