Snowclone

Well it means they need some ability to reject some content, which means they need a level of transparency they would never want otherwise.

It's more ''we are so focused on stealing and eating content, we're accidently eating the content we or other AI made, which is basically like incest for AI, and they're all inbred to the point they don't even know people have more than two thumb shaped fingers anymore."

So yes. That's what's happening.

"but as I customer, I always see a store worker as a human and engage respectfully, and at least most people I know do the same"

Yeah, that's a HUGE problem in US culture, people are fucking awful to anyone in customer service. They look down on you like there's some class system and they are the lords and service people are the lowest peasant. I developed a nasty habit working in service of ''never falling for their bullshit''. Never show weakness, never give them an opportunity to fuck with you. It's actually a terrible approch to social interactions, most of normal social interactions are built on mutual trust or understanding, if you never allow either to manifest, it's a big communication breakdown.

Yeah that's not on you. New systems sometimes never really come online and customers just wise up and stop trying. It's frustrating for workers too, because the only thing worse than a terrible customer, is losing a sale over nothing.

Cops make a surprisingly high amount of money.

But see, now she doesn't have time to organize or even attend a Revolutionary action of any kind!

Proofreading is the last retreat of cowards!

The inciting thought of most criminal acts is ''they'll never catch me''. Which if you're as lucky as me, you'll know you'll get caught everytime, and they'll make an example of you. It's kept my nose clean a long time.

Actually in that specific situation, the store is closed and you have to come back when they're opened. It's not closed for fun. It's closed because the store closes, and there's 45mins of tasks that have to be done and many of them require the registers to be closed and the doors to be locked and if you unlock the door you have to reset the timer and start over. It's not a game, your bullshit isn't worth 10-15 people working an extra 45min at a time when the store isn't making money. I gotta tell you when your a specialist or manager and you have to close and open, getting to bed in time to sleep enough to not die is a bigger problem than your lost item. Literally everyone else knows you don't get special treatment for losing something, Come back in the morning you spoiled little shit.

Nope, you never engage. Never ever engage. That flaming asshole who's too self centered and ignorant to read the hours posed on the door they're banging on and refuses to accept that the store is closed for EVERYONE including them, isn't going to be polite, honest, or responsible. If you engage, they will immediately punish you for it. Don't ever make that mistake.

You don't work for the customer, you work for the store. It's not always a crime to go along with a customer, but it's always a negative when they want to push you to violate policy, change prices, complain about Mike in sporting goods for having a mustache, or ''I'll be real quick I sware'' shopping when the store is closed. They will always punish you.

I eventually figured out that when a customer gets shitty, more than half the time if I say ''I work for the store and I'm responsible for [the dumbass shit you want me to do], if I violate store policy I'll be fired" they suddenly realize this isn't a game, and stop acting like a can of smashed assholes.

There's also a lot of stores with a policy that tills can't be counted or processed unless everyone is accounted for and all doors locked, if you have to reset that process it can be an extra hour of work.