The green sign reads “Please don’t leave empty boxes here. Bring them to the bin outside”

  • sznowicki@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    With this kind of problems there are always two solutions: one is pragmatic, one is wishful thinking.

    Problem: people leave boxes in the room.

    Pragmatic solution: give them a trash can that’s easy to use.

    Wishful thinking: slap a sign that tells them to stop.

    Germany needs more pragmatic solutions in general.

    • Caesium@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      in paper yeah the pragmatic solution would work

      the next problem though is the asinine amount of people who bring their boxes to customer service stuff and expect the store to take care of it the trash can would only work if people were either asked to break down their boxes (unlikely) or if it was mechanically able to break down the boxes for the person. then there’s the next problem of making it idiot proof because crunching machines and flesh don’t work well together.

      sorry I’m extra salty because I just got back from a shift were I deal with these kind of people for the whole day. there’s no winning.