Retail giant fails!!

[SomeRandom]

Starbucks has very good hot chocolate.

I’ll take your word for it lol
But US chocolate is again pretty different to what we’re used to here. We mainly sell the UK Cadbury brand after all lol

 

[Revoltingest]

I’ll take your word for it lol
But US chocolate is again pretty different to what we’re used to here. We sell the UK Cadbury brand after all lol

We have a wide variety of chocolate here.
My tastes run toward imports from Mexico
& Argentina, which are readily available.
Cadbury is too much sweet, & too little chocolate.

 

[SomeRandom]

We have a wide variety of chocolate here.
My tastes run toward imports from Mexico
& Argentina, which are readily available.
Cadbury is too much sweet, & too little chocolate.

I’ve tried Mexican chocolate. That’s yummy!!
I’m not sure I’ve tried chocolate from Argentina though now I want to
I quite enjoy Swiss chocolate myself
(I’m a white chocolate fan. I know, weirdo right? Lol)

 

[Revoltingest]

I’ve tried Mexican chocolate. That’s yummy!!
I’m not sure I’ve tried chocolate from Argentina though now I want to
I quite enjoy Swiss chocolate myself
(I’m a white chocolate fan. I know, weirdo right? Lol)

White chocolate is so evil
that even Satan rejected it.

 

[SomeRandom]

White chocolate is so evil
that even Satan rejected it.

Ehh more for me then

 

[Revoltingest]

Ehh more for me then

You can have my share.

 

[SomeRandom]

You can have my share.

Oh cheers, mate

 

[Stevicus]

That “business as usual” attitude is a bit disheartening to see, truth be told.
It’s like admitting defeat in a way. A mere excuse used (or perhaps taught to folks, idk) in order to justify practices that are seen as quite cruel by many other parts of the world. Even those who are nominally capitalist.
I guess having grown up with an expectation of having at the very least “minimum benefits” (fairly decent minimum wage, mandatory maternity and paternity leave, at least a few weeks vacation and personal leave even in entry level jobs, provided one is at least part time) seeing that be denied to the citizens of one of the richest country in the world. I mean it’s a bit hard for me to understand why folks just accept such treatment.
It’s like watching Americans react to the universal healthcare systems used by the rest of the world. They seem quite impressed by the coverage and lack of cost. Then they often employ some interesting mental gymnastics in order to justify why the US model isn’t that bad. Or should I say “business as usual.”

I suppose culture makes the difference.

(The creepy part was also in relation to Walmart apparently interfering in the love life of its employees. Germans found it a bit too invasive to have their employer basically tell them they shouldn’t be dating or married to a fellow employee. Not really a thing that’s seen as socially acceptable in many places. Like if that’s true, that’s not capitalism, that’s just inappropriate, imo.)

It may be seen as admitting defeat, and you may be right. Of course, there are still plenty who criticize the US model and the practices of businesses such as Walmart. But the typical response is that we have a free market system and that the customers can shop elsewhere and their employees can quit. That's capitalism. Basically, it's a predatory, dog-eat-dog philosophy which believes that only the strong should survive. If anyone is poor or becomes a victim, it's considered to be their own fault because they made "bad choices," and their suffering is deserved. We live in a just world, after all. That's what capitalists typically argue.