Protecting the stability of shareholders was prioritized & this store — along with its local workforce — was deemed expendable in service of that obligation.

he-admit-it

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

I would have written this note in a novel and my critique group and they would have criticized me by telling me to "show, don't tell" about irony. I'd have been recommended an anti-capitalist ex-employee and to have a conversation with the store owner + give them a plausible motivation. It would have been a whole thing.

[–] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

seems sus with that paragraph

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've seen shit like that from small businesses, but it does seem a bit too on the nose. Difficult to tell with the direction things are heading tho.

[–] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

man they're cooked if private equity thinks they're sympathetic.

but that paragraph is so out of place and way too on the nose, I think this is some adbusters shit someone slapped on the closed claires in their mall

[–] aanes_appreciator@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

i can't find evidence of this statement existing beyond this exact image. Take that how you wishm