i’m sorry but if people drive 2 hours to save 2 dollars on a loaf of bread, then those people have shit for brains. and if you as a journalist covering that phenomenon assign any meaning to it beyond that simple truth, then you also have shit for brains. - ThreadSky

fleerultra.bsky.social • 136 days ago

i’m sorry but if people drive 2 hours to save 2 dollars on a loaf of bread, then those people have shit for brains. and if you as a journalist covering that phenomenon assign any meaning to it beyond that simple truth, then you also have shit for brains.

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gtbtr.bsky.social•136 days ago

This is why I stopped shopping at Ross and Marshalls.

The time value of money.

Is it worth waiting in line for 30 minutes to save $5?

Absolutely not.

Unless you earn less than $10 per hr.

Plus most of their clothes are polyester blends.

bullgooseparty.bsky.social•136 days ago

“Mentally ill man drives hours to satisfy obsessive compulsive disorder”

whetmoser.com•136 days ago

the cheapest bread at aldi today was $1.30, if they were paying me at least $0.70 a loaf to take it off their hands i would consider it depending on the maximums

gullizzy.bsky.social•136 days ago

the other alternative is that they think we're all idiots who won't call them on their obvious bullshit.

hulkling-she-her.bsky.social•136 days ago

no, the journalist is deliberately misleading their readers

russellsilva.bsky.social•136 days ago

Btw the whole "trend" described by the NBC news president is based on one (1) person in the actual segment.

https://bsky.app/profile/nonamoss.bsky.social/post/3lekrykvhgs2h

tumescentnumpty.bsky.social•136 days ago

Could have done the exact same segment at any Costco, Sams Club, etc. sans the folksy "family owned" spin.

tumescentnumpty.bsky.social•136 days ago

"And why are you here buying a 55 gallon drum of mayonnaise?"

"Well, I can get it for $495. You go another step in the supply chain and get it at a grocery store, it's like 5 bucks a jar, times I don't know, 60 jars and you do the math. The elite don't know what it's like!"

russellsilva.bsky.social•136 days ago

BREAKING NEWS: people travel to the Big City for bargains

futureed.bsky.social•136 days ago

1 person with no context and seemingly no follow up questions like "why would you spend $15 on gas to save $2?"

soozbee.bsky.social•136 days ago

She was saving more than $2 if the other woman in the segment was giving an accurate picture. $2 for five loaves of bread that would cost $2.50 each in a grocery store. So, $10 savings on those 5 loaves and the 1 woman who drove from Lincoln seemed to be getting quite a bit of stuff.

futureed.bsky.social•136 days ago

Ok. So you are saying we should make up things she didn’t say to justify her trip rather than accepting her at her word?

soozbee.bsky.social•136 days ago

Watch the fucking clip. Follow the damn thread. But don't come at me because you're too fucking lazy to figure out what's going on.

futureed.bsky.social•136 days ago

I had watched it, but didn’t retain everything

Apologies

papashot.bsky.social•136 days ago

Fucking infuriating. In Oly we have the closest Costco for 3 adjacent counties with a population of like 225k people. People routinely drive 2-hour round trips to buy in bulk and save, get access to products unavailable locally, etc.

soozbee.bsky.social•136 days ago

The woman in the actual segment did NOT say she drove 2 hours to save $2 on a single loaf of bread. The President of NBC News said that - a complete and utter misrepresentation of what was in their own damn report. If you wanna be mad at someone, be mad at her, Sparky.

futureed.bsky.social•136 days ago

I watched it again. Yes. 1 woman said in past tense, she “would” drive there from Lincoln. Sounds like she is now local. The other woman was the $2.50 a piece one.

papashot.bsky.social•136 days ago

She just stated a price, man, the clip doesn’t show how much bread she bought! They also only showed her at the one location but it is insanely common to drive a little bit to access lower prices and buy in bulk. Assigning her that much economic illiteracy says a lot more about you than it does her!

futureed.bsky.social•136 days ago

Ok, putting aside buying bread in enough bulk to justify a long trip is suspect to begin with, I watched it again and noted that I was a wrong.

What is most glaring about the piece is the failure of reporting.

gwbiscuit.bsky.social•136 days ago

Yeah…Rebecca is a piece of shit and deserves scorn for the rest of her days on this planet

mindymandalorian.bsky.social•136 days ago

I drive multiple hours for healthcare reasons (niche specialists) and you better fucking believe I know exactly how much my clinic visits are costing in gasoline and $2 on bread is fucking insulting.

mindymandalorian.bsky.social•136 days ago

That part immediately jumped out to me as such obvious codswallop. They really have such obvious disdain for all of us.

pensar.bsky.social•136 days ago

The update was that one woman was talked too, she drove to save $.50 on bread, and she was cut off as she spiraled into a conspiracy theory.

However, lots of people were completely spun out on conspiracy theories on their way to the polls, so…

jackovaul.bsky.social•136 days ago

Oooo oooo, link??

pensar.bsky.social•135 days ago

I can’t save posts on here unfortunately

grandparob.bsky.social•136 days ago

In the late '60's, my dad would drive around looking for the station with the cheapest gas...

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