Oooh yeah that is a good idea
Clever. I approve.
Maybe turn them around so they’re all backwards. Might be better for odd-shapped containers
Only problem is, because of our languages laws, the back side is just the same label but in the other language.
I’m liking it simply upside down, label still forward. It kind of burns into memory seeing the familiar label upside down. I don’t recognize the backs of most grocery shelf products.
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Good idea, will be doing this in my german supermarket.
Fuck this nazi shit.
Darf ich wagen, Sie zu fragen, zu welchem Supermarkt Sie gehen?
Imma do this, but in Europe.
Kind of related: the largest supermarket in my hometown used to put “country of origin” flags next to wine bottles only. Now they’re expanding them, aisle after aisle, to everything, it seems.I’m gonna do this too… Oh wait. I’m American. Blast!
A little harder to tell origin, but you could do it for red state products…
You can still do it. 😉
Pff, Americans don’t buy American, that shit is trash.
Lol.
This reminds me of someone who ones was really sad about “german quality”, as they intentionally bought a tool box from a german brand. Turned out they, unfortunately, picked the cheapest one “Brüder Mannesmann”. Which is basically a german sales front for whatever they can cheaply resell (so basically fancy AliExpress with a CE stamp). Their “rust-free” tools turned orange faster than even chinese bridges could collapse.
Unfortunately this whole price war causes actual german tool manufacturers like Bosch to go down in quality as well, at least for their value kits. Of course the same is true for Japanese’ Makita. And with the Internet being infested with bots and paid reviews (i.e. lies) and local shops also being paid to tell you marketing nonsense… it’s so god damn hard to find actual quality products.
Is there by any chance some Fedi channel equivalent to r/buyitforlife?
Is there by any chance some Fedi channel equivalent to r/buyitforlife?
Just buy imported products… Ah, shit.
I love this.
Can we do this in the USA with Canadian products so we know to buy them?
I like that there’sa Canadian maple leaf on all the Canadian products but I would prefer an American flag on American goods. I don’t mind buying European or products of other countries, just avoiding the u.s.
Sadly it’s more difficult to turn computers, websites, tech services, and operating systems upside down.
It’s a nice idea for small physical products but it would also be nice to have a movement to boycott and give alternatives to American tech services.
Harder, yes. But with some know-how, it’s entirely doable: https://blog.dustinbarnett.com/2013/11/upside-down-ternet-raspberry-pi-edition.html
I’m one of the many recent immigrants from reddit so I guess that’s my start to alternatives.
I don’t think I can walk away from many of the American tech services I use, but what I have done is reviewed what I use, change what I can and walk away from what I can. I’ve curtailed my optional spend on American companies, goods, and services. We can all do that at least.
Same here. I’m cutting things out and slowly switching to alternatives where I can.
Individually dropping these products and services won’t do much in isolation but as we’re seeing with Tesla, there is power as a group.
Next on my list is the Google suite. I use docs and sheets a ton for Uni work and home/hobby stuff.
LaTeX + LibreOffice is my Uni work setup
Just downloaded Libre, will take a look at LaTeX as well. Cheers
Sadly it’s more difficult to turn computers, websites, tech services, and operating systems upside down.
Challenge accepted!
(Warning: May not work on any version of Windows other than 93.)
This makes me feel not super great… thanks…I hate it…
I’m almost there! Gonna install a new OS on my phone in the weekend, then I’m completely murica free.
Next step: convincing and helping others
Edit: except my payment cards, although I try to use my phone whenever I can (which still uses SWIFT, I guess)
Graphene?
That’s the idea! Although I also found one other OS that looks cool, but the name escapes me rn.
Have you made the jump?
Not yet, though I suspect I will when I need to update my phone (you need a pixel for Graphene), but there’s also lineage os
You do not have to be a Registered Nurse for this.
I do not have to be a registered nurse to change the Operative System on my phone? Well, that’d be weird!
That’s atleast better than picking up a product and leaving it somewhere else because you decided that you didnt need it anymore.
I hate the mofos who do that.
It’s ok, I only do it with ice cream.
You monster !
I only do that with raw chicken, and I leave it on top of fresh vegetables so people can see it.
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I only do it with other people’s prescriptions! Bwahaha!!
Gotta love when you find a steak that’s already pre room temperature. Saves you the trouble when you get it home!
there’s people who do that?
way too many, yes.
especially great if they put something refrigerated on an unrefrigerated shelf. workers will now have to throw it away because they can’t say how long it was out of the fridge
What if, in this case, the ‘somewhere else’ is in the bin? Or just randomly chucked through the ceiling tiles?
A sort of fruit based ‘paint ball’ would surely stop them from importing US produce.
That’s not fair to the workers in the store. It’s not management that’s cleaning up.
At least it is not a task the bosses can automate. Some job security there.
Sorry, I was joking. I don’t actually think fruit paint ball is safe or productive.
Symbolizes well with the upside down US flag in distress.
love me some direct action.
I’m waiting to see this done with Teslas.
Whistling Diesel beat everyone to it years ago
Sounds good, but it depends on each individual market’s management whether they’ll have their lowly peons do the extra work of undoing that every time.
The workers would still be paid for the re-facing of the product. Maybe the store would realise that USA made products aren’t worth stocking if there’s more wages required to fix up the shelf aesthetics. Workers are employed to work, if there isn’t work they’ll get sent home or have their shifts shortened. I don’t mind having to work at work, it’s what they’re paying me for.
Such a revolutionary idea
Work at work crazy haha
You most likely didn’t mean it that way, but I’m seeing an alternate, unpleasant interpretation that can be misconstrued from your words.
To use an example, it’s like those people who leave products they reconsider buying in random places due to being lazy, then say something like “I’m helping the workers stay employed by giving them work to do.” Which isn’t a very nice thing to do.
I don’t think that at a personal level there are many people who would say “yay, more work” in this kind of situation…
The difference is the purpose. When people force stores to clean up after them for no reason, it can increase workloads and staffing requirements. It’s pennies on the dollar, but its still a violation of the social contract, especially when you factor in the employee’s personal involvement in cleaning up a mess that shouldn’t exist.
When people force stores to clean up after them for a political purpose, the cost is part of the point. It costs time and therefore money to continuously re-face those products, and therefore encourages the store to reduce its stock and shelving of that product.
Again, pennies on the dollar, so significant inventory changes would require extreme customer participation in the trend, but at the very least you may spread some awareness and find some solidarity in your daily routine. May even find like-minded employees and managers who “didn’t notice” or consistently “forget” to fix it.
I think the framing needs to show that it isn’t going to be “more work”, it’s just different work. The people being tasked with this clean up would’ve been doing something else, not just standing around.
Minimum wage employees indeed would’ve been doing something else, and they will still need to do that something else later. Along with the other things that used to be someone elses job that now falls onto this person. Grocery stores wont hire more workers or be understanding workers cant complete their tasks.
No offense but have you worked at a grocery store? Nobody really cares that much. If you think I’m slacking off, then look at the security cameras.
I don’t think that at a personal level…
To be blunt, they don’t need to be happy about it. The company is still losing productivity over this situation, even if the employee is mad about it.
In fact, I’m kind of glad they’re mad about it because that means they’re gonna make mistakes and work slower for a while. The company will lose even more money, and assuming they’re paying any attention they’ll realize it’s because of the American products being defaced constantly and it’s just not worth stocking them
The only problem with that logic, at least from my experience working retail, is that no jobs would be added just to face the shelves faster. The existing workers would just be expected to spend less time on every other task during their shift to make up for it.
It’s the same sort of logic as people who just like to leave carts anywhere they feel like in the parking lot. Someone gets paid to retrieve them after all, right?
It’s for a purpose, and it’s not too much of a pita.
Ah, I didn’t see this post.
https://bsky.app/profile/saelliott.bsky.social/post/3ljxf6ou6l22a btw for the post on Bsky.
Thanks!
Fine, we’ll just make our products spherical.
So they roll upside down by themselves?
There is no up or down with spheres. Checkmate Canadians!
How is the label printed?
Ps: there is no up or down for cubes or prisms either, it’s all about the label.
Yes, I’m fun at parties.
Symmetrical circular qr codes placed symmetrically of course 🫠
I meant that the placement of the circles would be symmetrical with respect to each other.
Lol
