I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

Re:I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthrop... by davidw on Friday February 27, 2026 @06:59PM (#47187843)

I saw this the other day:

> Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick

https://bsky.app/profile/mtsw.bsky.social/post/3lnbrfrvmss26

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Re:I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthrop... by cube00 on Friday February 27, 2026 @07:24PM (#47188166)

I don't know, staff at my two Costcos feel much more disinterested and rude then I remember a decade ago. It used to feel fun but now it's miserable.

At peak times they run out of carts and tell the customers to go hunting in the lot for them, door greeters shouting at members across the floor, checkout queues stretch the length of the warehouse, they start half blocking the gas station entrance 30mins before close so trucks can't get in, so maybe they're turning those profit screws.

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Re:I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthrop... by shit_game on Friday February 27, 2026 @07:46PM (#47188388)

>It used to feel fun but now it's miserable.

It's not their job to entertain you.

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Re:I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthrop... by dingaling on Saturday February 28, 2026 @01:56AM (#47191408)

'Delight the customer' is a basic tenet of business. A business that wants repeat customers, that is.

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