Ominous Positivity

i'm in Ireland and the search for that bastards name is still blocked and hidden... the legnths the british go to defend and protect their instruments of colonialism and violence is beyond belief. no justice for the victims and yet every measure taken to protect David James Cleary and his fellow murderers.

Katie Mcgrath as Áine

It's not just for organizing your own stuff (though helpful, but not always), it's ALSO helpful for people that follow you too. I absolutely love when someone I follow gets some new hyperfixation that I could care less about, but tags it because that means I can just go and filter out that tag. So, instead of not being friends with that person anymore because they've gotten really into something I haven't, I can just make it so my feed ignores the thing that I don't really care for. Delightful.

But the very, VERY best part of tags is yelling in them. On the rare occasion that I actually post original content, reading the tags is one of the highlights. Just like comments versus kudos on AO3, when someone reblogs stuff with tags- even if it's just a word or two- that is *chefs kiss*.

Tagging stuff is part of the fun community aspect here too. You can share your thoughts on a piece of art or writing without editing the original content. It's like going to a museum with a group of people, discussing a piece, without writing all over it and changing the piece itself. In doing so, you also leave the art in its original form - for the next person to interpret in their own way too.

I explained very clearly to the manager my issue with the meat section not having the price tags listed, and they claimed it was only going to be for the meat, since meat is by weight, and the price of each item is printed on the packs of each item.

Sure. That’s how they get their foot in the door. Fast forward not even two weeks, and here we are:

Bar codes. No prices, no item descriptions. No price stickers on the individual items. Heck, not even the name of the item that is SUPPOSED to be there.

No. The only way to see the price is to scan it on your phone app, which is also recording what you looked at recently, as a way of gauging what you might be looking for in the future.

So here’s what we’re gonna do gang:

Every time you go into a store that has implemented these price-less tags:

Take 1-3 items up to the cash register. Ask the cashier for the price, or hit the price check item on the self checkout, which will likely call over the attendant.

Express that you didn’t actually want it, you just couldn’t see on the shelf how much it was.

POLITELY, AND WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE PRICE CONFIRMATION, Give the items to the cashier or attendant to put back.

When they inevitably try to push the app, politely decline. If pressed for why not, say you don’t want to have to carry your phone in-hand the whole time you are shopping in order to see how much things cost. (Not having cell service or data to use the app is NOT a valid excuse, as stores already often have complimentary WiFi AND more stores will provide WiFi rather than give up on this push for surveillance pricing)

If it’s a shelf-stable item, the cashier will have to set it aside, taking up room in their limited operating space, and eventually pass it off to someone to put in a holding area to put back later. If it’s a fridge/freezer item, it might have to get tossed due to food product sale regulations.

In either case, you are making it a pain in the ass for them to have these digital bar codes. Tie up the checkouts. Give the employees more busywork that the company has to pay them to do. Hurt their bottom line having to toss the pint of ice cream you carried around in your cart for 20 minutes before giving it back to the cashier.