The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 2582

John F · Yesterday, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

If you had complained about the incorrect pronoun I applied to you, I would have listened and apologized. A third party who, IMNSHO, seems overly concerned with minor errors committed by other people and who decided that calling me out in public was worth doing? Pretty damned unlikely.

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FWIW, I find Issybird to be one of the less confrontational posters on MR, and I have had disagreements with her in the past. I wish more posters would follow her example.

BetterRed · Yesterday, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Renate

And speaking of Elton John, what the hell is with his song/video of "Nikita"?

No idea, not a fan, only knew about his wife from a remaindered turgid biography I didn't finish

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Originally Posted by Renate

"Nikita" is a man's name.

In Russia, yes. But in India its a female name.

There's a couple of Bollywood female actors, and Nikita Singh the novelist.

JSWolf · Yesterday, 09:19 AM

And don't forget the movie La Femme Nikita and the TV show Nikita.

Both main characters are women named Nikita. So I do think most people (at least in the US) would think Nikita is a female name.

There was Nikita Khrushchev in the Soviet Union. But I think most people don't think of him when they see/hear the name Nikita.

John F · Yesterday, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Renate

Arrg! Such brainless idiots!

I use plain web OverDrive for my libraries.
I keep a lot of things on my "Wish List".
Normally, since very few are available at any time, I use the "Available now" filter.
Overdrive just got rid of that.
So now I have to scroll through pages of Wish List to see if anything is actually available to borrow.

Maybe give the web version of Libby a try? It has available now, and things you waitlist in Overdrive are Waitlisted in Libby.

issybird · Yesterday, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

A self-annointed member of the gender grammar Nazis? Not so much.

It's not the grammar, it's the bias.

BetterRed · Yesterday, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

Curious - who shuffled the smileys

used to be top right, etc, etc.

I am forced to retrain my memory muscle - where do I send the bill

TPTB changed it back to the way it was

I've always been spatially oriented, more so as the years pass.

Not opposed to change, providing it has purpose, and if does I am more likely to welcome it rather than reject it.

Rumpelteazer · Today, 04:51 AM

I know it wasn't completely the team leaders' fault, but whoever made last week's schedule wasn't thinking straight.

On Wednesday, the busiest day of the week, there were supposed to be three of us until 5pm, one of which was the new girl that was being shown the ropes by a team leader in the morning. The cashier working on the regular register in the morning didn't show up. So they had to pull people from other departments to help us. Add to it that throughout the afternoon we had a bunch of self check-out registers freezing because of connection issues and a customer completely losing it on me and it wasn't a fun day.

Since the no show also wasn't able to come in on Thursday (she had hurt her knee) I offered to take on her morning shift on Thursday, normally my day off.

On Friday, when it isn't busy during the day we had seven people scheduled to work the afternoon. So a bunch were sent off the help with restocking.

Looking at next week's schedule and the colleague with the hurt knee is scheduled at all, on Wednesday there's just three of us until 1pm, so that's going to be fun. IMHO we should be with at least four and even then we would need someone the help during break times. On Thursday only the new girl is scheduled until noon. They haven't asked anyone to fill in for the sick cashier yet and I will neither volunteer nor agree to work when asked. On Friday there will be five of us in the afternoon.

It looks like the week after that we're getting a new colleague and the sick colleague is back on the schedule. So at least we should be with enough people, although the Friday we're still with too many during the day.

DNSB · Today, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

It's not the grammar, it's the bias.

Hanlon's Razor is being overworked? Apophenia? Hypervigilance? Bias bias?

Can you offer any real evidence that I am showing prejudice for or against a group, person or object?

And perhaps this discussion might be better taken up in the P&R forum.

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Yesterday, 09:19 AM	#38718
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 81,793 Karma: 150265991 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	And don't forget the movie *La Femme Nikita* and the TV show *Nikita. Both main characters are women named Nikita. So I do think most people (at least in the US) would think Nikita is a female name. There was Nikita Khrushchev* in the Soviet Union. But I think most people don't think of him when they see/hear the name Nikita.

Today, 04:51 AM	#38722
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,479 Karma: 27926918 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I know it wasn't completely the team leaders' fault, but whoever made last week's schedule wasn't thinking straight. On Wednesday, the busiest day of the week, there were supposed to be three of us until 5pm, one of which was the new girl that was being shown the ropes by a team leader in the morning. The cashier working on the regular register in the morning didn't show up. So they had to pull people from other departments to help us. Add to it that throughout the afternoon we had a bunch of self check-out registers freezing because of connection issues and a customer completely losing it on me and it wasn't a fun day. Since the no show also wasn't able to come in on Thursday (she had hurt her knee) I offered to take on her morning shift on Thursday, normally my day off. On Friday, when it isn't busy during the day we had seven people scheduled to work the afternoon. So a bunch were sent off the help with restocking. Looking at next week's schedule and the colleague with the hurt knee is scheduled at all, on Wednesday there's just three of us until 1pm, so that's going to be fun. IMHO we should be with at least four and even then we would need someone the help during break times. On Thursday only the new girl is scheduled until noon. They haven't asked anyone to fill in for the sick cashier yet and I will neither volunteer nor agree to work when asked. On Friday there will be five of us in the afternoon. It looks like the week after that we're getting a new colleague and the sick colleague is back on the schedule. So at least we should be with enough people, although the Friday we're still with too many during the day.