It Sucks To Purchase Something In 2023

Just lately, my spouse and I went out to do some Christmas purchasing. We additionally grabbed some lunch whereas we had been out, introduced dinner house, rented a film, and purchased a recreation to play the subsequent day. It ought to have been a chill weekend, but it surely wasn’t. In 2023, due to grasping billionaires and large, shitty corporations, shopping for absolutely anything is a horrible expertise.

As human beings studying the web in 2023, I’m certain you all are nicely conscious of how shitty it’s lately to purchase…something. So this put up isn’t supposed to level out some hidden reality or reveal some new a part of the world you weren’t conscious of. As a substitute, I’m simply drained and needed to guarantee you all that, sure, it’s dangerous on the market, it’s getting worse, and all of it sucks. It sucks a lot.

Purchasing on-line or on the retailer is horrible

First, even earlier than we headed out to purchase some presents and different gadgets, I used to be on Amazon attempting to get another gift-shopping executed. I hate Amazon. However most of the time, out right here within the Midwest, it’s the one choice for some particular gadgets. Nonetheless, it sucks. Utilizing Amazon now, in 2023, is like working by a maze of entice doorways and pretend gadgets. Is that actually a PS5 controller within the particular coloration I would like? Or is it one of many many fakes and dropshipped imposters? It’s a must to verify the vendor and the value and hope that what you order truly arrives and isn’t broken earlier than it will get to your own home. Or stolen off your porch.

Maybe, like we did, you determine to say “Fuck Amazon!” and go to native shops or brick-and-mortar supercenters to select up your gadgets. Good luck! I regarded on-line for a selected merchandise and located it in inventory at a retailer in my space. But after I bought there, the merchandise I’d been advised was in inventory was…not in inventory. Once I requested one of many only a few overworked workers members on the retailer in regards to the merchandise, all of them appeared far too busy and drained to reply with something greater than “Possibly subsequent week?”

Finally, we did discover a few of our gadgets, however our trials and tribulations weren’t over, as we then found, like normal, that many of the checkout traces had been closed. The Goal we had been at had round 20 of them, however solely two had been open. Two staff had been being pressured to take a look at and cope with a whole lot of Christmastime customers. It was not going nicely.

So we went to self-checkout, solely to find lengthy traces as a consequence of some machines not working. One individual was answerable for managing the machines and all of the individuals utilizing them. It was additionally not going nicely.

And to be clear: none of that is the fault of the overworked, underpaid staff desperately attempting to make a residing whereas being yelled at by Karens for coughing or not smiling sufficient. Don’t take away from this exasperation that I’m mad on the workers at Taco Bell or Goal or something like that. I’m mad at their bosses and everybody above them who’re slowly squeezing us all right into a paste that they will scrape off of their boots and throw away as soon as we run out of cash.

Anyway, as soon as we bought out of the shop we made just a few extra journeys. And it was the identical story. Shops felt naked, with most gadgets relegated to on-line outlets, whereas overworked staff who’re anticipated to take care of far an excessive amount of directly did what they may as vacation customers descended on them like ravenous predators.

Shopping for the rest sucks, too

Throughout all of this, we stopped to seize some lunch at Arby’s. We discovered, nonetheless, that the road on the drive-thru was 20 vehicles lengthy. So we went elsewhere: an area Taco Bell that’s normally not too busy. And it wasn’t, fortunately, however inside I discovered one individual working the place. Not solely is that this harmful, it’s a horrible method to handle a quick meals joint. We went to order our meals, however their programs at that location had been down and we didn’t have money on us. The one employee recommended we use the app to purchase the meals and pay that manner. The long run fucking sucks.

Once we bought house, we tried to observe a film. However it wasn’t accessible on any streaming providers so we’d need to lease it, regardless that Roku and different web sites stated in any other case. So we determined as a substitute to observe a film I already owned however that we hadn’t watched, solely to be taught that Vudu was down that night time for some motive.

Once I went to observe the movie on YouTube utilizing my Moviesanywhere account, it had been disconnected for safety causes. So we stated fuck it and opened MAX to observe a cooking present we take pleasure in. However that particular present wasn’t loading for us, even when the whole lot else labored. It’s nice paying for apps that by no means work!

Finally, we gave up, opened YouTube, and watched some random nonsense. Whereas we did that, my spouse tried to purchase a recreation on Xbox, solely to be confused by all the assorted editions and bundles. And after I helped choose the fitting one, the app crashed and we simply went downstairs and used the console to purchase it anyway.

It’s wild how horrible it’s to purchase something immediately. All of us have much less cash than ever and firms have greater than ever, and but, they nonetheless demand even extra. And now, they don’t even thoughts how transparently clear it’s in 2023 that every one they need is that cash. They don’t care about their staff, their clients, or the purchasing expertise in any respect.

As a substitute, we’re pressured to hop by increasingly hoops, as costs rise and the straightforward act of shopping for one thing turns into more durable and shittier with every passing month.

At this charge, I think about by round 2025 or so I’ll need to spend $200 on a small quick meals order made by one one that maintains a thousand robots making the whole lot in a tri-state space.

I say, fuck that. Let’s outlaw billionaires, take their cash, and make this world a greater place earlier than all of us get crushed by the wealthy. That sounds significantly better to me.

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