I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon (2018)

Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by refulgentis on Sunday May 02, 2021 @09:55PM (#27020870)

Someone close to me has worked at Macy's their entire career, through college, after college, through grad school, after grad school. Nearly 15 years now.

Much as you mentioned these folks not seeing the closure as a result of the Internet, but rather local competition dynamics, no matter how many stores close or odd situations happen, they believe the precise details of each narrative are what matter (i.e. the alcoholic manager) rather than the continual pattern of the store they're working at closing, every 2-3 years like clockwork

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by MomoXenosaga on Monday May 03, 2021 @08:56AM (#27024427)

Lots of fashion stores with 50+ years of history have gone bankrupt. I guess we'll see if the likes of Primark or Zalando will still be around in 2050.

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by crocsarecool on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:17AM (#27024651)

I guess it’s hard to see when you go to work every day. It’s there. It’s physical. You’re working.

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by refulgentis on Monday May 03, 2021 @05:29PM (#27030957)

Exactly, secular trends are hard to spot when you know the details. Tech people look at the alternate present where your revenue is 30% better without the internet, but that's "imaginary" in some sense, it really was the manager who put the store under

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