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lisa-e t1_je22kcg wrote

i prefer a thrift store with:

  • a place with good parking

  • a place with a good selection of reliable furmiture

  • a place wirh a variety of clothes and brands

-items that arent priced 2x as much (RW+B prices items for the sale. a coat that should sell for $20 will be priced at $40...and will likely not sell until their 50% off day...and they know this)

-a place that prices things so a flipper can still make a buck. RW+B will often post "Sells on Ebay for $X.xx" on their stuff behind the counter

-a place that accepts debit cards/credit cards

-a place with a dressing room

-a place that is generally clean

-a place that does not have a line that wraps around the entirety of the floor plan on wednesdays/saturdays

-a place that is open past 6pm on a weeknight so i can go there after my day job

i really could go on and on...but if you're cool with the OPPOSITE of everything i listed above, then i guess RW+B is the place for you

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pangaea1972 t1_je1zx9t wrote

Many snack foods, sodas, etc in grocery stores are stocked by outside vendors. I'm not sure if Snyders is stocked by a Snyders vendor or the store's grocery dept but either way it is highly unusual to see a popular product that far out of date. Someone made a mistake at some point and if the store were aware the grocery team leader would catch shit from the store leader guaranteed. They get surprise 3rd party audits a few times a year and one out of date product would fail that department and have an effect on the department and store leaders' bonuses. They take out of date products very seriously. It's probably fine to eat though; there is no science to those dates at all.

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AntiStatistYouth t1_je1zpth wrote

Maybe, but large organizations like UPMC, whether they call themselves 'non-profit' or not, are driven by profit. Diverting police away from the hospitals is likely just going to create a public relations nightmare.

The effective way to pressure UPMC is to impact their bottom line. Use the permitting process to prevent their new hospital wing or administrative building from opening for even a couple months and they will lose millions of dollars. And that is money they will lose immediately, before they can effectively retaliate monetarily by forcing the city to pay legal fees fighting in court.

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