I never did mind about the little things

It's not stupid, it's deliberate. I had a friend who did consulting work (in a different area) with a large grocery chain, and they deliberately change the layout so you're spending more time in the store, looking at things, because chances are that you'll buy more. If the store becomes a little too crowded, they'll just change the music to hurry you along.

Exactly. There’s nothing - almost nothing maybe - in larger stores or chains that is not designed to make you buy things. Even the way through, Ikea is obviously god emperor there but other follow closely.
- I always feel like a rat in a maze when I go to IKEA.
- At first, when Ikea finally came to where I live, I thought that was a cool way to keep traffic flowing and the stress level low. $600 later, after only planning to buy a couple pillows, I realized why the stores are layed out like that.
Market pathing... hated those guys when I worked night stock.
On the one hand I imagine they've done some kinda analysis on how number go up, on the other it's hard for me to imagine that the money you spend on paying your employees is better directed towards making everyone frustrated rather than just keeping the store a clean and pleasant place to be in

FUCK YO CENSORSHIP

- OP updated the image

A few years ago my local grocery store remove the scale on the bulk coffee section. So now I can't weigh it and see how much I want to buy. Sign says it's now late at the register for my convenience. Who the fuck is that convenient for? Anyway even though it's been years I still bitch to every manager I see every freaking week.

I would bring a small portable scale lmao
Don't be a Karen. It's not their fault. Their job sucks ass believe me.
- That's what managers are for tho. Yeah, don't bitch to the cashier, they have no say, managers tho? (Competent) managers can influence corporate to a degree, especially with tiny things like a scale.
- Nah, other stores in the area still have theirs. I'm going to bitch till they put it back it was one of their decisions.

I like the comic. The censorship kind of detracts/distracts.

The censorship emphasizes the cursing.
(Anyway, I have no idea why people keep using the tanker censorship in all of lemmy. Just have .ml block your post, you are losing nothing.)
What censorship? I see someone posted the comic in the comments, and I can't spot any differences. Maybe OP updated the original post.
- Seems so, they guy who posted the uncensored version thanked OP for updating the post.

Is the missing chair leg in panel 3 a meta joke about letting little things bother you?

That, or the author just innocently forgot about it.

Kroger sucks

As someone who lost seven years of their life to that company...
BIG agree.

Food Cooperatives exist. Ours hasn't changed the location of things since they opened the new location, like 20 years ago.

Why are their beans so fucking expensive
- That's what good beans cost.
You just reminded me how my local Co-op downsized (basically walled off the back half of the store) and they did rearrange everything to accommodate that. They used to sell electronics and all sorts of things and suddenly they had none of that and a whole bunch of products also vanished. I'll grant you that it didn't change much before or after that though.
But then I'm talking about the company known as Co-op here in the UK, who are excessively fond of charging no less than 10% more than other supermarkets for the same products, then close their stores in confusion when people shop elsewhere, so maybe this is a different thing altogether. They started out as a co-operative, but they stripped all that back and they're just another, expensive, mini-mart chain now.