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(Score: 1) by day of the dalek on Thursday September 05 2024, @04:08AM
In this case, the spirit of the rules are what matters. You can say whatever you like about digital grocery store coupons and I won't be bothered. I'm just trying to avoid the usual bickering over politics and similar issues, the personal attacks against some users, and the usual arguing about this site and its staff. I didn't think you were close to anywhere crossing any lines with me, so no worries.
I generally agree that digital coupons aren't convenient. I get emails from CVS about those from time to time, and I'll usually just add a bunch of them to my card before visiting the store if I think I might be interested in buying something. Still, I'm not sure I see the point of the coupons instead of just giving the same discounts to everyone with a loyalty card.
My biggest objection to the grocery stores here is that they really seem to like the self checkout machines. I'd much rather have a real person scan my groceries, and I'm willing to pay a bit more if it means those people will continue to have jobs. Tonight, there were four self checkout machines and one checkout line with a real person scanning groceries. I obviously went to the one checkout line with a real person, and it was probably a lot faster than me trying to scan the groceries myself. Self checkout machines are my biggest objection here, and I'd prefer they be abolished everywhere.