You should pay attention to the things people actually say and do instead of speculating about their internal feelings and private thoughts. The fact of the matter is that you don't have any psychic powers and you can't cast the d&d spell Detect Thoughts in real life so you're just gonna have to square with the fact that the inside of another person's mind is a black box.

May we never become so obsessed with representation that we forget the sanctity of privacy.

Sure since adopting self checkout they got rid of 99% of grocery workers and if something goes wrong you gotta just stand there for 20 minutes while the employee managing 30% of the store singlehandedly tries to juggle helping you with their other responsibilities. But at least groceries are less expensive now right. Why are you trying to whisper in my ear I have a girlfriend

the stores are flithy and disorganized and I've run into expired products on more than one occasion and there's often a grand total 3 employees for a 5000 square foot supermarket doing their best but at least they paying those guys well with plenty of benefits. folks I just recieved a memo