i try v hard to split my shopping
a bit online, a bit on the high street, a bit in shopping centres, and a bit in supermarkets. there'd be plenty of cash for all retailers if people made a bit of an effort to mix it up; it doesn't need to be all or nothing.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:12, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

The local retailers can't compete with the prices, it's just the way it is
I'm anti-battery hen farming in principle, but I have a family to feed...so it's 7 quid for one chicken, or 3 for a tenner. Sorry local butcher, but I'm off to Tesco. This is the way of the world and it's only going to continue that way.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:13, Reply)

it's not a good way for the world to go, in my view
it's not like i preach about only buying local, or only buying organic, because i don't and would be fucking hypocritical if i did. but at the same time, ending up with everything being bought at the same massive supermarket is pretty fucking depressing
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:18, Reply)

I disagree
I know what you're saying...it's a shame for someone who's worked their whole lives building a business, only to be undercut by a giant supermarket...but this is just what happens. We don't buy our milk from a farm, because it's more convenient to get it from a shop. We don't go to a tailor, because there are loads of shops that sell clothes off the peg. We don't buy stamps, because we have sms and email.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:24, Reply)

... and then people whine because their clothes are being made by children in a sweatshop
or their burgers are full of horse
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:29, Reply)

Nope
Because if you complain about the sweatshops, they end up getting closed down...then loads of people who are GENUINELY on the poverty line LITERALLY starve to death.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:32, Reply)

lots of people are stupid, though
wah wah poor children, i had no idea, despite the fact that i only paid £5 for this shirt AND skirt
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:34, Reply)

It's what happens when you only have a few massive retailers who can force the suppliers to accept less money for their goods
than it costs to make them, and therefore have to rely on either government subsidies, or they go bust.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:53, Reply)

If I don't need to buy anything from a local shop why should I make an effort to support them so they can stay open for me not to buy anything from them?
I don't watch football and my local team is going bust, why should I give a fuck about saving them?
(Captain Give-A-Fuck #internetpals4eva, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:14, Reply)

sure, nobody should ever have any independent enterprise

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:16, Reply)

Not if it isn't sustainable, no

(Captain Give-A-Fuck #internetpals4eva, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:16, Reply)

that's right
now, get your apron on, tesco will pay you a fiver to sweep that floor
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:18, Reply)

But not next week - zero hours contract.
Pay the rent you say?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:23, Reply)

That's a ridiculous statement to make.
"I can't really be bothered to walk to the shops, let's take the car"
"YEAH AND EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THEIR LEGS CUT OFF AND LETS CHOP DOWN ALL THE RAINFORESTS WHILE WE'RE AT IT"

Have some perspective.
( Kroney, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:23, Reply)

but by "the shops" you mean a massive giant warehouse where everything looks the same?
lovely.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:30, Reply)

Well no, in this case it'll be a van bringing me my goods that I ordered online to my door.
You know, the way it already happens?

Swap "the shops" for "the beach" if it makes you feel better.
( Kroney, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:33, Reply)

choosing stuff online is fine sometimes
other times it's just not the same.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:34, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post2035264
( Kroney, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:36, Reply)

Everyone complained when the last of our traditional cinemas closed in Portsmouth
I reasoned that if we all went there to watch movies instead of the non-sticky floored, much bigger seats VUE cinema, it'd still be open. The corporations offer a better experience/better prices/more choice...if you can't keep up, then back out.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:17, Reply)

I fucking love my local greengrocer/fishmonger/butchers/independant-supermarkets.
If they're done right, they're way better than a super market.

If I drove, I don't think i'd go to the big supermarket.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 1 Aug 2013, 14:55, Reply)