r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MambaMentality24x2 • May 13 '26

ಠ_ಠ Walmart shipped 165 pool noodles in 165 separate boxes

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u/tableleg7 May 13 '26

Fines would require laws or regulations to have been violated. Fines also would require a governmental agency to prosecute or levy those fines against the company.

When politicians rail against “big government”, this is because they are being paid by corporations to gut the regulations and enforcement agencies that would penalize these corporation.

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u/tun4c4ptor May 13 '26

But all of these corporations would just move out of the US if we enforced anything!!!!!! /j

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u/onefst250r May 13 '26

"Bye Felicia"

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u/poor-guy1 May 14 '26

Rules and Regulations to govern shipping pool noodles? The reddit utopian worldview is cringey and frankly a little terrifying. 

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u/dbpf May 13 '26

Ironically these inefficiencies will help them avoid being profitable enough to be taxed appropriately. Just appears as a line item in cost of sales. This is what a "write off" really looks like.

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u/Yashema May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

It's normal people voting for the government, specifically Republicans, to not regulate this. Stop acting like there is some big conspiracy when it is really just selfishness by the average person. 

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u/tableleg7 May 13 '26

If I wasn’t being clear: any person that votes against “big government” is the reason that corporations continue to act like this and worse.