The good old days:
* Gas stations had attendants who would swarm your car to fill your tank, check your oil, put air in your tires, etc. they did all the work.
* The clerks at the supermarket emptied your cart, punched in the prices, and took your payment. No “paper or plastic” questions. No 25 cent charge for each bag if you forgot to being your own “green, reusable” bag.
* Streets didn’t have “Adopted by” virtue-signaling signs. Your modest taxes actually kept the streets and roads clean without extracting more from businesses and organizations.
* A human always answered your phone call. You didn’t get a useless robot that knows less than nothing and doesn’t understand you. Sandeep in India didn’t answer the phone and go by the lying nom-de-service of “Fred Jones.”
I will never understand why this is the “service era” when overall service is really crappy.
The main reason I do most of my grocery shopping at Harris Teeter over Food Lion or Krogers.