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I don't get why you'd call the manager to try to negotiate anything... Dude made a joke, all you had to do was make a snarky quip back while you were scanning his shit in.
Imagine if he asked how you were, would you call your doctor and ask for a checkup?
i was ok doing the discount but i had no idea of which margins there are on the cashier because usually i'm on the back doing IT, not the cashier - so the call
If you’re really good at customer service (i.e. manipulation), you’ll say the price just went up 10% this morning, but you’ll get a discount of the same amount, because you’re such a great pal. Basically just the normal price, but it feels nicer.
I see you subscribe to the Amazon sales policy.
Others might call it straight-up lying, deception or even misleading. Calling it “Amazon sales policy” just makes it sound nicer.
I'd call it fraud myself. But retailers have been doing this shit for forever. But the thing is that people love this shit.
JCPenny almost went under when they stopped deceptive pricing tactics like 20 years ago and just offered a really low price.
Shit, I worked at a major sports and outdoors retailer and we had tags that said "Everyday Low Price." Items tagged with that would never go on sale because they were loss leaders (just barely above wholesale to get people to buy overpriced accessories).
I had customers with the items in their cart ask me if it was on sale, I told them it was the lowest price they were going to find and even price checked other retailers whose sale price was higher than ours, and they put it back every time.
People are really fucking stupid.
That is just amazing. How the human mind works is so bizarre at times. Even when there’s a good deal, people just don’t take it? Wasn’t it enticing enough?
Either way, some companies exploit the same mechanics to sell trash for a high price. It’s so weird and pretty dark.
Yeah, people are fucking stupid. I empirically proved they'd never get a lower price, but they passed because they thought the capitalism knew more than me.
Guess what? Those fuckers didn't get to deep fry a turkey because they're stupid. Which I guess is a net positive for turkeys
On the downside, they probably ended up spending more money and receiving less in return. If they bought their junk from Amazon, they also contributed to upholding poor labor practices. Nobody wins in this situation except for the corpos.
What's the male equivalent of a Karen?
"Male Karen" is the term I hear the most. Karenism transcends genders.
The pejorative use of the name "Dick" has been around for quite some time.
I've read 'Ken' sometimes whenever they refer to a male Karen.