Bodega Salt - Neolibs from google try to change Bodegas into vending machines

[Marsaudiac]

Of course, it's not even people who go to these stores that are "concerned;" it's the rich fucks who are taking time off from their "ethical shopping" at Whole Foods to scream into the internet about white people.

 

[neogafrefugeenumber44634]

Of course, it's not even people who go to these stores that are "concerned;" it's the rich fucks who are taking time off from their "ethical shopping" at Whole Foods to scream into the internet about white people.

Actually a lot of those pissed off are the owners of bodegas and customers of these corner stores.

 

[El Garbage]

What a fucking shitshow.

And yeah, that's an early proof-of-viability whatever concept version of the box, but just look at the thing. I see no locking mechanism there. In fact I'm fairly certain that's just a piece of used office furniture.

They put groceries in a filthy fucking filing cabinet.

 

[AnOminous]

What a fucking shitshow.

And yeah, that's an early proof-of-viability whatever concept version of the box, but just look at the thing. I see no locking mechanism there. In fact I'm fairly certain that's just a piece of used office furniture.

They put groceries in a filthy fucking filing cabinet.

It's amazing you could be inept at PR enough to take something mildly interesting like this and make it sound like a colossally douchey enterprise that goes around beating up beaners and putting people's granddad out of business.

 

[Vorhtbame]

Wait wait wait.

From the article:

Sadly, because the Bodega that I finally found was in a private company's location, I was unable to actually purchase any of the goodies within. In theory, the Bodega app should work with any box you find. But the startup I visited told me I needed to be signed in with their company to use it.

I cannot imagine that this could possibly be a scam.

 

[Pikimon]

Seems like a neat idea but I don't see this taking off

 

[Quijibo69]

What a fucking shitshow.

And yeah, that's an early proof-of-viability whatever concept version of the box, but just look at the thing. I see no locking mechanism there. In fact I'm fairly certain that's just a piece of used office furniture.

They put groceries in a filthy fucking filing cabinet.

It doesn't even keep cold drinks cold. At least vending machines can do that.

 

[neogafrefugeenumber44634]

It doesn't even keep cold drinks cold. At least vending machines can do that.

Nor heat things up. The Japanese see this vending machine and think it belongs in the past. Even the first gen vending machines find this bodega vending company to be sad.

 

[TowinKarz]

Circle of life....

When Kmart put Mom and Pop out of business in the 70's, these people wailed about how awful it was, but never actually went to those Mom and Pop shops (Too many creepy old people running those places)

When malls put Kmart out of business in the 80's, these people wailed about how awful it was, but never actually went to those Kmarts (Too many minorities hanging around those places)

When Big Box put the malls out of business in the 9o's, these people wailed about how awful it was, but never actually went to those malls (Too many no good hooligan kids in those places)

And now, as online and automated shopping is starting to kill Big Boxes, I suppose we'll see them wail about how awful that is, even though they never shopped there (Too much trailer trash in those places)