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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I choose to use Instant Ink because I don’t print a lot and it still beats buying the carts. HP ships them to me for free and automatically before I run out and gives me return postage for the empties to be recycled.

    They also don’t have different rates for B/W and Color so I just print everything in color.

    I dont stress over $1/mo (or $1.50/mo if this increase hits me). I’ve had this printer for 2yrs on the cheapest plan and I’ve still not paid the full price of a set of cartridges.

    I’m sure I’ll be down votes for saying anything positive about the program but whatever. It works fine for me.







  • I also don’t understand the whole “it depreciates in value” angle. Yes, everything I buy new depreciates in value once it is no longer new. I’m not buying a car to immediately sell it. So who cares?

    Are there people out there flipping cars like they do with houses? Maybe tell those people.

    I bought my car new and people told me the same thing. I’m still driving it 13yrs later and have had no major maintenance issues; only regular maintenance like oil, tire rotation, lube etc. The most expensive thing I’ve put into it are new tires.

    I’ll buy my next car new again and do the same thing.



  • beyondthegrave@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlNot today, sorry.
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    1 year ago

    Because giving grief to the workers doesn’t trickle up to the owners. They make the same money regardless.

    You can give shit to the owners while making sure workers make a living wage. These things are not related.

    If you don’t want to tip, then don’t tip. But still give grief to the owners. If everyone shit on the owners as much as the staff things would change.


  • beyondthegrave@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlNot today, sorry.
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    1 year ago

    Business owners need to pay their damn employees and stop using the registers to beg customers for more money.

    And how exactly are you getting that message across by stiffing your fellow workers? Business owner makes the same money regardless.

    I always tip. Not because the service was good or whatever. No one should have to earn a living being a circus monkey. Everyone deserves dignity at work. And everyone deserves a living wage.

    By not supporting the worker, you’re playing into the game set up ny business owners and CEOs which is to foster an environment of in-fighting of the working class so they can continue to hoard wealth they don’t need.

    So yeah, I’ll always tip and then I give grief to the owner to pay their employees as you say. Because it’s them who sets up that worker-on-worker fight club because that’s where the grief needs to go. Not the person trying to live on meager wages and deal with shitty customers.


  • Cashiers also have their place, for when you have larger checkouts and what have you.

    In my grocery stores they’ve gone so far as making self checkouts with conveyor belts so you can do those large checkouts yourself.

    I refuse to use them. If I have a couple small items, then sure self-checkout makes sense. I don’t get cost savings, but I do get the convenience of a speedy checkout; faster than the single express lane they used to have.

    But I’ll be damed if I’m going to be a free cashier for them and scan an entire cart load of groceries and get nothing in return. At the very least pay for a bagger, wtf. Those are the real job killers right there.


  • Lots of entitlement here…

    Saying someone makes enough in their day job so all their other contributions should be free is…wow.

    I guess I’m one of the few that thinks all work should be compensated. Especially work I can’t do myself or that I prefer over others.

    And really, it’s not up to me to say what that compensation should be. It’s only my job to decide if the offer is acceptable to me for what I perceive is the benefit over other options.

    Because there are other options. But I’m here because I don’t want the other options. I would guess many others are, too.