An under-examined cause of inflation: unconditional returns (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by Redbolshevik2@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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It turns out that accommodating spoiled aristocrats who order shit they don't need from halfway across the Earth on a whim has a cost, and let me tell you: that cost isn't coming out of the executives' salaries!

Every time you return something, you are adding data to a spreadsheet that returns the value of "fuck you."

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[-] Redbolshevik2@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

I feel like you're being facetious, but the Earth is dying and reducing is the first of the three Rs for a reason. Being frivolous with goods and resources is 100% bourgeois behavior.

[-] Parsani@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago

A little, but I'm also serious. We should definitely reduce our consumption and waste of resources in shipping things back and forth (+ the things which just get thrown out once returned.)