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I went to a big city "big box" home repair store yesterday. I got most
of the stuff from my list, into my shopping cart, but I could not find an outdoor thermometer (the old one I had outside my window broke recently). The store is busy but lacks enough staff on duty. I had already wasted a half hour in the electrical dept. trying to locate some special parts, because there was no one there to assist. I finally find a guy in the plumbing dept. and ask him where I can find an outdoor thermometer. He tells me "thats not a plumbing item" [NO ****], but says he will get someone to help me. 10 minutes go by, and finaly some young guy arrives. I ask him "where in the store can I find some outdoor thermometers". He replies "WE DONT HAVE THEM THIS TIME OF YEAR, BECAUSE THEY ARE A SEASONAL ITEM". Trying to remain calm, I said "Then find me a seasonal thermometer for the Winter Season". He looks at me with a very puzzled expresion and says "that's a *SUMMER ITEM*", but they might be in the garden center. Being a little annoyed by this time, I say "There's temperature all year long, regardless of season". He tells me to go look in the "garden center". Then walks away. I go to the garden center (which is unheated), and it's very dark in there. So I go to the nearby lumber desk, and have to wait another 10 minutes to find an employee. After waving my arms and nearly doing a dance to get a guy's attention, he finally comes over. I tell him I was told to go to the garden center to find thermometers and it's too dark in there to see, "could you please turn the lights on". He says "I dont know if we have them this time of year, but I'll look on the computer". He looks them up, even goes on the store's website, and finally finds them, and says "it looks like we have lots of them, which one do you want (showing me the pictures on the screen). I said "can we just go see them on the shelf". He flips on some lights in the garden center and we find a whole shelf full of thermometers. -FINALLY-. I grab the one I want and go back to the last of the shopping. That's when I went to the "Closeout Lumber" section. I always like to look in there for bargains. In there, I found a piece of metal trim made for metal siding, and it's something I can use. It's marhed 25 cents per foot. I grab it, and it's 10 foot long, and walk with it, back to the lumber desk, knowing they have to print up a "slip" for these items. After another long wait, I finally find someone who works there and it's another young guy. He says "what do you need". I tell him this was in the bargain area and I just need a slip for it. He goes to the computer, and says "how much is it". I say, "it's a quarter a foot". He says, "but what is the price" I said "I just told you, it's a quarter a foot". He looks very puzzled.... I say, "It's 25 cents per foot, and it's 10 feet long". (He finally seems to understand). Thats when he says, "hold on a minute, while I find a calculator, so I get this right". He grabs a calculator from a desk, and starts to push buttons, a minute later, he says "wow, this cant be right.... lets try this again......". I tell him, "25 cents times 10 is $2.50, simple math, just take the zero from the 10 and put it at the end of the 25". He looks me straight in the eye, and says "are you sure?". About the same moment his calculator says $2.50, and he says "you're right, that will be $2.50. I did not say a word, (and I wont say what I was thinking)..... With that accomplished, he enters the price into the computer, and asks "what is it called". I said "it just says METAL TRIM on the sign. He enters those words. Then I tell him I also need two pieces of vinyl siding trim, from the outside building, it looks like *and I point to a display on the wall*. He looks at the display, and says "I'll have to look up the item number". He goes to the computer, when I tell him to look at the sign on the wall, right next to the display, and it's says the item number and the price right there. He says "Oh wow, it does". Then for the 3rd time he asks me how many of them I want. I said TWO. I did not say another word, because I felt like saying, "Dude, you're "DUMBER THAN HELL"..... Finally I'm done shopping, and proceed to the checkout, hoping the checkout clerk has a brain..... (Thankfully, she checked me out with no problems). I've come to the conclusion that they only hire 'Kindergarten Dropouts' at that store...... |
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On 2015-12-20, Tony Hwang wrote:
Alternative is on line shopping. Dumber than dumber. Dummies never go to hell. Another alternative is a good local hardware store that has knowledgeable staff. Fortunately the big box guys haven't managed to put them all out of business. In fact I'll normally go to the local hardware store first to avoid the kind of scenario painted by the OP. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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On 12/20/2015 5:58 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:
wrote: I've come to the conclusion that they only hire 'Kindergarten Dropouts' at that store...... Alternative is on line shopping. Dumber than dumber. Dummies never go to hell. Online is frequented by full quoters. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:58:53 -0700, Tony Hwang wrote:
I've come to the conclusion that they only hire 'Kindergarten Dropouts' at that store...... Alternative is on line shopping. Dumber than dumber. Dummies never go to hell. You cant buy lumber, sheets of plywood, concrete blocks, plumbing pipes, or 10 foot long pieces of metal trim online.... -OR- If you can, I would not want to pay the shipping prices.... Nor am I willing to wait for the shipping time to receive common items such as electrical items. I might buy electronic/computer parts, clothing, movies, music, books and that sort of thing online, but NOT most home repair stuff. I WILL buy a DAMPER online, for my bathroom exhaust fan, if I can find one (from another thread). The stores dont have them. Online shopping is over rated in my opinion. I like to see and feel what I buy. Plus some stuff just cant be shipped (at least not affordably). I recently bought a computer keyboard online. When I got it, I hated the "feel" of it. So, I'm still using my old keyboard which has most of the letters worn off of it, while that new one sits in my closet.... Then too, last winter I bought a computer monitor online. The shipper refused to deliver it, because my almost one mile long driveway was icy. (I clean it as best I can, and I drive on it daily). After waiting over 2 months, I finally had to go thru a long and difficult process of excessive paperwork to modify the shipping address, so it would be delivered to a friends house (in town). Finally, 3.5 months later it arrived at his house, and then I had to drive there to get it. In the end, I saved about $25 off the shelf price of buying it at a store, but had to spend at least 3 hours of time filling out forms, reading emails about their refusal to deliver it, mailing stuff (which costs postage), and then being without my monitor for 3.5 months. Then finally driving to get it which costs me for gas. The monitor was fine, but if my time is only worth "minimum wages" plus my other costs incurred, it cost me more than the savings, not to mention the annoyance factor. |
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 20:51:24 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Simple solution that I seem to be using more and more. If you enter "outdoor thermometer" in the search box at Amazon you get over 31,000 to choose from. I think I placed 6 orders just this week for both gifts and personal items not easily found elsewhere. NOT a "simple solution" at all, when you only have dialup internet.... And I think I was clear when I said I dont care to shop online, because I cant see or feel the items. I've shopped in REAL stores for over 60 years, and dont want or need to change now, to he hassles of online shopping and dealing with the shipping and postage and hassled to return stuff that is not what I wanted, or junk. I reserve my online shopping to parts and rare items I can get no other way, and that is a LAST RESORT. Something common, like a thermometer is NOT something "Rare". And the store DID have lots of them. Not to mention I bought it yesterday and am already using it. Not waiting a week or more to get it. Additionally, everytime I order something online, I still have to go to a store to buy a prepaid disposible credit card, because i'm not stupid enough to give out my REAL Credit card # over the internet. NOTHING is safe or secure on the internet, even though these companies want you to believe it is. |
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wrote in message ... NOT something "Rare". And the store DID have lots of them. Not to mention I bought it yesterday and am already using it. Not waiting a week or more to get it. Additionally, everytime I order something online, I still have to go to a store to buy a prepaid disposible credit card, because i'm not stupid enough to give out my REAL Credit card # over the internet. NOTHING is safe or secure on the internet, even though these companies want you to believe it is. Credit cards are not safe in stores either. Just look at what hapened at the Target stores last Christmas, or maybe it was the one before. My son for one had his debit card info stolen from them. |
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 22:29:10 -0500, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote: wrote in message .. . NOT something "Rare". And the store DID have lots of them. Not to mention I bought it yesterday and am already using it. Not waiting a week or more to get it. Additionally, everytime I order something online, I still have to go to a store to buy a prepaid disposible credit card, because i'm not stupid enough to give out my REAL Credit card # over the internet. NOTHING is safe or secure on the internet, even though these companies want you to believe it is. Credit cards are not safe in stores either. Just look at what hapened at the Target stores last Christmas, or maybe it was the one before. My son for one had his debit card info stolen from them. I rarely use credit/debit cards in stores too. I use cash, or if it's a large priced item, I write a check. I use my credit cards to pay utility bills, and sometimes at the local gas station, because I KNOW them, and I dont always have enough cash in my pocket when I need gas. I feel much safer using a C.C at a local store than a large chain store like Target, Home Depot, Walmart, or other such places. When I buy farm items from our local Farm Supply, I feel pretty safe using my C.C. They use the same bank I do, and if they were to cheat me, both I and my bank would know right away who did it. Another thing I wont even consider is online banking. What a stupid idea! I may as well just post my credit card # on this newsgroup along with all my other identity info, and say "Help Yourself". |
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 22:45:22 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I've shopped in real stores for over 60 years too. Many have gone to crap as you noted, thus my reason to go on line to do a lot of shopping. As for returning things, Ive never had to. In my entire life I've only ever had to return three or four items as I'm careful with my purchases. There is no other solution for you, I'm afraid so you can keep complaining and nothing will improve. It will, however, get worse. The store had my needs, but the help was horrible. You're right, there is nothing I can do about it, but I have complained to store management often, and I may have a word with their main office this week. I've had to return lots of stuff both online and at stores. I just returned a shovel to that same store yesterday, because the handle broke off after an hours use. I had no problem with that return. For me to shop online requires many hours of my time. On dialup it takes a long time to load webpages. Then I get my total and have to go buy a disposible card. Then I place my order and wait. With any luck I wont have hassles getting my item. How can you say "I'm careful with my purchases", when you buy online? You cant see the stuff or feel if it's durable... My shovel "looked" durable, but it had a hidden defect. I might buy a book or movie or music online. That stuff usually dont have defects, but unless the price is WAY below the store price, I'm spending more online, by the time I pay $5 for my disposible card and S&H and everything else. And I still have to wait for the item. I dont mind waiting for a book or movie, but if I have to wait for a part for my car, I cant drive it until my part arrives..... Or i cant proceed with my home repairs while waiting for online parts. I could have waited for my thermometer, but I paid $8 for it. Online, I'd already have the $5 fee for the disposible card, so the thermometer would have to cost less than $3 to even justify it. I guess I'd rather waste a half hour in a store, than spend 4 hours waiting for websites to load. Even if I wanted to spend close to $100 a month MORE than I pay now, to get FAST internet, I could not justify that amount on the savings I may get shopping online, since I am not a big consumer. The stores will continue to have poor workers and I'll continue to call their main offices and complain.... This instance was much worse than most..... Generally I'm fairly satisfied in stores! |
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On Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 4:39:24 PM UTC-6, wrote:
I went to a big city "big box" home repair store yesterday. I got most of the stuff from my list, into my shopping cart, but I could not find an outdoor thermometer (the old one I had outside my window broke recently). The store is busy but lacks enough staff on duty. I had already wasted a half hour in the electrical dept. trying to locate some special parts, because there was no one there to assist. I finally find a guy in the plumbing dept. and ask him where I can find an outdoor thermometer. He tells me "thats not a plumbing item" [NO ****], but says he will get someone to help me. 10 minutes go by, and finaly some young guy arrives. I ask him "where in the store can I find some outdoor thermometers". He replies "WE DONT HAVE THEM THIS TIME OF YEAR, BECAUSE THEY ARE A SEASONAL ITEM". Trying to remain calm, I said "Then find me a seasonal thermometer for the Winter Season". He looks at me with a very puzzled expresion and says "that's a *SUMMER ITEM*", but they might be in the garden center. Being a little annoyed by this time, I say "There's temperature all year long, regardless of season". He tells me to go look in the "garden center". Then walks away. I go to the garden center (which is unheated), and it's very dark in there. So I go to the nearby lumber desk, and have to wait another 10 minutes to find an employee. After waving my arms and nearly doing a dance to get a guy's attention, he finally comes over. I tell him I was told to go to the garden center to find thermometers and it's too dark in there to see, "could you please turn the lights on". He says "I dont know if we have them this time of year, but I'll look on the computer". He looks them up, even goes on the store's website, and finally finds them, and says "it looks like we have lots of them, which one do you want (showing me the pictures on the screen). I said "can we just go see them on the shelf". He flips on some lights in the garden center and we find a whole shelf full of thermometers. -FINALLY-. I grab the one I want and go back to the last of the shopping. That's when I went to the "Closeout Lumber" section. I always like to look in there for bargains. In there, I found a piece of metal trim made for metal siding, and it's something I can use. It's marhed 25 cents per foot. I grab it, and it's 10 foot long, and walk with it, back to the lumber desk, knowing they have to print up a "slip" for these items. After another long wait, I finally find someone who works there and it's another young guy. He says "what do you need". I tell him this was in the bargain area and I just need a slip for it. He goes to the computer, and says "how much is it". I say, "it's a quarter a foot". He says, "but what is the price" I said "I just told you, it's a quarter a foot". He looks very puzzled.... I say, "It's 25 cents per foot, and it's 10 feet long". (He finally seems to understand). Thats when he says, "hold on a minute, while I find a calculator, so I get this right". He grabs a calculator from a desk, and starts to push buttons, a minute later, he says "wow, this cant be right.... lets try this again......". I tell him, "25 cents times 10 is $2.50, simple math, just take the zero from the 10 and put it at the end of the 25". He looks me straight in the eye, and says "are you sure?". About the same moment his calculator says $2.50, and he says "you're right, that will be $2.50. I did not say a word, (and I wont say what I was thinking)..... With that accomplished, he enters the price into the computer, and asks "what is it called". I said "it just says METAL TRIM on the sign. He enters those words. Then I tell him I also need two pieces of vinyl siding trim, from the outside building, it looks like *and I point to a display on the wall*. He looks at the display, and says "I'll have to look up the item number". He goes to the computer, when I tell him to look at the sign on the wall, right next to the display, and it's says the item number and the price right there. He says "Oh wow, it does". Then for the 3rd time he asks me how many of them I want. I said TWO. I did not say another word, because I felt like saying, "Dude, you're "DUMBER THAN HELL"..... Finally I'm done shopping, and proceed to the checkout, hoping the checkout clerk has a brain..... (Thankfully, she checked me out with no problems). I've come to the conclusion that they only hire 'Kindergarten Dropouts' at that store...... The educational system was infested long ago by Progressive Liberal Leftist Commiecrat Freaks who's goal was to implement their agenda which was to cause,"The Dumbassification Of America". Their reason being that a poorly educated less intelligent population is more easily manipulated into falling for the nonsense Democrats are selling. How else could a completely unqualified, unvetted, Affirmative Action moron be elected President? Š™.˜‰ [8~{} Uncle Stumped Monster |
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 23:27:28 -0000 (UTC), Roger Blake
wrote: On 2015-12-20, Tony Hwang wrote: Alternative is on line shopping. Dumber than dumber. Dummies never go to hell. Another alternative is a good local hardware store that has knowledgeable staff. Fortunately the big box guys haven't managed to put them all out of business. In fact I'll normally go to the local hardware store first to avoid the kind of scenario painted by the OP. One thing worth knowing, the HD, which used to have a computer that was only good for applying for a job, I think, and another that only the staff could use, now has a computer, at least the one near me does, that has the HD webpage. You can search for what you want and once it finds it it shows the aisle and the bay. The bays are maked on the posts, even if one doesn't normally notice that. It works pretty well. And you can do this before you leave home, but many times you don't know there's a problem until you're there. OTOH Microcenter near me used to have computers for customers to check their stock, but they took them out The helpful employee didnt' know why. And it's a computer store. |
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 22:45:22 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 12/20/2015 9:57 PM, wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 20:51:24 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote: Simple solution that I seem to be using more and more. If you enter "outdoor thermometer" in the search box at Amazon you get over 31,000 to choose from. I think I placed 6 orders just this week for both gifts and personal items not easily found elsewhere. NOT a "simple solution" at all, when you only have dialup internet.... And I think I was clear when I said I dont care to shop online, because I cant see or feel the items. I've shopped in REAL stores for over 60 years, and dont want or need to change now, to he hassles of online shopping and dealing with the shipping and postage and hassled to return stuff that is not what I wanted, or junk. I've shopped in real stores for over 60 years too. Many have gone to I don't think I started shopping in stores until I was 5, and that was only Bush's, a corner grocery. They had two-for-a-penny candy, but I didn't like it. I woudl get one-for-a-penny candy which truly was twice as good. For one thing, it might be made of chocolate, which the other stuff never was. When there was a premium in a box of cereal, but the supermarket didnt' have any more, we'd go to Bush's. It was only about 300 feet from my back yard. It's changed and it sells medical supplies now. There was also a toy store on the far corner away from the JHS. The JHS was a long block and a half from the front yard, to their property and another 800 feet across their lot to the school, but I only went in when I was taking swimming. I would look in the toy store, but even though my family had enough money, I had none, so I never bought anything. It's changed and it sells medical supplies now. Populatoin of the town has gone from 50,000 in 1955 to 22,000 now. No new people moving in, no need for toys, much need for medical supplies. The high school is now a combination JHS/HS and the JHS is now 3 to 6, the only school in the whole town for those grades. If I were 8 again, it would still be in easy walking distance, though my girlfriend thinks no one would let his little kid walk their alone. She doesn't know what small towns are like. Though now she lives ina new expensive development in a rural county and one mother drives her 10 year old 300 feet and then waits with him until the school bus comes, even in warm weather. Meets him the afternoon too. The county is the next one from me. If there were child abductions I'd hear about it, and there aren't. It's pitiful. crap as you noted, thus my reason to go on line to do a lot of shopping. As for returning things, Ive never had to. In my entire life I've only ever had to return three or four items as I'm careful with my purchases. I've never returned anything online. I had something fail in 88 days, but by tthe time I determined it had failed, it was 92 days and they wouldnt' warrant it. Later I found out it hadn't failed. I'd rushed because I knew the 90 days was close to expiring. In person I've returned 30 or 40 or more things, just aboutr all of them y hardware. There is no other solution for you, I'm afraid so you can keep complaining and nothing will improve. It will, however, get worse. |
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On 12/20/2015 9:29 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
wrote in message ... NOT something "Rare". And the store DID have lots of them. Not to mention I bought it yesterday and am already using it. Not waiting a week or more to get it. Additionally, everytime I order something online, I still have to go to a store to buy a prepaid disposible credit card, because i'm not stupid enough to give out my REAL Credit card # over the internet. NOTHING is safe or secure on the internet, even though these companies want you to believe it is. Credit cards are not safe in stores either. Just look at what hapened at the Target stores last Christmas, or maybe it was the one before. My son for one had his debit card info stolen from them. Exactly! Folks are shy about using their credit cards on a commercial site with SSL security and the "blessing" from MOST credit card issuers that they will NOT be held liable for any unauthorized charges. Yet, these same individuals will hand their credit card over to some kid working for minimum wage and tips at a restaurant or bar, leaving the card out of sight for several minutes not knowing that the waiter could either copy down the information off the card or scan it and clone it. |
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Oren wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:36:00 -0600, wrote: Finally I'm done shopping, and proceed to the checkout, hoping the checkout clerk has a brain..... (Thankfully, she checked me out with no problems). I've come to the conclusion that they only hire 'Kindergarten Dropouts' at that store...... Sounds like you can qualify for the position. Most all your postings are about bitching and ranting about others. you've noticed that, too, huh? I see a trend........ |
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ChairMan wrote:
Oren wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:36:00 -0600, wrote: Finally I'm done shopping, and proceed to the checkout, hoping the checkout clerk has a brain..... (Thankfully, she checked me out with no problems). I've come to the conclusion that they only hire 'Kindergarten Dropouts' at that store...... Sounds like you can qualify for the position. Most all your postings are about bitching and ranting about others. you've noticed that, too, huh? I see a trend........ Today's kids are so lazy. They don't work hard to go ahead of pack. I spent more than 25 years at university. About 85% kids should nt be there. I don't know what they're learning or taught. They better go to tech school to make a decent living. Son teaches guitar and drum for kids part time on week end. He says some of them never practice. Quite a few doesn't even have drum set or guitar to practice at home. What their parents thinking? Music studio as a baby sitting place? No practice no progress. Best students are pre-teens under 10 years old. Older kids are mostly no good. |
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:25:00 -0800, Oren wrote in
On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:36:00 -0600, wrote: Finally I'm done shopping, and proceed to the checkout, hoping the checkout clerk has a brain..... (Thankfully, she checked me out with no problems). I've come to the conclusion that they only hire 'Kindergarten Dropouts' at that store...... Sounds like you can qualify for the position. Most all your postings are about bitching and ranting about others. +1 -- Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one. Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those newspapers delivered to your door every morning. |
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Oren wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:36:00 -0600, wrote: Finally I'm done shopping, and proceed to the checkout, hoping the checkout clerk has a brain..... (Thankfully, she checked me out with no problems). I've come to the conclusion that they only hire 'Kindergarten Dropouts' at that store...... Sounds like you can qualify for the position. Most all your postings are about bitching and ranting about others. Long too. He likes to write. |
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"dadiOH" wrote in :
Oren wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:36:00 -0600, wrote: Finally I'm done shopping, and proceed to the checkout, hoping the checkout clerk has a brain..... (Thankfully, she checked me out with no problems). I've come to the conclusion that they only hire 'Kindergarten Dropouts' at that store...... Sounds like you can qualify for the position. Most all your postings are about bitching and ranting about others. Long too. He likes to write. Probably doesn't have anything else to do with his life. |
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On 12/21/2015 5:52 AM, sms wrote:
One day I was at CVS and they had 40% off all remaining summer merchandise. I bought something marked at $10. They had not programmed the new price into the system so the cashiers had to take 40% off. The cashier took out a little pad of paper. She wrote $10 on it. Then she took out a calculator and multiplied 10 by 0.4. She wrote down 4 on the pad. Then she did 10-4=6. I told her to just multiply by 0.6, but she helpfully informed me that it was 40% off, not 60% off. I really wanted to come back the next week when everything was 50% off to see if she went through the same procedure. I went to HD to purchase some plywood. Wanted to have it ripped into 10" wide strips. Kid came to the saw -- cuz customers aren't capable of operating a saw that is *bound* to a table/rig! :-/ Told him what I wanted. He pulled out his tape rule and asked me to show him 10 inches... Alarmed, I took it upon myself to mark the plywood -- allowing 1/8" for each cut as I'm sure that wouldn't occur to him! Different occasion, I purchased two (identical) $9.99 items at grocery store up the street. Had my $20+1+1 (cash) in my hands in anticipation of the bill. Little girl announces $40-something dollars and looks to me for payment. I smile and bring my hand holding cash close to my chest (it's a routine I've developed over years of dealing with stupid clerks): "What's wrong with this picture?" (smiling disarmingly) "Huh??" (clueless) "This is $9.99" (motioning to first bottle) "let's call it $10" "And this, too, is also $9.99" (motioning to second bottle -- same stuff!) "so lets call it $10, too! Ten plus ten... ?" (motioning to the $40 total displayed on the register) "Yeah?" (still clueless) "(sigh) Just ring it up again, please..." Now, of course, SHE is annoyed because I'm making her do something she's already done (and we all know how hard ringing up two items can be!) The issue in each case is how the two individuals had no "feel" for the numbers. I.e., seeing two items that were "about $10 each" should, in my mind, have caused the second cashier to be puzzled when the machine told her $40 -- instead of just parroting the display and asking me for $40. I can understand the first kid being overzealous and putting marks at 10, 20, 30, 40 ... 90 inches along the 8 ft plywood sheet and, in doing so, leaving me with 9-7/8 wide strips. Or, a 10" strip followed by a bunch of 9-7/8 strips (depending on which side of his mark he cuts). I can understand him forgetting that the blade takes material away and failing to allow for that -- having *knowledge* that the customer might not! But, I can't understand him being unable to use a ruler! |
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On 12/21/2015 12:19 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
The educational system was infested long ago by Progressive Liberal Leftist Commiecrat Freaks who's goal was to implement their agenda which was to cause,"The Dumbassification Of America". Their reason being that a poorly educated less intelligent population is more easily manipulated into falling for the nonsense Democrats are selling. How else could a completely unqualified, unvetted, Affirmative Action moron be elected President? Š™.˜‰ [8~{} Uncle Stumped Monster You will love this column by Walter Williams: http://townhall.com/columnists/walte...ation-n2090157 He points out that most college students do not belong there but more interesting is a similar comment about professors. Most professors have never really left school. They might get a PhD and just go to teach college with no real knowledge of the real world. |
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On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 04:52:28 -0800, sms
wrote: The cashier took out a little pad of paper. She wrote $10 on it. Then she took out a calculator and multiplied 10 by 0.4. She wrote down 4 on the pad. Then she did 10-4=6. I told her to just multiply by 0.6, but she helpfully informed me that it was 40% off, not 60% off. I really wanted to come back the next week when everything was 50% off to see if she went through the same procedure. Around 1975 I worked for the federal office of workers compensation in NYC. (Most of the injured employees were postal workers, because most federal employees coverred were postal employees) Some were on permanent disability and once in a while cost of living increases had to be figured for their benfits. All 12 of us stopped what we were doing to figure them out. We each had a caluculator, but two of us had programmable calculators, each with an instruction manual. One used 2" wide cardboard strips, with holes that could be punched. I think i got that one. We also had worksheets that had to be filled out, one for each person on disabilty, in which we wrote down the original amont, the 3% increase, the sum. It was so frustrating to do that by hand when I had in front of me a programmable calculator, but when iirc I called it to his attention, he said to continue as I was. I stayed in at lunch, reading the manual but an hour wasn't enough. I stayed late, even though no one stayed late, and read the manual and started punching holes (they had a stack of strips). Finally I came in on Saturday, even though afaik there was no procedure for coming in on Saturday, and I didn't expect to get paid for any of this overtime, but I didn't like being frustrated. You could make long programs by using more than one strip in a row. And if you made an error, you could edit the program with scissors, cutting off the strip just before the bad instruction. One time I cut the strip so short, I put it in the slot and it didn't come out the other end!! I was scared, because I wasn't supposed to be there anyhow. This was in the tall office building built where the camera used to be for New Years Eve in Times Square, 45 and Broadway. I went down to the street and they had a drugstore at ground level. The drugstore sold philips screwdrivers. Whew. I went back and took the cover off the calculator, still afraid the janitor would see me and I'd never be able to convince anyone I knew what I was doing (since of course I'd never seen a programmable calculator before.) Anyhow, it only took me an hour or two longer, and I was ready for Monday morning. I showed it to the boss, but he didnt' take my word. He had someone calculate several of them the old way while I ran the programmable calculator (which also printed the work sheet strip, enough to fulfill that requirement.) After 5 or more of these, he took everyone off calculating duty except one person with the good calculator. He couldn't do the work of 12, but he could do the work of 3 or 4, and we'd be done in time. The other calculator used magnetic strips, about the same size as the paper, but the code was invisible, and the manual was harder to understand. Impossible without the manual. Oh yeah, it had storage areas, and you couldn't just say X * 1.Y% = answer. You could only move and add, no mulitiplying. But it would also print a paper strip and I think I got that working in a couple hours. What's really bad is that I had surgery and recuperation and didnt' get back there adn didnt' train anyone else to do what I'd done, or even leave notes, or return to that job. The next time the % increase was likely different, and I'm not sure they could figure it out. |
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On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 06:07:23 -0700, Don Y
wrote: On 12/21/2015 5:52 AM, sms wrote: One day I was at CVS and they had 40% off all remaining summer merchandise. I bought something marked at $10. They had not programmed the new price into the system so the cashiers had to take 40% off. The cashier took out a little pad of paper. She wrote $10 on it. Then she took out a calculator and multiplied 10 by 0.4. She wrote down 4 on the pad. Then she did 10-4=6. I told her to just multiply by 0.6, but she helpfully informed me that it was 40% off, not 60% off. I really wanted to come back the next week when everything was 50% off to see if she went through the same procedure. I went to HD to purchase some plywood. Wanted to have it ripped into 10" wide strips. Kid came to the saw -- cuz customers aren't capable of operating a saw that is *bound* to a table/rig! :-/ They probably had two or three customers cut off their fingers, so they stopped the self service. Told him what I wanted. He pulled out his tape rule and asked me to show him 10 inches... Alarmed, I took it upon myself to mark the plywood -- allowing 1/8" for each cut as I'm sure that wouldn't occur to him! Different occasion, I purchased two (identical) $9.99 items at grocery store up the street. Had my $20+1+1 (cash) in my hands in anticipation of the bill. Little girl announces $40-something dollars and looks to me for payment. I smile and bring my hand holding cash close to my chest (it's a routine I've developed over years of dealing with stupid clerks): "What's wrong with this picture?" (smiling disarmingly) "Huh??" (clueless) "This is $9.99" (motioning to first bottle) "let's call it $10" "And this, too, is also $9.99" (motioning to second bottle -- same stuff!) "so lets call it $10, too! Ten plus ten... ?" (motioning to the $40 total displayed on the register) "Yeah?" (still clueless) "(sigh) Just ring it up again, please..." Now, of course, SHE is annoyed because I'm making her do something she's already done (and we all know how hard ringing up two items can be!) The issue in each case is how the two individuals had no "feel" for the numbers. I.e., seeing two items that were "about $10 each" should, in my mind, have caused the second cashier to be puzzled when the machine told her $40 -- instead of just parroting the display and asking me for $40. I can understand the first kid being overzealous and putting marks at 10, 20, 30, 40 ... 90 inches along the 8 ft plywood sheet and, in doing so, leaving me with 9-7/8 wide strips. Or, a 10" strip followed by a bunch of 9-7/8 strips (depending on which side of his mark he cuts). I can understand him forgetting that the blade takes material away and failing to allow for that -- having *knowledge* that the customer might not! But, I can't understand him being unable to use a ruler! Definitely a problem. Maybe he could have used the ruler app. |
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Don Y wrote:
On 12/21/2015 5:52 AM, sms wrote: One day I was at CVS and they had 40% off all remaining summer merchandise. I bought something marked at $10. They had not programmed the new price into the system so the cashiers had to take 40% off. The cashier took out a little pad of paper. She wrote $10 on it. Then she took out a calculator and multiplied 10 by 0.4. She wrote down 4 on the pad. Then she did 10-4=6. I told her to just multiply by 0.6, but she helpfully informed me that it was 40% off, not 60% off. I really wanted to come back the next week when everything was 50% off to see if she went through the same procedure. I went to HD to purchase some plywood. Wanted to have it ripped into 10" wide strips. Kid came to the saw -- cuz customers aren't capable of operating a saw that is *bound* to a table/rig! :-/ Told him what I wanted. He pulled out his tape rule and asked me to show him 10 inches... Alarmed, I took it upon myself to mark the plywood -- allowing 1/8" for each cut as I'm sure that wouldn't occur to him! One of the first things new (no experience) guys in the cabinet shop got was a "big inch" , a piece of paper with an inch expanded to 8" and the 8ths , quarters etc drawn in . A good proportion couldn't relate that to the "regular inch" on their tape measure ... I had a helper (when I was doing insurance repairs for a contractor) that I had writing measurements down as I called them out . One of the measurements read "31 inches and 25 cents" .... -- Snag |
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On 12/20/2015 05:27 PM, Roger Blake wrote:
[snip] Another alternative is a good local hardware store that has knowledgeable staff. Fortunately the big box guys haven't managed to put them all out of business. In fact I'll normally go to the local hardware store first to avoid the kind of scenario painted by the OP. There used to be a couple of local hardware stores around here. Both old. There were good places to go when you needed to ask someone who knows. Neither lasted long after Lowes moved in. -- 4 days until the winter celebration (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "By simple common sense, I don't believe in God." -- Charlie Chaplin |
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On 12/21/2015 8:40 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
On 12/20/2015 9:52 PM, wrote: Another thing I wont even consider is online banking. What a stupid idea! I may as well just post my credit card # on this newsgroup along with all my other identity info, and say "Help Yourself". Your banking information is already online. Are you under the delusion that banks aren't using computer networks to store and transmit everyone's banking information? LOL! I wonder when the last time Paintedcow received a cancelled check back with his bank statement? Is he puzzled over the clerk at some stores scanning his check and handing it back to him before saying "Thank you! Have a nice day!"? It's his money and privacy so whatever he does or doesn't do is fine, I just hate to see some people have a false sense of security (or paranoia) simply because of ignorance. |
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On 12/20/2015 11:41 PM, Micky wrote:
[snip] I forgot. Last week I returned a newspaper, at the supermarekt. I bought it Wednesay and it was Tuesday's paper. That would be okay, but I'd also bought Tuesday's paper, the previous day. I bought yesterday's paper once (when that was what I wanted), and it was free (at Kroger). [snip] -- 4 days until the winter celebration (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "By simple common sense, I don't believe in God." -- Charlie Chaplin |
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"sms" wrote in message ... I recently called Amex because a point and shoot camera with a one year warranty had stopped working on a trip. I expected a hassle. There was none. They looked up the transaction and they did not even want the camera back, they just credited my account for the full cost. On higher value items they want some verification though, a quote for the repair cost. There's also the 2% cash back on a good credit card. It really adds up over a year. We get back close to $1000 per year. Remember, the credit card company's commissions are essentially built in to all retail pricing already, so unless a company offers a cash discount it's better off financially to pay with a credit card. Up to about 5 years or so ago I used to either do cash or checks for almost everything and seldom used a credit card. Then I found out about the cash back. Some cards even give from $ 20 to $ 50 just for getting their card and using it a few times. It is almost a pain to keep up with the cards as they give different ammouts depenting on where I shop. "Had" to get a Lowes card just to get the 5% off. I do pay off the cards each month so no interist to be paid. With many of the cards charging from 10 to 25 % I sure don't want to pay any extra. |
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"Unquestionably Confused" wrote in message web.com... On 12/21/2015 8:40 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote: On 12/20/2015 9:52 PM, wrote: Another thing I wont even consider is online banking. What a stupid idea! I may as well just post my credit card # on this newsgroup along with all my other identity info, and say "Help Yourself". Your banking information is already online. Are you under the delusion that banks aren't using computer networks to store and transmit everyone's banking information? LOL! I wonder when the last time Paintedcow received a cancelled check back with his bank statement? Is he puzzled over the clerk at some stores scanning his check and handing it back to him before saying "Thank you! Have a nice day!"? It's his money and privacy so whatever he does or doesn't do is fine, I just hate to see some people have a false sense of security (or paranoia) simply because of ignorance. With almost everything going to computers now, unless you only deal in cash, there is no real security. I pay almost all the bills by computer and directly from the credit union. By charging almost everything by credit card (getting back a percentage) I have about 6 bills to pay every month. Couple of credit cards , phone, internet, power. Saves about $ 5 a month on stamps that way and no gas to go from place to place to pay a bill. |
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On 12/21/2015 12:19 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
The educational system was infested long ago by Progressive Liberal Leftist Commiecrat Freaks who's goal was to implement their agenda which was to cause,"The Dumbassification Of America". Their reason being that a poorly educated less intelligent population is more easily manipulated into falling for the nonsense Democrats are selling. How else could a completely unqualified, unvetted, Affirmative Action moron be elected President? Š™.˜‰ [8~{} Uncle Stumped Monster Back in the 60s if you went to school to be a teacher, you evaded the draft. Now those teachers are in the administration. |
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"Mark Lloyd" 4 days until Christmas (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd |
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