• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    My parents refused to use the self-checkout because “They take people’s jobs.”

    They were hardcore republicans perfectly happy to make sure those jobs got paid shit.

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      1 month ago

      Do they also book all their travel through travel agencies, always use full-service gas stations, valet their cars instead of parking on the street, make restaurant bookings through concierge services, etc? Those are people’s jobs too!

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        1 month ago

        I’d book a flight through a travel agency if these still existed. Booking online is pure dread to me. I’m too young to have ever seen a travel agency but the concept of not having to deal with Ryanair and Wizzair is very luring.

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          1 month ago

          Travel agent saved my ass about 10 years ago when my connecting flight was delayed in air while I was on it. Completely missed the final leg of my journey because of a storm. Middle of the night and she helped me switch everything over and rent a car to drive the rest of the way and even got me upgraded to a more fun one. This was when I was going to a job interview and flying in the night before.