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, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

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)