Submitted by Sufficient-Squash428 t3_124sx16 in Maine
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Antnee83 t1_je0r1ox wrote
At least the ones I've been in, cashier and stocker are the same (1) person. They always have a bell to ring when you're ready to check out, and I always feel shitty about ringing it because I know I'm putting them further behind.
Sufficient-Squash428 OP t1_je1c7p0 wrote
The Dollar General "Customer Experience"
One person is the business model for their profits.
$1 Million is NOT Enough ... It MUST be $1 Billion ... Millions is so out of fashion.
F Consumers F Workers ... Bow to Wall Street Demands
zoolilba t1_je2hq0k wrote
A lot in my area have self checkout now (card only.)
Minute_Map_6444 t1_je2msuo wrote
I was a manager, paid $9 an hour, alone 5:30am-2pm to stock, clean, man the register, check in vendors, etc. ridiculous
Sufficient-Squash428 OP t1_je2r9b1 wrote
Minute_Map_6444 t1_je2sof1 wrote
Sad part is I thought that was halfway decent pay. This was like 2015-2016
Sufficient-Squash428 OP t1_je2u4f7 wrote
Things have been made so out of whack in Wages & Compensation since the 1980's that now it's all fucked.
Compare Executives Wage & Compensation in 1950's and 2010's
Compare Worker Wage & Compensation in 1950's and 2010's
They've ruined capitalism with their YOLO greed.
Skolanthropy t1_je2r70n wrote
Bruh that is some Wall-E levels of alienation and exploitation.
respaaaaaj t1_je1flyw wrote
It's not just northern Maine. There's one every other town between Lewiston Auburn and Augusta.
One in Greene, one on Monmouth, one in Manchester.
yzfmike t1_je282c4 wrote
Depending on route, Sabattus, Lisbon, Topsham going the long way to Augusta. lol.
metatron207 t1_je2f3w8 wrote
Wait, there's a Dollar General in Manchester? Where is it?
respaaaaaj t1_je2nwjg wrote
Baring an act of god or a well meaning arsonist it's still on western ave
metatron207 t1_je32xnl wrote
Huh. Just looked it up. I've driven past Copies Etc. a thousand times and never noticed Dollar General there.
John_Yossarian t1_je845cf wrote
The midcoast town I grew up in, that had never had a chain business of any kind, got a Dollar General a few years ago. Felt like another nail in the coffin of my childhood.
WillSuckDick4Coffee t1_je1tyy7 wrote
That's how it is in Portland as well
Ironbird207 t1_je11wgi wrote
As Morrill Worcester would say, OSHA fines are just the cost of doing business.
ppitm t1_je17s19 wrote
I scowl every time I see one of these. We'd be better off with pawn shops and strip joints.
ZingZongZaddy t1_je1gho5 wrote
>strip joints
as long as they can be dives like Diva's once was and not like Diamonds or Rick's Cabaret
ralphy1010 t1_je4kpsa wrote
Diva's, now that's a memory.
GhostOfLords t1_je1s59r wrote
It’s a fucking convenience store. Touch some grass.
We could use more of all three really.
ppitm t1_je1sny9 wrote
It's not a convenience store. Eat some grass.
GhostOfLords t1_je22na0 wrote
It absolutely is a convenience store. It sells food and products, many cases cheaper than my local hannafords and not as far. It’s no different than a Walgreens minus the pharmacy.
jteedubs t1_je259l1 wrote
Look at the unit price, it’s very rarely cheaper than Hannafords bub.
GhostOfLords t1_je2pdq2 wrote
That’s a fair point, but sometimes I don’t mind but something in the smaller quantity that DG offers.
People downvoting me have no reason To hate DG other than groupthink.
mushlilli t1_je3xctl wrote
Dollar General is bad for selling low quality products and exploiting their workers for profit. Is it so bad to want things to be less than their most shitty version?
GhostOfLords t1_je489iw wrote
You forgot to call them racist or classist or fascist or something.
Their store brand products are on par with any other store brand.
iglidante t1_je4glxv wrote
>You forgot to call them racist or classist or fascist or something. > >Their store brand products are on par with any other store brand.
Even if their products are equivalent, if they treat their employees worse, I'll avoid them.
acister t1_je23uyy wrote
They're a scourge and predatory to rural economies and also a fucking eyesore. Fuck that place
technosquirrelfarms t1_je3c07v wrote
Hear hear!
epsylonic t1_je1me37 wrote
These greedy junk shops use understaffing as a profit extraction strategy.
MainerGamer t1_je1iq02 wrote
My better half always says these fuckers are like the Kelp Shacks on SpongeBob. They even sell an autobiographical account of their company at the check out isle that explains how they try to take over small towns essentially.
BMFhartz1 t1_je1kpqf wrote
Deemed a severe violator, signifying nothing.
z-eldapin t1_je1v60d wrote
DG has amassed millions in fines nationally. Shit show
Skolanthropy t1_je2ret2 wrote
DG grossed $11b in PROFIT last year.
+10% growth from the previous year.
Skolanthropy t1_je2w7ie wrote
Just bringing attention to how little those fines affect operations.
ZingZongZaddy t1_je0s7py wrote
no way
azrael0503 t1_je2a5d4 wrote
A new one just opened up in Hermon. I was so disappointed when I saw the Dollar General sign go up. I was hoping it would be something good for the community.
raynedanser t1_je2ng6g wrote
There's one in Glenburn and Carmel too. Is there one in Levant yet?
Moonstonedbowie t1_je2uufi wrote
Eddington has one
raynedanser t1_je2x8zt wrote
Ugh. They're everywhere and what they sell is cheap SHIT.
Ill-Energy-7914 t1_je2x6cf wrote
They put one in Lubec, parking lot is always empty. Bright lights beaming all night long like that low crime place might have robbers on the premises.
keanenottheband t1_je1ncra wrote
Ooooooh that will show them!
nannie44 t1_je2tmmt wrote
Prices are always higher than the tags
GrowFreeFood t1_je30fjk wrote
Stop shopping there poor people.
doctorbimbu t1_je34ll5 wrote
The shit ain’t even a dollar anyway
Mikhos t1_je3ewez wrote
dollar general, the department store ran like a Subway
FragilousSpectunkery t1_je4orc3 wrote
Not a great value for your dollar anyways. Cheap plastic shit, small volume consumables. They make communities poorer.
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zoolilba t1_je2hrmd wrote
I guess im done going thert
Oldmtman_207 t1_je319by wrote
Another example of corrupt greed taking over the country.
jumplittlechurcho t1_je3i67f wrote
The one in Litchfield/gardiner is a travesty
WiccaKittyKat t1_je63h8t wrote
ETA I'm in Minnesota, but this post popped up on my feed so I figured I'd share his story with this trash company.
I'm not surprised, my fiance worked at one for a few months. Severely understaffed and aisles were constantly cluttered with U-Boats full of stuff. They had him scheduled closing every single day until he put his foot down and told them tht he couldn't work 7 days a week. He quit back in September and it's never open anymore. They can't keep any staff long enough to run a shift!
Sufficient-Squash428 OP t1_je0mszg wrote
In almost every Town in Northern Maine.
Some are even a hazard to Customers. Think of the junked-up isles of carts because they understaff stocking & cashier.