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> Just close up shop entirely and go to deliveries / curbside pickup Existing grocery delivery services are already way overburdened, and desperately scaling u

• shirakawasuna 6y ago
  > Existing grocery delivery services are already way overburdened, and desperately scaling up[1]. Not exactly. They're unwilling to increase pay and working conditions in order to scale up. With millions rapidly unemployed, they should have no real trouble hiring if they actually pay for it. You should never, ever trust Amazon's rhetoric when it comes to hiring low-wage workers. This also doesn't address curbside pickup. Several stores in my area are doing it and it limits contact. > You can't possibly think that going to the grocery store is so frivolous and unnecessary, as this statement would imply. Or do you? I know people who still go to the grocery store 2-3 times a week and buy snacks, yes. I'm not saying that groceries are non-essential, I'm saying that the system should be reworked to protect the most vulnerable and exploited at no impact to you other than convenience / not changing your routine. Those are the elements we're weighing: how much is their suffering worth compared to what "consumers" are doing? Should there be oreos on the shelf at all? Shouldn't we, at the bare minimum, be limiting access to necessary items if in-person contact is required?