CVS wants you using its mobile app to unlock store shelves

[scarabic@lemmy.world]

Do you actually want to stand there while someone is called over to unlock these? I get nothing out of that service experience. Would far rather press a button in an app. It’s just dumb that things are behind glass in the first place.

[scarabic@lemmy.world]

On their wifi? No thanks.

[wreckingball4good@lemm.ee]

Or, now hear me out, I stop shopping there.

[howrar@lemmy.ca]

The poll in the article...

Would you use an app to unlock retail store displays?

• Yes. If it speeds up shopping, that's a win for me.

• No. I don't need an app to shop, and will just find and employee to unlock it.

Where's the option of "no, I didn't need it as much as I thought I did"

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

The "shit being locked and nobody comes to help when you press the button" bullshit is why I bought some spare keys for the universal barrel locks most stores use.

[blandfordforever@lemm.ee]

You're right but it's funny to think that you could be hassled for breaking into a box with the intention of purchasing its contents.

[rumba@lemmy.zip]

Why the fuck aren't they just dropping this shit off at my door?

Why do I need to go into a convenience store when there's no convenience?

[shikitohno@lemm.ee]

Or, just maybe, they could adequately staff their stores instead of constantly running skeleton crews. If they were actually sincere with their cries of high theft, more employees on the floor could deter would-be thieves, while also giving them time to help customers when needed and pack out product so the place doesn't always look like an obstacle course left in the wake of a hurricane, with piles of stuff on the floor blocking half the aisles.

Any place that requires an app for me to shop at is a hard no for me, much less all the other nonsense they want to include.

[theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world]

And you carry one of these around with you? How often are you visiting stores with these locks?

[nauticalnoodle@lemmy.ml]

Yeah but the engines of Capitalism & Infinite Growth in a finite world gotta go brrr.

[neon@lemmy.world]

Yeah, but that's a key, not a lockpick

[ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world]

CVS wants me to stop shopping with them.

I'll just goto a fucking supermarket. It's faster. Yes, even with the checkouts.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Or, "No, I'm not bothering to shop at CVS anymore because that's a hassle."

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Hey, no shop...ing?

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

We use our grocery store. Seems to work well. My store doesn't even have an app, just a website, and the loyalty card isn't needed for discounts, only for points I'll never use so I don't bother with it.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Yeah, shopping at CVS was never something I'd consider enjoyable, it was a thing I did occasionally if I needed something and was nearby. Now I'll go the extra half block to a different store. Screw 'em.

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

Yes, and weekly; every time I do my shopping.

[intensely_human@lemm.ee]

This new system with the app is a hydra

[dantheclamman@lemmy.world]

Many supermarkets are enshittifying/rent seeking too though

[goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org]

D. Staff just leave them unlocked because it's in a "dead" network spot and nothing reliably connects or store requires users to be on their Wi-Fi