Weekly, What recent changes are going on at your work / local businesses?

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Hefty_Pangolin3273@reddit

A lot of cheeses are gone from grocery stores where I am. Almost no Brie.

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MsCalendarsPlayaArt@reddit

For a second there I was like... why would people be eating more brie than usual? I get it now, though 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

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Hefty_Pangolin3273@reddit

There is never a bad time to eat more Brie.

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Hefty_Pangolin3273@reddit

It’s gone from 10+ brands and full baskets to 2 brands and barely anything. It’s an indicator of what isn’t being imported.

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throwawayt44c@reddit

Cheese is one of my all-time favorite foods. I would be actively melting down if that happened to my grocery store.

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Local observation (AZ, usa) - I tried to get $20 cash back at Fry’s grocery store when I bought a few items yesterday, and the cashier was out of 20 dollar bills. No biggie, because I wanted a 10 and two 5s. But she didn’t have 10s either. So she took her cash bag and went to the atm like machine to get more for her register, and it was out too. She did have four 5s, which I assured her was just fine. I thought that was so odd.

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V2BM@reddit

Several smaller independent retailers in my area are either asking for exact change or asking cash only. Reminded me of a short time we had during Covid when everyone was out of change.

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Ok_Turnip639@reddit

MN, Twin Cities suburbs. Apple cider has arrived at the grocery. 11.99/gallon at the usually more affordable chain grocery store. I would usually buy a gallon or two every week for my family in the season. We drink it, freeze it into popsicles, use it in fall recipes. First time I said not worth it.

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picking_a_name_@reddit

$7 a gallon in an affordable supermarket in Oregon yesterday. I didn't buy it.

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paperweight45687@reddit

I’ve been to 3 stores looking for jugs of fresh cider and there’s none. Any idea what’s going on?

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EColli93@reddit

Blight

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EColli93@reddit

Orchard in Maine said many apples lost to blight this year.

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TipProfessional880@reddit

I am in the PNW- prime Apple country. Apple Cider is ridiculously expensive here. I love it. But it's not worth it.

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buttercrotcher@reddit

Dude seriously, $12 for that. Fuck no. You might be able to go to a farm and get it for half but idk where you are, family trips etc.

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Responsible-Annual21@reddit

Has anyone been watching the price of gold and silver? It’s notable because it’s not likely all inflationary, though I couldn’t point you to a single explanation. It’s likely a combination of things, none of which are good.

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Impossible_Range6953@reddit

Silver is through the roof.

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Responsible-Annual21@reddit

I read some commentary that basically said it’s been artificially under valued for a long time and this guy thinks it’s going triple digit. Who knows though.

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WildHyena789@reddit

Friend works for a gov contractor. They no notice RIF’d 7% of their staff last week due to massive shortfall of revenue vs projections.

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LowBarometer@reddit

The price of gold is rising fast, suggesting that some sort of economic catastrophe is about to happen.

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

I said it last week, and I'll say it again. Oh boy, I can't wait to live through yet another once in a lifetime economic collapse of my lifetime.

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GerthySchIongMeat@reddit

And unfortunately, this going to be worse than the Great Recession. We’re entering a global depression.

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KountryKrone@reddit

Being old enough to remember the mid 80s and on, I'm not either.

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Takemyfishplease@reddit

If only we had some clue as to what or why….

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LowBarometer@reddit

The other day when the markets crashed, crypto crashed too. Gold went up. We'll see when the economic tsunami comes.

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IncomingAxofKindness@reddit

Happening again this morning. QQQ futures down 1%. BTC down 2 %. GLD up 1%

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Hurlyburly766@reddit

Nobody knows. There was a time I might have believed there was some merit here, but these days it feels much more likely that basing an economic strategy atop the presumption of permanently connected and uninterrupted internet service is one hell of a Jenga tower. I mean, crypto is like an MLM set atop of a privileged/wealthy social expectation that takes an awful lot of data and services for granted, and that itself is perched atop physical infrastructure that is vulnerable to attack, decay, or simply people’s inability to continue paying for access. The whole system is kind of ridiculous if you spend too much time thinking about it.

That said, unless you’re lugging around a wheelbarrow full of gold, idk how that is going to help you either in a global catastrophe.

Or maybe humanity has some kind of sudden enlightenment moment where everybody collectively realizes that shiny rocks and the digits in your account don’t actually have any inherent worth and we’ve based our entire existence and sacrificed everything in service of an illusion.

Welp, I better get dressed and go earn myself some imaginary money while I can. Cheers.

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notuncertainly@reddit

A kilo of gold is worth about $130k. Not sure about your lifestyle, but mine would not require a wheelbarrow full to get through a major economic disaster. Let’s say a small bucket full, call it 10 kilos, should be plenty. Actually very manageable I think.

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CavitySearch@reddit

Until you get hyperinflation and need 20k for bread.

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notuncertainly@reddit

Umm…pretty sure everyone would say that if you have hyperinflation, the value of gold moves with it.

So if bread goes up by 500X, value of gold likely goes up around the same amount.

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Equivalent-Buyer-841@reddit

Gold isn’t about buying - it’s wealth preservation. Dollar goes to zero. People holding dollars are screwed. People with gold can buy whatever new currency replaces dollar.

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CavitySearch@reddit

You better hope so. Eventually the utility of gold diminishes when non gold havers come in conflict with gold havers. Then the value of lead is much higher than gold.

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EnvironmentalKey3858@reddit

Also, uh, how exactly do these people plan on selling the gold ... Or are they just gonna flake it off the bar. Here terry. Two gold flakes. One loaf of bread please.

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notuncertainly@reddit

In the event of hyperinflation - sell a bar for either local currency and put it into interest bearing account, or put it into currency / bank account in another country. Hyperinflation in USD wouldn’t always imply hyperinflation in every currency / country.

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EnvironmentalKey3858@reddit

How do I sell it if, presumably, the dollar has become worthless?

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notuncertainly@reddit

"hope" is not a plan. Better to hedge ones bets with a combo of gold, "lead" (I prefer ammunition but to each their own), stocks, and potentially 2nd citizenship.

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notabee@reddit

It crashed hard on the unexpected tariff announcement last week, while gold was fine. Take from that what you will.

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GWS2004@reddit

We dumped the very little crypto we had. I'm not playing with that stuff.

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Equivalent-Buyer-841@reddit

Gold at 4368 silver at 54 1 gram gold bars $175 - a few months ago they were $131. Metals refiners are backed up for months. Massive flows of silver to China - with an $8 arbitrage between there and London you’d be an idiot not too. My bet is some massive revaluation of currency and/or replacement of US dollar as world reserve currency. This means value of US dollar drops alot. Other countries tired of buying stuff with worthless US dollar and moving to gold backed currency.

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GerthySchIongMeat@reddit

I have a family member who just got a job in HR (after being laid off elsewhere) and the entirety of the HR department was released without warning. The department work is being outsourced.

Outsourcing of white collar jobs to external agencies/overseas and eliminating entry level jobs for AI is becoming a big problem.

I work for a large corporation and they’re transitioning from so many new hires to just replacing processes with AI. I might have job security a bit more than others due to my experience but new graduates are screwed.

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Kumquatsaresexy@reddit

Im finally free off my ship for end of contract!! (Woohooooo, hello my own bed!!!!!)

USA owned container ship. The day I walked the gangway we got news that we're most likely not going to China until the whole tariff war is settled. I was hearing other companies had started to, as well, from the lower decks and was hesitant it was just gossip but I shouldn't have doubted mariner gossip- it usually runs true.

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suckinonmytitties@reddit

I work in a small non profit hospital and our ceo emailed us today outlining the financial difficulties of the hospital and about how the hospital is financially unstable and asking the state for aid, and that they will try to find solutions to stay open. I’m so freaking anxious now

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King-Valkyrie@reddit

Northeast, healthcare. One of our affiliated hospital networks is laying off 600+ people.

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Hefty_Pangolin3273@reddit

What positions? Admin? Nursing? Physicians?

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King-Valkyrie@reddit

It isn't clear. All we know is that it's 1% of their workforce and that's according to media announcements. Lots of rumors as the company hasn't made any internal statements. Some are only getting an email as their notice. I know a few nurses got a notice... and this is after layoffs in March which were admin only.

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Hefty_Pangolin3273@reddit

If floor staff are included then it’s bad. I know a few hospitals near me have stopped people from picking up shifts.

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mega_vega@reddit

I work at my county’s major public/non profit hospital is one of the top three populated cities of texas. We just got our renewal of benefits reminders and the coverages announced, and my insurance is going up about $30 a month, not to mention I can see the copays/coverages are higher too by about 10-20%, which for me is rough because I make only about 41k a year. Also they changed things where you HAVE to go to our hospital for all services to see the lowest price, which is not the way it was last year. Our hospital is known to provide sub par service so I’m not excited about that.

I do Uber Eats delivery on the weekends in the suburb I live in and I’m seeing a reduction in the amount of fast food orders, while nicer and more expensive restaurant orders are staying the same. That’s good for me because usually fast food orders are barely ever worth my time in terms of dollars per miles. But it’s definitely worth noticing that people in my middle class-higher middle class area are not doing uber eats for cheap meals.

Also- my town now has its first drone delivery from Walmart. The drone scared the hell out of me when I first saw it hovering above my apartment complex. It was also so LOUD and scared my cat! Not thrilled to have those things starting to fly over my peaceful neighborhood. Ugh. This also means less jobs for the Walmart Spark drivers and uber delivery drivers, so that’s wonderful.

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Pontiacsentinel@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1o97udn/production_will_stop_shipments_will_be_frozen_and/

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pauliesfreakin@reddit

I am a high end landscaper. Two of our families (out of roughly 15 total) with younger kids have begun liquidating their physical assets and listing their homes and are moving to Spain and Portugal. Both surgeons. Both explicitly because of what they fear is coming in the not so distant future.

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NotDinahShore@reddit

I lived in Spain for 5 years. We have a good friend who is a surgeon in Madrid.

Unless your surgeon is going to retire and has no debt, he/she isn’t going to be happy professionally.

Our friend the surgeon makes around $40,000 per year and he’s been an oncology surgeon for 20 years.

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pauliesfreakin@reddit

I suspect, based on conversations with them over the years, that they have more than enough funds to live a comfortable life for the foreseeable future. more than anything this move seems to be to provide their youngest children with a safe and normal childhood and to avoid a potential societal breakdown.

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NotDinahShore@reddit

I will add that even opening a bank account in Spain/Europe as an American is very complicated. The IRS demands so much disclosure and scrutiny. It’s a big hassle for the Spanish banks to perform all the diligence and record keeping.

We had a safe deposit box there and the few times I accessed it required like 20 pages of paperwork.

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Femveratu@reddit

The other issue w Spain right now beyond their grid failure during a heat wave, is that they already are apparently imposing soft capital controls w withdrawals of $3,000 or more regulated by the government with enhanced surveillance and reporting. Maybe the best option is for Spaniards to begin diversifying their bank accounts now before it gets worse as I think it will.

Finally, IMHO Europe is headed for an expanded war w Russia and their is talk of kicking Spain out of NATO. I mean who knows, but more political volatility in Europe is almost guaranteed.

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TrekRider911@reddit

Better than being sent to CECOT or worse.

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Then_Ad7822@reddit

PNW, ICU tech We’re surprisingly busy compared to last weekend. It’s making the day go by quickly at least. Union negotiations have everyone kind of tense right now, but I don’t have a clue if we’ll actually go on strike. Lots more nurses talking in corners about politics, but I refuse to talk about that or religion at work so I haven’t been haggled for my opinion.

A few things remain on back order, and I got scolded for ordering an extra box of specialty masks. The hospital is definitely cutting back on spending, and they stated in an email they’d be looking at all currently open positions and keep the priority or needed ones. I easily sense some layoffs coming in the future.

I have a small windfall from work coming soon, and it’s going straight to paying off some debt.

From my dad, a project manager: Lots of work orders for maintenance and general clean up of areas (think painting, new floors etc.) are getting pushed back unless absolutely necessary. Him and some of his coworkers have decided to ‘cross the picket line’ if necessary.

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Pacety1@reddit

My business (service based repair) switched to 3 days a week to stack services. I stopped taking pay along with my business partner. We are retaining our two other employees with no changes to their pay for as long as we can. Luckily the sales we made the past couple of weeks will pay for the remainder of the year to give us the next two months for a cushion. We also sold off a food service section of the business recently and go our rent down to $1k a month. We are as insulated as we can possibly be.

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Wise-Force-1119@reddit

Sorry to hear that but I am warmed to hear that there are people out there who are doing their best to look after their employees. I hope things get better you!

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ManufacturerOk7236@reddit

Internet & server disruptions at banks & border services. Also noticing wireless services are glitching more than usual.

Everyone & their dog is investing in stock market, anticipate a correction soon.

Adhesive & petroleum related products (industrial) shortages/shipping delays.

Inflation & youth unemployment remain high.

Somehow alot of people can still afford luxuries & discretionary purchases.

Rust belt Canada.

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Jobbo0507@reddit

I work in professional liability insurance. It seems a lot more of the professionals in the particular industry we cater to are putting their license into inactive status.

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Putrid_Librarian_256@reddit

Baker & Taylor is closing at the end of the year. They are a bookseller that serves schools and libraries, especially smaller/rural ones. Be prepared that schools/libraries may not be able to get books as quickly as they used to, or they may have to cut back on total numbers ordered as they switch to more expensive services.

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IncomingAxofKindness@reddit

My son has been on pretty much Chrome-book only textbooks from Middle School through college for the last 8 years. I bet that has a lot to do with it.

But for rural areas without school district-provided tablets, yeah i'm sure they still rely on paper.

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Putrid_Librarian_256@reddit

They didn't sell textbooks - just books and audiobooks. The benefit was that they were very cheap compared to MSRP and came pre-cataloged and ready to integrate into library systems. It was lack of sales - it was private equity mishandling a 200 year old business :(

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4FuckSnakes@reddit

It’s not new, nor is it occurring quickly, but as a unionized construction worker I continue to see more and more misinformation and ignorance coming out of my co-workers. It’s not limited to age or experience, but rather those who prefer the algorithms in lieu of honest curiosity. I’m scared for our future.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Yup, they get all the “news” they need from social media and their friend groups. And they all constantly spout hard right rhetoric.

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Necessary-Aide2248@reddit

Or far left.

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buttercrotcher@reddit

I heard that one Obama guy wore a tan suit and is the antichrist. 😂😂😂

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

In today’s world it boils down to this:

One side is corrupt and has unpopular policies.

The other side tried to violently overthrow a democratic election and gaslit the citizens that that never happened.

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anothermatt1@reddit

The other side is also corrupt and has unpopular policies. And pedo-rapists too.

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IncomingAxofKindness@reddit

Yeah but at least they protect our freedom and the constitutio... oh shit.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

All true.

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4FuckSnakes@reddit

All day long.

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

I reported a few months ago that an entire team of staff support personnel had been eliminated from our hospital. We’re seeing some unfortunate, but expected, effects from this.

I’ve got to somehow update my own record to reflect my recent flu vaccination. And I was on vacation for two weeks and one of my weeks didn’t reflect my PTO hours, so my paycheck was short.

Little things, definitely privileged problems, but they’re morale busting problems that are affecting the entire workforce.

Also starting to see cheaper, less quality supplies replacing our usual stock, everything from gloves to IV tubing.

My health insurance premiums are doubling in January, as well.

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quesadilla17@reddit

Our gloves lately have been especially terrible. Several boxes in each case where fingers are missing or palms are ripped. There's always a few but quality control has slipped massively. I don't know enough about the supply chain to know the exact reasons, but I'm sure it's probably related to controlling costs for both manufacturer and supplier.

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

Exactly the issue! The gloves shred as you try to don them. And they stick together in clumps inside the box, so you always pull more than you need. Ill fitting, as well.

It’s so short sighted. The waste has to offset any potential savings.

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EColli93@reddit

Yes, gloves same issue at our offices. Also syringes missing from packages. As if they were not put in there by the machine.

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

We've been seeing a lot of quality control issues in our repair materials and PPE as well. Things like earplug sets fused together or half formed, eyewear where one or both of the earpieces are simply not attached, silver solder that's actually lead, half empty bottles of IPA, and the like. It seems like the only thing we regularly get that doesn't have QC problems is the machine shop that orders specialty materials that need to be special ordered because no major supplier makes them, so they need to be ordered from a smaller supplier. This makes me think that it's definitely cost cutting on the manufacturer's end, since even when ordering direct things are very subpar.

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anothermatt1@reddit

Sorry about the half empty bottles of IPA, that was my fault.

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

Hell, if it was actual IPA's they'd be completely gone, but I'm pretty sure drinking isopropyl alcohol would kill me, and I'm not there yet.

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buttercrotcher@reddit

Support personnel like IT? Or just other type of support?

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

It was a team specifically for work support, like scheduling and payroll, etc.

Now that you mention it, our IT support team has been significantly reduced, as well, which makes everything more difficult. We have new apps for timekeeping and communication, but very little assistance with troubleshooting these.

And our in person training programs are being gutted; everything has gone to primarily computer training modules, which feel to be rolled out constantly.

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No_Deer_For_You@reddit

It feels really slow. Didn’t do much yesterday. I can tell no one wants to do anything since we’re all working without pay. It’s usually super busy (when there’s no shutdown).

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

If you don't mind me asking, which part of government are you working in? If you don't want to dox yourself I understand, but living in the DMV I'm seeing a lot of the same sentiment going around in my neck of the woods from not just the govys, but the 2nd and 3rd order contractors as well.

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No_Deer_For_You@reddit

A DOD Shipyard. Not the most exciting place to work but is one of the safest when it comes to job security especially in these times. A lot of us in my crew keep bitching about the shutdown. None of us want to come into work. I’m starting to feel burnt out and hella stressed.

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

As a former navy sailor that spent several years aggregate in the yards, I mostly understand. The only people that burn out faster than technician and tradesfolk sailors in the yards are the shipyard technician and trades folks, and it's only worse if y'all aren't getting paid.

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No_Deer_For_You@reddit

I’m in the logistics side and the code I’m in lost funding like 2 weeks before the shutdown so we’ve been running out of PPE and general items people need so they can do their jobs. I feel like quite a few people come through are too dumb to understand that there is no money so I can’t do anything about the dwindling stock.

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IncomingAxofKindness@reddit

Tell them to call OSHA... oh wait they're closed.

Thank you for all that you do in service with our sailors.

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Quiet_Salamander_608@reddit

I live in NS Canada. I have noticed a few of my siblings work places are having massive layoffs. My husband's work is making budget cuts. Our groceries stores have been "renovating" so they have been organizing the store. But a ton of products are being dropped and they seem to be trying to hide that. I'm unfortunately dairy free and there is way less choices lately for months even.

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vintage_neurotic@reddit

Midwest US and also dairy free - I've been noticing this trend too, I thought it might just be my rural location or a specific brand dying off (Follow Your Heart, rip?? Idk). But now I see so many veg-friendly alternatives not coming back to the shelves after they've been out of stock for months.

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IamBob0226@reddit

The janitor index. This week, credit unions. We clean for two of the more popular brands in our mid-sized Midwestern town.

Both brands, and probably most all banking facilities must have hiring issues as branch managers and tellers are getting way younger. Both brands must be fine financially... one has been remodeling their break rooms at the branches, while the other one is building a whole new building. While spending more on themselves, they are asking for reduced service from us to save money.

No more or no less trash coming out of these places. I will say the younger bank teller types like to waste their Starbucks as they are always half full in their trash can or spilled on the counter top.

Within the last 3 months, 4 of these buildings have left the vault wide open when we arrived for after hours cleaning. Two branches left a main or employee entrance unlocked or ajar.

So, they've got money to spend on themselves. But also raising rates to their members.

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HeavySigh14@reddit

I work at a bank and we just had the 6th consecutive quarter of records-breaking profits

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MsCalendarsPlayaArt@reddit

What do you think is going on with the two branches that left the main door unlocked after hours? Amd TBD 4 that left the vaults wide open?

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buttercrotcher@reddit

I work at a bank, back end remote and can tell you that's probably true for 90% of banks including credit unions.

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voiderest@reddit

With online banking there is probably less of a reason to go in person. I do need to go in person to fix things sometimes but usually don't.

I wouldn't really see a reason for working class people to look to local banks for investments tho. Like if I'm doing investing I'm going to a broker. Savings accounts and loans could still be a thing.

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buttercrotcher@reddit

Weird with all this technology, outsourcing and reducing work force figure it would mean lower rates, but their only getting worse by the day.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Weird with all this technology, outsourcing and reducing work force figure it would mean lower rates,

Lowering rates wasn't the goal. Go look at exec bonuses.

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TipProfessional880@reddit

I've been banking with an online bank for a little over 2 years. Haven't needed to step into a branch once.

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buttercrotcher@reddit

Same I don't shit where I eat, even though there are "perks" and management doesn't like some of us not joining the cult ahem I mean bank.

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BigLog-69-420@reddit

Second this in the west. I'll name names, PNC is having some horrific turnover. My SOs branch manager left, regional manager left, and another mid level manager left within a span of 3 months. She's also leaving even though they thought she was branch manager material and was effectively that position for the last couple of months without any compensation. She started there 7 months ago and no one is still there. They're trying to run their branches super lean with 2-3 people and part of that is because they announced a buyout of 1st Bank recently which makes tons of these branches in the mountain west redundant. Seems like consolidation of banking is very hot right now.

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buttercrotcher@reddit

It is very much so, as I commented j work for a large regional bank, they adopt their policies from the likes of PNC, JP Morgan etc. the big players to stay "competitive". They consider our retail locations like 7/11.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Thanks, Bob! 🙏🏼

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Equivalent-Buyer-841@reddit

State higher education agency employee PNW. All hands message yesterday announcing $8 million in mandated cuts. H1B visa costs $100k passed on to departments. Enough is enough. I’m too old for this shit. I turned in my retirement papers.

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throwawayt44c@reddit

Less money coming in from the gig apps I use. The local job market is not good and at least one, maybe two members of my family is about to be furloughed.

I'm feeling a lot of anxiety about my short/medium term prepping goals and approach and deeply pondering what more I should do with my dwindling resources. I have had a great head start but there are still a lot of gaps to fill on my path to self sufficiency in an inhospitable climate.

Also we've picked up a few bots on the sub this last week, and they are getting a lot of engagement from us... may your jimmies remain unrustled.

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Honest_Persimmon_859@reddit

John Bolton indicted (CNN reporting it, everyone else seems to be reporting based on the CNN report):

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/justice-department-seek-indictment-ex-national-security-adviser-bolton-bloomberg-2025-10-16/

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felisnebulosa@reddit

British Columbia here, working in Forestry Consulting. Trump's tariffs on Canadian lumber are having severe impacts on the forest industry here. Operations people at my work are getting the "we'll try to keep you all busy but..." emails. I'm more in the resource stewardship / wildfire management side of things so I'm not impacted yet. Meanwhile provincial government employees are on strike and they make up the bulk of my clients so I'm sitting on my butt waiting for things to move forward and worrying about my billable hours this pay period. Not feeling very optimistic about the near future.

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Ooutoout@reddit

In BC as well, thanks for this. Sounds like stressful times. Good luck to you.

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hera-fawcett@reddit

k12 admin that deals w mainly w sped and esol.

huge burnout in our lead sped team-- while this is p normal, its happening much earlier than usual. usual burnout hits around halloween (its the avg 'midterm' for most schools, including uni)- this yr it hit late september/early october.

esol families are scared. we're seeing a some of our language interpreters start to dry up.

covid's hit again. its really impacting the already tenuous attendance. school absenteeism is still high and admin just started to plan and document how to handle.

ofc w the gov shutdown and slashing of dpts we're in the dark about funding for future years. and more basic shit like if the fed is going to still be regulating idea etc.

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tennezzee88@reddit

lmao covid is just a SARS family virus. when will you people learn?

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Livid_Roof5193@reddit

What does that have to do with Covid cases causing kids to miss school? They are sick regardless of what family virus made them sick?

Super weird response to a comment about school attendance.

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notabee@reddit

It's different because Covid is disabling a large number of them, and the population at large. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/long-covid-kids-school-absenteeism-1235447552/

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Livid_Roof5193@reddit

Yeah I don’t disagree with you about the impacts of covid (or any novel virus variant for that matter). The person above me was saying something to the effect of: “covid is just a virus in the SARS family, when will you people learn?”

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

Feels very distinctly not human.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

People are quick to dismiss these types but I run into them daily in the south.

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

The part that gets me is the narrow and selective responses. Don't get me wrong, I'm related to this type of person, but the way Mr. Tennessee here only seems to reply to specific criteria, and only with a limited scope of responses feels less like "guy with few talking points" and more like "low compute power bot".

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tennezzee88@reddit

guess you've never heard of picking your battles. the IQ bell curve is not everyone's friend and i only have the same 24hrs in a day you all do.

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

Then you have an odd way of spending your 24 hours. You could be doing so many things, yet you're here arguing with a us. I'm not claiming to be any better, but for someone who espouses picking your battles, you have picked a strange battle that I guess I'm not galaxy brained enough to understand.

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tennezzee88@reddit

i'm just working right now man, this is ambient time for me where i'm not losing any ROI by doing what i'm doing.

i'm pretty sure i'm good on where to put the rudder for my time spent but thanks for the unsolicited insights lmao.

i really don't have any issue with you bud. not sure why you're worried about anything im saying or doing.

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

Honestly, I'm not worried. I'm also in ambient time watching progress bars move across the screen. I'm more just curious. You stand out from the usual pattern of traffic, and I mistook you for one of the bots coming in to stir the pot. We're playing different games here, and I guess I'm just not going to understand yours.

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tennezzee88@reddit

i guess i just get irritated with how the overwhelming, vast majority of people eat up spoonfed narratives and concepts even within the "prepper" sub or the higher ends of the IQ bell.

most people have no idea what's going on, what drives things, what got us here, or where we are going and it shows every time i leave the house.

it disgusts me that people born before my time were weak enough to let all this bullshit happen and let greed take over every facet of our lives, allow these false economies and financial systems to be cast as a net all over us and to fall asleep drunk on the frills of modernity and yet all of us who are here now are punished for it.

it's the walking unconscious out here and we it isn't even our fault which is why it's maddening. a bunch of dead fish floating with the current polluting the waterways with their carcasses.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

You sound woke.

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tennezzee88@reddit

also i genuinely hope you have a wonderful day

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Oh honey, bless your heart.

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tennezzee88@reddit

im being serious

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Me too. There is no common ground to be had with science denying red hats.

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tennezzee88@reddit

lmaooooo i didn't vote for trump (i don't vote in general as they all feed the same beast) so don't assume you know so much about me.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

“Both sides” people are just embarrassed republicans. You are 100% a red hat.

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tennezzee88@reddit

hahahaha okay dude. whatever you say. i don't vote, don't care about politics or politicians but speculate all you want.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Typical red hat.

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tennezzee88@reddit

i don't know how to make this more clear. i don't condone, endorse, care about, vouch for, vote for, or support trump dude.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

I don’t know how to make this more clear: you actively help trump with your “both sides” rhetoric. It’s an objectively false equivalence but you believe it anyways. You’re a red hat through and through.

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tennezzee88@reddit

it's not a false equivalence lmao. look at aipac and other monies. look at what is unanimously voted on by BOTH "sides," etc etc etc down the line.

don't pretend to want better and then ignore the obvious. you're part of the problem. at least people like me that don't vote, don't subject everyone else to the system by partaking in it and therefore upholding it.

what's your retort there?

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

There is no good faith discussion to be had with you red hats, don’t bother.

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tennezzee88@reddit

gif

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

I blame your type for where we are today more than actual, flag waving Nazis. They couldn’t get to where they are without your unrelenting support. Good job, red hats

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tennezzee88@reddit

i don't wish ill on you because we exchanged comments on a social platform lmao, come back to earth a little bit here

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tennezzee88@reddit

lmao that's a trite generality term at this point, if you're trying to illicit some kind of response you're going to have to work a bit harder than that

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Ok, it’s definitely a low IQ human doxxing themselves 😬

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tennezzee88@reddit

oh no i'm doxxed! they know exactly who i am now! shudders

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Yea, I don’t doubt that either.

Or just a low compute power human 😂

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

The talking points he was given didn’t include school attendance.

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DisastrousHyena3534@reddit

Or school

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ShartlesAndJames@reddit

username checks out

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

The TN or the 88?

Both. Both is good.

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tennezzee88@reddit

lmao i live in tennessee and was born 10/27/1988, bethesda north hospital in cincinnati. eat an old gym sock.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

No one is stupid enough to post that level of personal data to a prepper sub.

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tennezzee88@reddit

just did. eat a second gym sock.

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

Thanks for the OSINT. Enjoy your new credit cards.

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tennezzee88@reddit

lmao mmk. enjoy reporting crimes online freely and of your own volition.

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im_a_secret0@reddit

I work on demand at a target in the PNW. We’re getting massive amounts of, for example, the regular basic tide detergent, so much so that I’m back stocking whole sections with it, but the specialty ones like with febreeze in them, I haven’t seen in weeks. That’s the case along my entire section. Lots and lots of the basics, very very little of the special. Idk if that’s just the warehouse messing up, but 2 other stores in my district are reporting the same thing.

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CannyGardener@reddit

I'm in an ancillary industry and my bet would be that they are struggling to get the extracts imported. This is an issue in foodservice right now, where we are struggling to get a hold of certain flavor compounds for production runs. Either the unit cost is way too high with the tariffs, or the crop failed and so whatever extract of the skin of that fruit is not produced in the required volume. I'd bet that is what is going on with a lot of specialty products.

Also, from an inventory perspective, they know they can move the 'standard' where they might not be guaranteed the inventory turns from a 'specialty' item. Another method of tightening the belt and reducing risk.

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

That feels like an inter-manufacturer supply chain stoppage. A lot of our computer repair parts are having the same problems, where an asset under warranty will be ready to ship with OEM replacement parts, but 3rd-party add-ons are holding them up (eg, HP servers are good to go apart from specific expansion cards made by a different company, either because HP can't get them, or the other company is trying to charge HP more).

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

For a long time there were no lightbulbs. Then one day, out of the blue, every store was stocked floor to ceiling with them.

Saw that in an AskReddit post recently. Definitely a sign of what’s to come.

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No_Jaguar_5366@reddit

Family is in the stone/granite company and he says that overall orders are slowing down

I have a relative that goes to various hotels to sell granite and he is being told by his buddies in the hospitality industry that everything is slowing down - and giving 2008 economic vibes

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keinezeit44@reddit

East coast area. The week before last, my local supermarket only had about 1/3 of the frozen veggies they usually do. Many empty spaces. Last week it was still a little sparse, but not nearly as bad. Another local supermarket, different chain, has also been sparse on frozen veggies.

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sherwood_bosco@reddit

DMV region: The government shutdown coupled with economic uncertainty has really fucked up the working tempo of a lot of large organizations that do any business with the government. Trying to draft budgets and plans for the new fiscal year is hard enough when you need to project out and anticipate cashflow in an uncertain market, but at least the federal contracts have previously stabilized those numbers. Now not only is that another uncertainty value, whether it's happening at all is in question. This makes bringing in new equipment difficult with the capricious tariffs, and brining in new people even harder because despite the massive increase in incredibly talented people looking for work, they just don't know if the money will be there to pay them.

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Conscious-Love-9961@reddit

(USA)

Big decision makers at agencies (below cabinet secretary level) are furloughed delaying decisions on critical funding and programs.

Seeing a decrease in hours authorized for mission critical/essential Federal employees (non defense).

All programs, grants, drawdowns of approved grant dollars, and extensions of existing programs under DHS and its agencies must be signed off on by Secretary Noem. Meaning even Congressionally approved programs from years ago, with already allocated funds, need to pass through her for approval to draw down on those funds (i.e., get paid). I am not sure if this is happening at other non-DHS Departments and Agencies.

Private companies in government contracting were initially hopeful that many of these changes would result in more business. Many companies, including my own, changed recruiting/hiring, firing, and other vital HR and PR practices to align with the EOs in hopes of securing more contracts. These have not materialized. I see my leadership becoming more and more skeptical.

My company finally implemented an AI policy to use only CoPilot since we already use the MS environment. Company has finally recognized the risk - unfortunately, it's far too late and we have definitely put proprietary information through other tools. We'll see what the results of that are.

Federal information management systems are constantly crashing since the shut down.

I have seen a marked increase in the buildings leased by dispensaries being put up for sale all over my state.

More title loan and gold buying stores have been opening up in the metro areas. Seeing more local advertisements for gold buying and home buyers as well.

I'll edit to add some links with info if I can find it, most of this is observed first hand through my work and travel.

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TrickyPsychology@reddit

State employee, in a Midwestern state. Provides direct support in a human services related field. Most of our funding comes from the Feds, huge concerns since we were supposed to get our budget. No contract is signed. No budget updates. Our program has always put money back into the system and state, more than we spend on administering the program. Everyone is fearful for our jobs. The clients we work with are also panicked. In general, the atmosphere is on edge.