Grumpy Old Forumers

[AlienTwo]

 

 

tfw gtaforums is a community of shoplifters

 

i like it

For the record, I only steal from Wal-Mart.

 

Can you even get anything of value in Wal-Mart? I went to one once, and remember nothing besides boxes of milk.

 

Boxes of milk.

 

Okay... just a few questions here. Number 1, what's wrong with a box (also called a carton) of milk? ALL milk in less than a gallon comes in a carton, it's where they put missing children and sh*t... is that not the case in Eng-a-land? Number 2 is poop. Number 3; in the US you can buy anything under the sun at a walmart, from a 60" curved 4k TV to, yes, boxes of milk, sod, "tyres," prescription glasses or a bank account. Also they do taxes and haircuts...

 

well Wal-Mart's just the US equivalent of ASDA so whatever you can get at ASDA you can probably get the equivalent there

 

used to steal mad amounts of spraypaint walking out of places with 20+ cans at a time.

 

good times

 

Blaze... you look like the kind of person I would watch carefully when I did loss prevention. Just because you are young and look like a skater. So... be careful, especially with those damned obvious targets. I don't want you to get caught... i kinda like you, little buddy.

[feckyerlife]

 

 

tfw gtaforums is a community of shoplifters

 

i like it

For the record, I only steal from Wal-Mart.

 

Can you even get anything of value in Wal-Mart? I went to one once, and remember nothing besides boxes of milk.

 

Boxes of milk.

 

 

sure, ipods, iphones, samsung phones. xbox ps4 games. a lot of decent electronics

[Sombra]

i think a large part of it is not looking suspicious so dont go in wearing some baggy as f*ck jeans looking like you just rolled outta bed and dont shuffle around nervously looking at the cameras

 

also actually buying something might help

[Abel.]

Stealing is wrong.

Edited April 15, 2016 by Failure

[feckyerlife]

Stealing is wrong.

from people yes, from corporations no

[sreyazsec]

I mean from what I remember it was just a huge box, like not a regular carton, it was like a box you had to hold with both arms. It's the one thing that caught my attention. Although everything was like three times as big as our stuff.

We don't do the missing kids on milk thing, I've never understand that anyway. When has a child's photo on milk ever helped find a lost child?

 

I don't think I'd ever be optimistic enough to get a haircut at Wal-Mart.

[make total destroy]

The entire economy is premised on stolen labor. Theft is our duty.

[AlienTwo]

I mean from what I remember it was just a huge box, like not a regular carton, it was like a box you had to hold with both arms. It's the one thing that caught my attention. Although everything was like three times as big as our stuff.

We don't do the missing kids on milk thing, I've never understand that anyway. When has a child's photo on milk ever helped find a lost child?

 

I don't think I'd ever be optimistic enough to get a haircut at Wal-Mart.

That's crazy... I want to see pictures of this. The box, not the haircut.

[Sombra]

f*ck that i want to see a wal-mart haircut

 

that does not sound good

[feckyerlife]

wait wait wait...you can get a hair cut from walmart? i work next to a super walmart and the only things they have is a bank and a dunkin donuts and some sub place..

[Jerking For Soup]

I've never committed a crime, ever. I mean, I helped my friend shoplift once, but that's about it.

 

I'm a lawful evil.

[AlienTwo]

wait wait wait...you can get a hair cut from walmart? i work next to a super walmart and the only things they have is a bank and a dunkin donuts and some sub place..

The one by my office has an Academy Bank, Jackson Hewlett tax desks, haircut place, nails joint, a Subway, eye "doctor" and a tire shop.

 

Makes my grumpy how many local businesses don't operate because of this bullsh*t corporate conglomerate.

Edited April 15, 2016 by AlienTwo

[make total destroy]

Small businesses are just as exploitative tho

[AlienTwo]

Small businesses are just as exploitative tho

Not if they are exploiting themselves. I think to compare the ills of small businesses to those of Wal-Mart is a straw man at best.

[make total destroy]

If they're 'exploiting themselves', they're running a failing business.

[AlienTwo]

If they're 'exploiting themselves', they're running a failing business.

We may have to shore up our definition on exploitation. I mean Wal-Mart makes billions in profit but doesn't pay their employees a living wage, small businesses often are staffed by the owners themselves, working insane hours for just enough to live on. Feels different... but the same. But mostly different. In a similar way.

[Flachbau]

Am I the only who appreciates self service machines?? I only use them.

I'm incredibly grateful that they exist. Makes life so much easier.

 

OT - Hidden motives make me feel so bloody disturbed.

I like 'em, too. Mostly because our local supermarket has annoying cashiers. I know they're trying to be nice and all but they ask so many questions and sometimes about what you're buying.. the experience is absolutely awkward.

 

Mostly because I don't need anyone to ask me about my plans for a box of tissues and lotion.

 

 

[krashr]

"craft beer". it's f*cking home brew you desperate hipster

[drifter.]

I can't escape my credit card balance. My paycheck was less than the previous one. I could pay off my credit card again. But that'd leave me no leftover money in checkings. I'm done with this minimum wage bullsh*t.

[make total destroy]

I can't escape my credit card balance. My paycheck was less than the previous one. I could pay off my credit card again. But that'd leave me no leftover money in checkings. I'm done with this minimum wage bullsh*t.

 

Let's Destroy Work, Let's Destroy the Economy

[Coin]

Am I the only who appreciates self service machines?? I only use them.

I'm incredibly grateful that they exist. Makes life so much easier.

 

 

I legitimately hate them, if we're talking about the same thing. And hate being directed to use them in stores.

 

If I wanted to use 'em, I'd just order online instead tbh.

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

 

Am I the only who appreciates self service machines?? I only use them.

I'm incredibly grateful that they exist. Makes life so much easier.

 

OT - Hidden motives make me feel so bloody disturbed.

I like 'em, too. Mostly because our local supermarket has annoying cashiers. I know they're trying to be nice and all but they ask so many questions and sometimes about what you're buying.. the experience is absolutely awkward.

Mostly because I don't need anyone to ask me about my plans for a box of tissues and lotion.

I like it when they put effort in. At Walmart, they never do. They're so gloomy or look like they're in a rush to get home. But when I go to HEB or Central Market especially (fancy HEB, Texas stuff), they'll so inviting. It's like they're trained to be nice. At Walmart you can sense the attitude and if it's towards me then lol, we gonna have problems.

[Sombra]

well its f*cking snowing today

 

f*ck this

[PhillBellic]

I know this isn't a new complaint, and I'd hate to drift into Jerry Seinfeld territory but self-serve machines in supermarkets are the most puzzling invention in recent years. For those unfamiliar with a self-serve (or self-scan) they are tills you can use to scan your own goods/groceries and remove all human interaction in the process. You don't get cashiers pretending to care about your day, and you don't have to endure awkward eye contact as the pretty girl who has had the job for all of eight weeks notices the alarming amount of cling film and baby oil you're buying twice a week.

 

Certain things puzzle me about them however. Essentially what is happening is I am doing a cashier's job for them. This means that whether I like it or not, I am contributing to the downfall of economy. This wouldn't be so bad if they existing cashiers are trained to maintain the machines as a job instead, but whenever these machines fail (which is often, and we'll get to that) they shuffle over with as much enthusiasm as an emaciated boxer. They then scratch their head raw before wiping all issues and starting things off from scratch. This also means if you were so inclined you could quite easily steal something with every visit. I have unknowingly walked away with a pack of Sharpie markers and a Red Bull without paying before, only realising when I get home. I would become so wracked with guilt I would write my suicide note with the Sharpie only to realise I couldn't hang myself because the aforementioned beverage has indeed given me wings, rendering physics useless.

 

Instead of training the redundant cashier staff, they're either fired or left to wander around the store looking lost, like a bored animal in captivity. They look like they belong there amongst the endless shelves of products, but they don't actually wind up interacting with much of it. Their eyes glaze over and their posture overcomes them, giving them the appearance of a question mark. We also see lines and lines of unused tills, gathering dust and pleading to be given an LCD screen so they have one last shot at relevancy in an age where it's important we buy our microwave dinner and kale smoothies as quickly as possible, so we can scurry home and share what we've bought on social media. What's even funnier is I've recently seen these self-serve machines with small conveyor belts so you can further immerse yourself in the world of cashiers. They remind me of those tiny kitchen play-sets or a Wendy house. Everything is miniature and scaled down. The conveyer belt is utterly useless because I could walk an extra foot closer towards the scanner. It's ridiculous.

 

My next gripe about these machines though? They never work. I live in the UK and now you have to remortgage your house if you want so much as a carrier bag to take your shopping to your car. I don't know if supermarkets expect me to carry the shopping on my head in a big basket but asking me if I want a bag is a bit of a redundant question. There's an option on these machines though that ask you if you're using your own bag. It does this so it can automatically detect the change in weight and it doesn't burst into tears when you add 0.03g to the weight of your first item. This never works. The machine throws a tantrum anyway and refuses to continue until some disinterested member of staff with a double digit IQ and a triple figure income budges along and makes everything better with a magic lanyard. I've also encountered the bizarre quirk where the machine will dutifully scold me because there's an "unexpected item in the bagging area". If I've just scanned the f*cking thing, it isn't that unexpected now, is it? Where else am I going to put it, back on the shelf?

 

I'm all for unnecessary human interaction and I support an easy life where possible but we are nowhere near at a level where we can comfortably remove humans from the experience of shopping.

I'm a little late to this Party, Craig. Marvelous read, however.

 

I was once at a Supermarket, and one of the Staff there suggested I use the Self Service Checkout, as I only had a couple of items. I point blank exclaimed that I could give them directions to the nearest Centrelink Office.

 

They then rapidly scanned my items and rang up the till.

[slimeball supreme]

 

I can't escape my credit card balance. My paycheck was less than the previous one. I could pay off my credit card again. But that'd leave me no leftover money in checkings. I'm done with this minimum wage bullsh*t.

 

Let's Destroy Work, Let's Destroy the Economy

that's pretty edgy man

[AlienTwo]

I can't escape my credit card balance. My paycheck was less than the previous one. I could pay off my credit card again. But that'd leave me no leftover money in checkings. I'm done with this minimum wage bullsh*t.

If one payment will clear your credit card debt you really don't understand "debt". How about pay half off with this check and half with the next?

[Sombra]

okay

 

now its f*cking sunny britain sort your sh*t out

[jhuteman]

I sure like getting fairly harmless posts deleted from a RANT page! WTF was so upsetting about an 'almost chicken' laying the egg the first chicken came out of? Or was it I called someone 'sparky' and wished them a long enough life that THEY could know what it's like to be old? Pretty radical stuff I'll grant you but was it THAT bad you had to delete it?

 

I expected a bit more of a loose community, this is a GTA based forum right, what would Trevor say??

 

I'd expect it on a REAL 'grumpy' site like a model railroad forum, those guys are not very tolerant of off beat humor or statements, you want to be like THEM?

[Sombra]

keep going and you'll give yourself a heart attack

[jhuteman]

Aye, where have all the hooligans gone? I've been telling them to CLEANSE their islands for quite some time now and they have not heard me.

 

A TRUE Welshman would not tolerate this crap!