How The Free Market Works
Like my recent piece on Detroit, this closer-to-home entry is another item that’s been on my lYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Only relevant if you confirm that the event occurred in the business pictured.
Agreed. Call out the store in question and let the market forces affect them as they may. If the store owner gets wind of this event and percieves that it might adversely affect his business, perhaps he fires the inept cashier, and makes an effort to improve his business to avoid such situations in the future. That’s a win for everyone, and maybe the store wins your business back in the future.
“inept” is a chartiable characterization of the cashier’s behavior, though. Sounds like it bordered on punitive, as if to say “you don’t look like you’re from around here.” But I’d be surprised if someone working as a cashier at a hole-in-the-wall place like the one pictured was astute to know about profits from lottery tickets vs the huge margins on sales of convenience store snack items.
You are correct, this is how the free market works. The store knows that their “cut” on lottery sales would exceed the profit from the items you had in hand. Therefore they went for the higher profit. Ain’t that how it is supposed to work?
The free market is a two way street. Maybe they just don’t like you. :D
(Joking, that is lousy customer service)
Who gives a shit about the lottery? Sounds like you got screwed by a bad cashier and unfortunate timing with a customer that’s going to be a long wait to get behind. If I get stuck in Burger King’s drive through for 13 minutes, I might blame the burger flippers, I might blame the guy in front of me for making a big order, but the last thing I’d be mad at is Ford, just because the guy in front drives an Explorer.
Sic Willie is trying to work this story around to how the lottery is in league with “government-run” schools and the reason he was ignored is because we don’t have vouchers.
Vouchers and a FAIR TAX would solve everything, dontcha know?
*TBG actually supports both, as they are an improvement over the current systems. A utopia they ain’t, though.
I scratch my head about these matters. For many decades the U.S. set the world’s standard for education and academic achievement — all with “government-run schools.” Now it is no longer so. Maybe it isn’t the schools systems fault? Maybe the problem is…dare I say it…us?
The school systems are “us”.
In my experience, when I visit a convenience store to purchase a Coke Zero (my vice), I am always stuck behind people taking an excessive amount of time purchasing their lottery tickets in the hope that they will be the next big winner.
Ron White on Sears of Savannah…
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This story is so transparent. You blame the lottery for poor customer service in a store. The people in line were probably regulars (I see this stuff every day) and “friends” with the cashier. They could be in there the next day talking about football, not buying anything, and you would still have had to wait in line while they talked. If you haven’t noticed most convenience stores don’t abound with customer service. Sounds like you don’t like the lottery and you are using your soapbox to put it down. Your closer about voting with one’s wallet is laughable, because even though you claimed to wait for over 13 minutes (who stands in line in a convenience store 13 + minutes?) you still spent money in the store! As for the not leaving because your son did so good spiel…Have you noticed there are convenience stores like every other block? Oh I forgot you had to stay at that one because of their cool anti-establishment sign.
Oh my God…you mean the vaunted “free market” isn’t perfect? Why in GOP-Land it is the solution to ALL problems.
In a libertarian universe, you could have pulled out your gun, shot them all, and walked out with your son’s treats gratis.
“voting with your feet” as they say.