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Canadian idea, what do you think ? (i.postimg.cc)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 97 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

The workers would still be paid for the re-facing of the product. Maybe the store would realise that USA made products aren't worth stocking if there's more wages required to fix up the shelf aesthetics. Workers are employed to work, if there isn't work they'll get sent home or have their shifts shortened. I don't mind having to work at work, it's what they're paying me for.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (5 children)

You most likely didn't mean it that way, but I'm seeing an alternate, unpleasant interpretation that can be misconstrued from your words.

To use an example, it's like those people who leave products they reconsider buying in random places due to being lazy, then say something like "I'm helping the workers stay employed by giving them work to do." Which isn't a very nice thing to do.

I don't think that at a personal level there are many people who would say "yay, more work" in this kind of situation...

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think the framing needs to show that it isn't going to be "more work", it's just different work. The people being tasked with this clean up would've been doing something else, not just standing around.

[โ€“] mearce 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Minimum wage employees indeed would've been doing something else, and they will still need to do that something else later. Along with the other things that used to be someone elses job that now falls onto this person. Grocery stores wont hire more workers or be understanding workers cant complete their tasks.

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

No offense but have you worked at a grocery store? Nobody really cares that much. If you think I'm slacking off, then look at the security cameras.

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