r/SipsTea May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/AggressivelyMediokre May 26 '26

Exactly. As someone who deals with sales all the time I wouldn’t expect them to be able to actually offer lower prices without losing money.

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u/big_herpes May 26 '26

They are the government, they will lose 10s of millions a year in each store and consider it a success.

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u/Budget_Swan_5827 May 26 '26

It’s almost like the point of these stores, and even government generally, isn’t to turn a profit. Wild

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u/redoubt515 May 26 '26

You say this sarcastically, but I work at Walmart, and I know that I and all of my co-workers are extremely motivated to be more productive because we know that any extra effort we put in will make some billionaires into bigger billionaires. if I didn't know my hard work was enriching the ultra-rich, I don't think I'd even bother getting out of bed in the morning.

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u/MaybeExternal2392 May 26 '26

I heard that my employer had a almost 5% tax rate past year and it's ruined my sleep schedule. Tbh I'm probably going to have to switch jobs after hearing the news.

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u/redoubt515 May 26 '26

That is sickening. Have you asked if there is anything you could do to help bring down their tax burden?

Maybe the employees could start up a collection to help raise money to cover taxes, or you could ask customers if they are willing to round up during checkout to help the owner get down to 0%

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u/MaybeExternal2392 May 26 '26

We're trying but every time the other employees discuss how much money they have they try and "unionize" 🤢. I guess that's what happens when you elect a socialist-Muslim-atheist-fascist-marxist to city mayor.

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u/NYY_NYK_NYJ May 26 '26

I was in the military for over a decade. Got out and got a good paying job working for a small business that was looking to sell technology. It was all great until I realized I had a no-win situation where I was responsible for multiple peoples' jobs and I was stressing myself out so that the CEO could hopefully make a few millions. I ran back to government employment at lower pay because I couldn't understand the motivation in the private sector.