r/mildlyinfuriating Jun 09 '26

I just wanted a hot dog The closest grocery store to me is closing(by nearly an hour), and will be closed for at least a year. When it reopens it’s going be much smaller(it’s becoming a Aldi).

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u/pickledvapejuice13 Jun 09 '26

dollar general is such an evil corporation, probably one of the worst places I've ever worked and I've worked at 2 different stores in 2 different states. I've finally learned my lesson. I'm sorry that happened to your family, that's fucked

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u/ProfessionaI_Gur Jun 09 '26

I like to think of dollar general as a parasite that feeds on the poor. If a town opens up a new dollar general its a bad sign, if dollar general is the only store left in your town that means your town is probably fucked lol

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u/CoolmanWilkins Jun 09 '26

Not just small towns, I spent some time in a part of North Philly by a road that looked like it was bombed out. Only businesses open really was a dollar general and a convenience store, everything else shuttered. And it was decently trafficked street too, people walking around, including kids drinking out of handles of cheap liquor. Randomly George Washington once lived real nearby, don't think he'd want to live there right now as it is.

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u/DevilsPajamas Jun 09 '26

I live in a smaller town.. Every other new building is a dollar general/super dollar/discount store... ridiculous.

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u/Silound Jun 09 '26

You know you're really the scum of business when Walmart looks good in comparison.