I remember being in Hannaford right after mask mandates hit. A teen employee was asking people walking into the store to put on a mask. He had a box of masks right there that you could take one if needed. I watched an older woman start screaming at this kid for daring tell her what to do. He'd never told her more than "it's store policy now" and was polite and calm the entire time. She proceeded to push her cart into him.

When you're being paid minimum wage and dealing with people like that, I can't imagine wanting to stay in that position. It's not surprising to me that stores are still trying to fill spots.

Is this a real question? Staffing is the answer. Staffing and corporate greed is the answer to almost everything these days.

You have to be joking right?

Relatively - just a few years, but it's been really chill while I've been here. Maybe it's not so much in different parts of town, but downtown is quiet most of the time.

Edit: do people think that Waterbury is dangerous or something? I've never had even one problem. Granted, I might look a little scary to some people myself, tall and scruffy.

I’m not complaining I used to be a bagger it was my first job in high school and it was a position itself that I applied for. Was just curious if it was a cultural thing etc or if it’s just trying to save money by switching to self checkout and abandoning the position itself. it’s called a service industry for a reason by the way. marginal savings by bosses is what I assumed it to be but yeah sure 😂

This is the definitive First World Problem, good job!

are you new to Waterbury?

Want some cheese with that whine? We have great cheese..

Staffing. More stores are adding self check outs

In 2021, the most recent full year of data, the NHTSA estimates 42,915 people were killed in car crashes in the US, that's 118 per day! https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-traffic-fatalities

The Roastery

Beats me, but I just moved here from Oregon via New Jersey. Why doesn't anyone pump your gas here? It feels too dangerous dispending your own flammable liquids...

Poor baby.

Seriously?

I’m not so angry at them. Think of all those ways to go some painless yet this person chose to get hit by a train? This is someone who was in deep pain. I empathize with the trauma to the engineer but damn no on goes out like that that is in their right mind.

Bag your own groceries unless you have a physical inability to do so.

lol

They did until covid hit.

Post covid no one who works at a grocery store as a bagger can afford to live in this state.

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I second this

Awake Coffee is brewed right in Waitsfield and sold at the Sweet Spot. They are open from 10:00-2:00. Or I believe they sell it at Mehurons Supermarket

Suicidal people aren’t thinking rationally, by definition.

I had a cousin who was a locomotive engineer. He was on duty when a woman chose to use his train to commit suicide. He struggled for a couple of years before committing suicide (pills) himself. He said he couldn’t ever not see those last moments.

Check the stats of rail compared to literally any other form of ground transportation.

As someone who avoids caffeine but is still addicted to drinking coffee black I have found Speeder and Earls has the best selection of decaf.