Had to walk out of the gym at 10am today (pics)

[Islandboyo]

Another thing I've noticed is that almost EVERY establishment I visit there seems to be severe understaffing. Where did all the workers go?


Back in the day you could visit a store and see multiple employees walking around and asking you if you need help. Now you walk into a shop and you only see maybe one or two cashiers. No one asks if you need help anymore, and often times they don't even greet you. I went into a Burger King the other day and there were 3 employees in the whole establishment, during lunch hour. Starbucks the same deal.

A few years ago we'd see like 12 employees working at the same time at these spots. So all these people stopped working and are just shopping, going to the gym, walking their dogs at the park, and going grocery shopping every single day?

[Destor]

EOD isn’t wrong, streets and stores are packed constantly all day every day now

My woman is always “how are there so many people here right now?!” and I always remind her that nobody works anymore

[6gorillion]

People are getting government handouts end of story or most are bunking with family, roommates, etc to make the rent. So they can work part time and try to enjoy the millionaire lifestyle.

WFH? Please, most fukers are getting laid off and requiring to be back in the office. Thinking that shiit will last is laughable.

And mirin that vette, basically the same one except mine is in silver.

Truthfully, I was going to make a similar thread days ago.

Tons of people everywhere eating out, sitting at starbucks happily talking. Walking around. Tons of fuking cars on the road.

I know it's all illusion for sure when you know people are in massive debt and probably like 5 months into the eviction phase.

100% remote for 10+ years LMAO. umad?

[Zere0wn]

people will eventually have to work again... right?

[LuigiMiami631]

How long till the house of cards come tumbling down? I don't see how any of this is sustainable

I'm shocked at how literally every drive through restaurant is SLAMMED at all hours of the day now. How are all these people eating fast food so often? Starbucks and chik fil A lines are around the block. My coworker brings his wife and kids to work almost daily and I kid you not, they order fast food via uberats/door dash THREE TIMES A DAY. McDonald's and chik fil A on a daily basis for these kids. How are people keeping this up?

Edit: you KNOW it's bad when even Redditors are starting to notice
https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/com...ethrus_packed/

Well from what my sister sees as she handles accounting for the company she works for. Most of the people at her work make up to 60K-70k+. Part about that is everyone talks to her about their personal life. She finds out that nearly all of them are renting because they can't afford a mortgage, why that is? They eat out nearly every day, buy cards they can't afford, go on vacations a lot and have kids they obviously can't afford.

I see that in neighbors that I have and even my parent's renters. They have a high end car and truck, goes on vacation a lot, eats out a lot, etc. Yet, they are late on the rent by like 3 weeks, can't afford the simple utilities that they are supposed to cover.

100% remote for 10+ years LMAO. umad?

And just like a 90% of your posts that people called you on your BS, ya, not happening. So keep sucking employer's dick acting like you can call the shots.

Until you start signing your own paychecks, keep the hamster wheel running.

Next...

[6gorillion]

Well from what my sister sees as she handles accounting for the company she works for. Most of the people at her work make up to 60K-70k+. Part about that is everyone talks to her about their personal life. She finds out that nearly all of them are renting because they can't afford a mortgage, why that is? They eat out nearly every day, buy cards they can't afford, go on vacations a lot and have kids they obviously can't afford.

I see that in neighbors that I have and even my parent's renters. They have a high end car and truck, goes on vacation a lot, eats out a lot, etc. Yet, they are late on the rent by like 3 weeks, can't afford the simple utilities that they are supposed to cover.



And just like a 90% of your posts that people called you on your BS, ya, not happening. So keep sucking employer's dick acting like you can call the shots.

Until you start signing your own paychecks, keep the hamster wheel running.

Next...

Oh haha let me guess another "entrepreneur" huh?

What "BS" have I been called out on? I'd love to hear it.

[eod8989]

How long till the house of cards come tumbling down? I don't see how any of this is sustainable

I'm shocked at how literally every drive through restaurant is SLAMMED at all hours of the day now. How are all these people eating fast food so often? Starbucks and chik fil A lines are around the block. My coworker brings his wife and kids to work almost daily and I kid you not, they order fast food via uberats/door dash THREE TIMES A DAY. McDonald's and chik fil A on a daily basis for these kids. How are people keeping this up?

Edit: you KNOW it's bad when even Redditors are starting to notice
https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/com...ethrus_packed/

Nobody i know cooks or preps food anymore. They are eating out 2-4x per day including a daily trip to Starbucks. Idk what is going on but it's been happening for about 2-3 years at this point.

[OffGridLivin]

Oh haha let met guess another "entrepreneur" huh?

What "BS" have I been called out on? I'd love to hear it.

just because you can't start a business doesn't mean others can't bucko.

[havoc00]

Nobody i know cooks or preps food anymore. They are eating out 2-4x per day including a daily trip to Starbucks. Idk what is going on but it's been happening for about 2-3 years at this point.

we just had this crumble cookies open near me place is like 16 bucks for 4 cookies place always has a line out the door srs and its like 30 degrees out at night still a line

[LuigiMiami631]

Oh haha let me guess another "entrepreneur" huh?

What "BS" have I been called out on? I'd love to hear it.

Oh let me guess, another employee using the typical talking points as usual right? Oh, but I deserve my 70K for working 7 hours a week and demand my benefits and my vacation time.

Look at all your posts, not a single one has any merit that you WFH. Makes me think you suck off the government tits acting like you WFH.

[brightbrah]

The labor force participation rate hasn't fallen much since the mid 2010s. The main difference with now compared to 2019 is that people have more flexibility with their schedules now and can do things in the middle of the day.

[6gorillion]

Oh let me guess, another employee using the typical talking points as usual right? Oh, but I deserve my 70K for working 7 hours a week and demand my benefits and my vacation time.

Look at all your posts, not a single one has any merit that you WFH. Makes me think you suck off the government tits acting like you WFH.

JFL. Is 70K a big deal? Seems like you're the one that's a broke leech since you're making 70K seem like a big deal. That's like an entry level salary these days.

Probably a tradie that does back breaking work for 50K and is pissed off that WFH-cels are making double/triple his poverty salary.

[LuigiMiami631]

JFL. Is 70K a big deal? Seems like you're the one that's a broke leech since you're making 70K seem like a big deal. That's like an entry level salary these days.

Probably a tradie that does back breaking work for 50K and is pissed off that WFH-cels are making double/triple his poverty salary.

Lmfao another BS post by as usual.

Obviously that is evident by the tech worker installing printers. But keep coping thinking that shiit will last, you can't even predict what tomorrow will happen.

Dumbass thinking you actually have fuking leverage.

FYI, I don't do tradie work but no tradies that make more than you tech, soycels. They actually benefit and are useful society, not tech laden women that the tech sector is often filled with.

Guess when you have test levels of a 70 year old grandma like yourself is akin to do that.

[eod8989]

The labor force participation rate hasn't fallen much since the mid 2010s. The main difference with now compared to 2019 is that people have more flexibility with their schedules now and can do things in the middle of the day.

The whole town is out now spending like it's 1999 though. None of it adds up. I only know two people who work from home and they can't do this.

[Paul Kreul]

Don't understand why people live in big cities, just move to a small town and all these problems disappear.

[6gorillion]

Literally everyone I know is WFH bro. No one is going back. Misc just wants the world to be a miserable place like them so they fantasize the WFH saga has ended. It hasn't. You stop by any of these offices where they have hybrid schedules or whatever and it's a ghost town because no one shows up.

Watch out, he might say you're "wrong" and "coping" LOL

[brightbrah]

The whole town is out now spending like it's 1999 though. None of it adds up. I only know two people who work from home and they can't do this.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RCCCBBALTOT

[Dave22reborn]

How long till the house of cards come tumbling down? I don't see how any of this is sustainable

I'm shocked at how literally every drive through restaurant is SLAMMED at all hours of the day now. How are all these people eating fast food so often? Starbucks and chik fil A lines are around the block. My coworker brings his wife and kids to work almost daily and I kid you not, they order fast food via uberats/door dash THREE TIMES A DAY. McDonald's and chik fil A on a daily basis for these kids. How are people keeping this up?

Edit: you KNOW it's bad when even Redditors are starting to notice
https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/com...ethrus_packed/

Chick FIL A has been busy and packed since they first started, stupid ****.

[singlemom69]

Somewhat related, I almost had to leave the gym today too because the hottest girl I’d ever seen in my town was doing squats wearing barely nothing and kept bending over and putting her firm perfect asss all out on display just asking to be raped right there on the spot. Sweet mother of god

[chacha15]

maybe people are working 4 days x 10 hours now..

[eod8989]

Another thing I've noticed is that almost EVERY establishment I visit there seems to be severe understaffing. Where did all the workers go?


Back in the day you could visit a store and see multiple employees walking around and asking you if you need help. Now you walk into a shop and you only see maybe one or two cashiers. No one asks if you need help anymore, and often times they don't even greet you. I went into a Burger King the other day and there were 3 employees in the whole establishment, during lunch hour. Starbucks the same deal.

A few years ago we'd see like 12 employees working at the same time at these spots. So all these people stopped working and are just shopping, going to the gym, walking their dogs at the park, and going grocery shopping every single day?

This

I estimate around 40% of the workers were released during covid years and the other people are making bank on social media. Obviously some are retired or work from home but there's no way it's more than the former.

I walked into Target recently and i only saw like 2 employees. There was nobody anywhere except at the front of the store.

[Superplex]

epic fail OP

you need more than one gym

herpa derp

[dontstopbelief]

Used to be able to tolerate gyms pre 2020, post 2020 I'm completely done with them, home set up now.

[ExistentialBrah]

More proof that we're in the matrix.

I feel like the covid shot cloned everyone who took it, or they just started spawning in npcs en mass.

[sf813]

Hybrid work schedule

Many people choose Friday as one of their work from home days

[AgentSkyhawk]

healthy mix of young + old folks

could tell their was some college kids mixed in there as well. Lots of 20-25 women and lots of men in the 23-35 range. Ofcourse the boomers were out in full force, but i usually expect them since they're retired. All benches to include the incline/decline were taken. All the free benches that I use for DB press were taken. All the cables were taken. Young guys were there in groups of 3 or 4 working out together. Numerous couples are there working out together.

I miss the days when most people were stuck at work and I could take advantage of an empty gym. those days are long gone

1 of 2 24 hour fitness gyms near my area. It's always cars just like the pic you showed, and dudes will roll 3-4 deep ALL FOR UPPER BODY. I've yet to see 3-4 heads at the rack getting in tha reps or deadlifting. Went to do upper body one time in the evening, but everything was taken. Just did cardio and bounced.

Goat tier time to go to the gym is 12am-4am. obv not everybody can hit those times, but it's the most empty of course.

4pm-8pm is trash tier. This where you got 3 people on one machine, the most tripods being set up, etc

[DustinTheHuss]

This is every day 24/7 man. I haven't worked in years so I can go out and it's like this 24/7 there are no breaks in it at all

How do people pay rent, buy food, buy gas, pay car insurance, etc. without working?

When I've had days off during the week I notice that it's super crowded at 2pm, for instance.

Hybrid work schedule

Many people choose Friday as one of their work from home days

Even with that I have so many meetings and questions to answer during business hours that I can't just leave at 10am for an hour. Just lol at how people outside of tech work. I worked from home but I was online 8am to 7pm.

[MisquePhaggot]

We've shifted time lines

[Destor]

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RCCCBBALTOT

Look how much money is out there brah

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL

People dgaf about credit card balances because they have basically never been more flush with cash

[PowerPal]

fkn lol
I remember when I was 18 (around 2009-2010) and online in WoW during the day people ingame would ask why I wasn't at school or work jfl. now people game all day, i vs 5man premades in counterstrike at 3am lol, nobody gives a fuark anymore srs
servers didn't fill up till after 5pm back in the day, were dead by 11pm

crazy how much has changed dedsrs