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Avoided: Captain Laserhawk - A Blood Dragon Remix. The title is just so ....edgy. I took one look at it and immediatly lost all interest.
Spoiler: Big mistake. Once I did finally try it out, I immediatly binged all 6 episodes and was devastated that there wasn't more. Fair warning tho, the 18+ rating is completely justified.
Embraced: The Owl House. I had no idea what the show was even about, but the name has a nice ring to it so I got curious and gave it a try ... with a similar result as mentioned above (binge it all and be devastated that there isn't more of it)
Semi-related tho not about the name: I refuse to shop in ANY store that has a self-checkout. And by that, I do not mean that I just refuse to use the self-checkout - I will reject the entire store for that sh*tty business decision. You either employ enough actual cashiers or you can go jump in the lake. Yes it is petty and childish, but I still feel it is justified.
I liked them as well, those self checkouts. Use the app from the store, scan what you need, have a total at hand, checkout and leave. That was how it went at the start.
Now it's:
When you're just going for the crate of beer, you're at least 5x as long busy by jumping trough all hoops at self scan and get treated as shoplifter to boot as well. I'm done with self scan. (especially with the shop closest to home, they lost a customer)
Yeah, that's what was the situation here as well, until the grocery prizes exploded and customers started to scan a few items and taking the rest without paying. (so yeah, shoplifting made very easy) Especially this store seems to be a target, as it's way out of the regular routes. It looks like they're starting to notice the drawback of the idea.
Where do you get groceries? The only grocery store near me without any self checkout is Trader Joe's, and while I usually shop there first, there's always something I need that they don't carry.
I live in Germany. There are eight different supermarkets within driving distance (less than half an hour), and two smaller markets within walking distance. Two of the big markets have self-checkouts, so I stopped shopping there altogether out of spite.
EDIT: just to visualize the statement, this is one of the cities around these parts (~150k people). Not my actual home as I don't post personal stuff online, but a good representation of the situation.
Everything within the blue area is less than 20 minutes walking distance away from the blue marker in the middle, and every red marker is a supermarket. If someone dislikes a shop for any reason, it is a matter of minutes to find a different one.
The owl house was so sweet. Warms my heart! Had to show it to my SO who was a bit reluctant at first but grew to love it :)
"Captain Laserhawk" sounds like a car audio store from the 1990s.
I'd love to be able to boycott places with self checkouts as I hate that shit too but I also need to eat and unless I started just eating crisps and sweets from the local newsagents I wouldn't be able to buy any food at all around here :(
What the shit? Self checkouts are the best things ever in invented. It saves me from 1 awkward interaction a day.