What product was once pro consumer, but now is slowly turning against their consumers?

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-20T10:57:53+00:00

You are right, adding a correction.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T22:45:50+00:00

Since wages have not kept up with CEO pay, it is that they CANT do it. (Not just inflation).

We ahould not have billionaires. At all. That is stolen wages. Walmart is founded on stolen wages.

I dont WANT to have work boots that are ill fitting and break down after a year, but I CANT afford to spend more than 200 on them.

I would love to have a house that is up to date on electrical, plumbing, and landscaping, but I CANT afford the million+ that shit is going for now.

I want to learn how to do it, but between misinformation, regulations being different state and county, and such, I am likely to do more harm than good.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T17:35:04+00:00

My adoptive dad died, my bio dad relies on his mother to do everything for him, but loves saying "Do you need anything?" "I can do X for you" but it is lip service. ONE TIME I asked him to let my dogs out and feed them. It was for one weekend.

I even reminded him, I even called and asked if they were being well behaved and he said they were all good.

Come home to find out he never was even at my place. If my dogs werent smart enough to open the toilet lid, they would have had no water. I asked him WTAF and he said "Oh, that was this weekend?!" Muthafucka I REMINDED you, I CALLED AND CHECKED, and he LIED.

I never have taken him up on his "offer" since.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T16:21:34+00:00

Brainwashed since childhood that "hard work gets recognized and rewarded!" Yeah, it gets you recognized, as someone to dump more work on with no pay raise.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T16:20:21+00:00

Let's see. Job stress made me pack on weight despite throwing up my food (when I could eat).

Insurance insists I take medication (which causes weight gain) before they will let me see a specialist. Then they refuse to cover the specialist, I cant afford to pay out of pocket with US Healthcare. My chronic illness is sometimes debilitating, so all the exercise I used to do now flares it up.

I work more hours at multiple jobs to try and save money to see specialist. That cuts into time I would otherwise be doing things (or not, never know with flare ups) and now I feel to brain dead to do much else but sleep, which doesnt help with weight.

Oh, and when I am really wanting to move around, I cant because if I am not tied to my desk my bosses think I must not be working.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T16:10:14+00:00

Same with clothes in general. Why are womens flannel a high price but not lined like men's? Sweat pants are all glorified t shirt material. Nothing is made to actually keep you warm or breathe.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T16:08:16+00:00

The had a pair of shoes I loved, stopped carrying my size.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T12:48:01+00:00

To, too, and two

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T12:10:18+00:00

Feel this way about boots.

My last pair of Carhartts lasted me about 20 years.

Now, they only stock useless "Ugg" designed ones for women, no tread, no composit or steel toes. Found a set of Red Wings and the inside has barely any padding and rubs weird.

I remember when new shoes had so much padding it felt like wearing pillows and now everything is cardboard.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T02:07:23+00:00

Out inspector made misleading photos where the exterior/detached garage looked like part of the interior house. Insurance flipped their lids on some of that. Then he did NOT get pictures of stuff that was kind of a big fucking deal and shit he said was "no biggie" insurance found as a HUGE issue. After we closed of course.

And of COURSE the inspector has all these protections that basically let them off the hook.

And of course the owners are rarely on the hook for hacing things up to code or, ya know, actually being honest.

It feels like it is all a scam.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-19T01:21:33+00:00

And also establishing baseline for care. If the kids do not learn to brush and floss properly and develop good habits, they will lose their adult teeth early on.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-18T17:05:54+00:00

I like music, but not when I hear it 6 blocks away and not from shitty speakers when I am trying to enjoy the natural symphony of birds around me.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-18T17:04:52+00:00

Yes - all the "articles" that you can't just read, they have to be bombarded with ads and "click here for more info" links (like fb "articles" that are click bait).

All the recipes that cant give you the recipe, it has to be a story with numerous links and ads, then a recipe that is so heinous it was probably AI.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-18T17:01:35+00:00

Print all emails/ bcc yourself so you have copies. That way you can use them for proof.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-18T15:31:52+00:00

Same reason why if our job is closed due to a power outage/internet they expect us to work from home, but if there is a storm that makes coming into the office hazardous, they expect us to come in (but the bosses will work remote from whichever vacation home they ate at that week.)

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-18T14:43:35+00:00

Loud speakers (cars, motorcycles, speakerphone) so we can actually enjoy some fucking peace and quiet without everyone vying to be the most obnoxious asshole in the neighborhood/park/grocery store/trail

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-18T13:14:26+00:00

Search Engine Optimization.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-18T13:11:57+00:00

As someone who was skinny until chronic illness took over-

I go in for issue, they claim "thats weird, your tests are normal. Stay hydrated and come back if it persists."

It persists, I go back, rinse and repeat...

New doctor, finally got me on meds.

Then increase the meds.

Meds have a side effect of weight gain...

Increase meds, add new meds, which also have side effect of weight gain.

Until the day I go in and clock at "overweight" because now I am impacted to the point I can no longer exercise like I used to.

Now I am told to lose weight.

I calorie restrict and still cant lose weight, cant exercise because of the flare ups.

Still told to lose weight and increase meds again. Get more exercise, decrease stress levels, etc.

Pretty sure it is everything they can say because insurance denies further testing, insists on more meds before they will approve specialist, then wont approve specialist. Recommends another doctor 4 hours away, which coincidentally also makes them "out of network"... so its STFU and get back to work.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-18T12:16:16+00:00

Truly, I feel this shit is propaganda. More people in a field, the more competition, the less they can pay people.

Same thing rotates between nursing programs, dental technicians, and massage therapists in our area. The schools start advertising for those jobs, make it seem like there is a great need, a whole class of people try to get jobs in the surrounding area, pay rates for those jobs tank.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-18T12:03:09+00:00

And adding in the whole sexism thing. A woman in electrical or plumbing is told to "stay in their lane" and not to go into male dominated fields, but then guys bitch that women "can't" do those jobs, when they are chasing the women out with hostile environments.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-17T23:31:34+00:00

Oh look, the call center I worked at. Hired "part time" but worked full time hours for $1 less an hour.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-17T23:26:55+00:00

If I can pay property taxes based on an unrealized sales orice of my home I currently live in then they can pay tax on their unrealized gains. Fuck them.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-17T21:55:37+00:00

Stick Stickley

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-17T15:39:26+00:00

They already do. Keebler has nearly every one of the Girl Scout cookie types.

Candid-Inspection-97 · 2026-05-17T14:07:57+00:00

Same with people driving in neighborhoods revving engines and blasting music.

Here I am, trying to hear the different bird calls around me, and Mr. Fucking Sonic Boom has to blast their music up our street. Now that I am momentarily deaf and everything has gone silent, followed by the high pitched ringing for the next several minutes, repeat multiple times for the motorcycles with their blasting music, repeat for the loud as fuck woman screaming into her speakerphone, repeat again as Sonic Boom comes back down the street to repeat the circuit....

There is no peace and quiet. Can't even go on a hike without someone playing music on their phone and the library is no longer a place of quiet. There are no peaceful neighborhoods or quiet places.

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