Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Janet Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Corned Beef Brisket (and a mild rant) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:42:53 -0000 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 2xf0nSQyUrNE8qJJPgm7aglZK2bvQWwcoNphqRjoypbciND1E6 Cancel-Lock: sha1:sRlIH57xDmGm11GJTe5P3HEqD0U= sha256:UXp2x4j7BIAtznUskjZQmhmJUs+SM0FTKyE+U6ez9Co= User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 Bytes: 1826 In article , fos@sdf.org says... > > On 2025-03-14, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > > On 2025-03-14, Janet wrote: > > >> Do you have to pay for store loyalty cards there? > > > No, except at warehouse clubs like Costco, where you must be a > > member to enter the store. > > or get a guest pass if you don't have a membership. they wanted > my name, address, identification, etc, just to go in to wander > around to see what they head. i turned around and walked out. > > anyone can walk into a BJs. you need a membership card only to > check out. > > > Apart from the principle of the thing, a lot of people don't > > like loyalty cards because they're afraid someone will collect > > their data. > > that'd be me. i loathe living in this surveillance capitalism > society. LOL. Try living in a small rural community. No need for surveillance technology.... the jungle drums know everything. Janet UK