I thought I was going to be imprisoned in Coles recently. I went into the store to buy one item which they didn't end up having stock of. When I went to leave, the automatic gates wouldn't open because I hadn't purchased anything.
The store attendant didn't want to open the gates for me and after I looked at her in alarm, she groaned and said "just this once"! Like she was seriously considering keeping me a prisoner in the store until I purchased something!
I've barged through the automatic gate at exit of my local Coles a few times now, I must not be only one as one of the boxes is getting a bit rickety. Ive also pulled them open for a lady in a wheelchair who was being studiously ignored by staff
This is actually a pretty good take on the duopoly. Everyone is getting caught up in anger over the $1B profits, but that is not the story, and not even a big issue. Woolworths had about 20M customers last year - that means they made on average $50 net profit per annum from each of those customers. Let's be super conservative and say maybe they only had 5M unique customers. That equates to $200 net profit. For a year... That's $3.85 per week. They are not making out like bandits the way the press like to frame them - incredibly tight margins with rent, electricity, wages, insurance etc. The bigger issue is related to the privacy concerns as Stephanie points out. That is what we SHOULD be angry about.
I thought I was going to be imprisoned in Coles recently. I went into the store to buy one item which they didn't end up having stock of. When I went to leave, the automatic gates wouldn't open because I hadn't purchased anything.
The store attendant didn't want to open the gates for me and after I looked at her in alarm, she groaned and said "just this once"! Like she was seriously considering keeping me a prisoner in the store until I purchased something!
I've barged through the automatic gate at exit of my local Coles a few times now, I must not be only one as one of the boxes is getting a bit rickety. Ive also pulled them open for a lady in a wheelchair who was being studiously ignored by staff
PALANTIR HAS MY CROTCH ONIONS
Their gooches are entirely lawful targets in any justifiable operation.
This is actually a pretty good take on the duopoly. Everyone is getting caught up in anger over the $1B profits, but that is not the story, and not even a big issue. Woolworths had about 20M customers last year - that means they made on average $50 net profit per annum from each of those customers. Let's be super conservative and say maybe they only had 5M unique customers. That equates to $200 net profit. For a year... That's $3.85 per week. They are not making out like bandits the way the press like to frame them - incredibly tight margins with rent, electricity, wages, insurance etc. The bigger issue is related to the privacy concerns as Stephanie points out. That is what we SHOULD be angry about.