The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1372

SneakySnake · 05-23-2012, 09:08 PM

You should try working with a dyslexic manager!

Looks like your IT just read the headline and not the email.

Stitchawl · 05-23-2012, 09:25 PM

English for non-native speakers can cause some difficulties.
During my first year when I was teaching in a Japanese university, and talking with some senior co-eds, I asked one "What did you do on Sunday?" She replied; "I played with myself all morning." That set me back on my heels until I realized she meant that she 'played by herself' in the morning. Another time I asked my students to 'tell me one thing that you are good at doing.' A lovely young thing said; "I sleep around often." (I really thought I was going to like this job...) Unfortunately, what she meant was that she didn't need her own bed to be able to sleep. She could easily sleep in a hotel, friends house, etc. Ahhh.... language!

Stitchawl

Freeshadow · 05-23-2012, 09:34 PM

Add to this that in a lot of lingos the words for language and tongue + which is archaic and which modern may swap and you get the perfect oral ahhh verbal confusion

amward · 05-24-2012, 02:00 AM

Went shopping this morning and lo and behold, the supermarket has put in the do it yourself checkouts. Great I thought, won't have to wait in the queue. Start off ok and then the soup that was on special came out as normal price - call assistant - doesn't know what to do - calls someone else - ditto, calls someone else! Ten minutes later it's finally sorted. It would have happened even if you'd gone through the checkout they told me, but it wouldn't have taken so long to fix I replied.

Never again until the staff know what they are doing. And there's a moral issue here, should I be doing it and maybe doing someone out of a job?

Then I had to wait in line for the ATM, making me late for my coffee date, what a morning!

Rumpelteazer · 05-24-2012, 03:38 AM

Coming to the conclusion that the cold that didn't want to break through in the last couple of weeks is actually my hayfever. It probably didn't bother me before because of the wet weather but it's been great weather for the past couple of days.

I'm glad it isn't the persistent little cough I had last year, just a sore throat, irritated eyes and a sniffle (not even a real runny nose). Unfortunately the only over the counter medicine that works for me, loratadine, makes my hair fall out. Unless the symptoms get worse I just have to wait it out.

I have to call the blood bank to ask if I can donate now. I've already postponed three times (possible root canal infection, root canal treatment, a cold that was really hayfever).

SneakySnake · 05-24-2012, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amward

Went shopping this morning and lo and behold, the supermarket has put in the do it yourself checkouts. Great I thought, won't have to wait in the queue. Start off ok and then the soup that was on special came out as normal price - call assistant - doesn't know what to do - calls someone else - ditto, calls someone else! Ten minutes later it's finally sorted. It would have happened even if you'd gone through the checkout they told me, but it wouldn't have taken so long to fix I replied.

Never again until the staff know what they are doing. And there's a moral issue here, should I be doing it and maybe doing someone out of a job?

Then I had to wait in line for the ATM, making me late for my coffee date, what a morning!

aha! always disappointing. Tried it twice and twice I no likey! The other day I stood and waiting in the line for a real person instead of using that bloody queue.

ProfCrash · 05-24-2012, 08:15 AM

My grocery store has an option were you zap items as you shop and then zap a bar code at check out. It takes about one minute to check out when it works right. It is great.

wodin · 05-24-2012, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

My grocery store has an option were you zap items as you shop and then zap a bar code at check out. It takes about one minute to check out when it works right. It is great.

But how do you know if they're charging the right price? Does the zapper tell you how much it's charging as it zaps? And if it's wrong, is there an app for that? Or do you just put it back on the shelf and buy a different brand?

ProfCrash · 05-24-2012, 02:32 PM

There is a screen on the zapper that tells you the price. You can remove items very easily. It works pretty well. It is really great just before a major storm, the Super Bowl, or other days when the store is crowded. Since you bag your goods as you go and all you have to do is zap a bar code to check out you can check out at the customer service desk. Waiting in line takes no time.

I always double check my bill before paying, it brings everything up on the screen and then you hit the pay button.

wodin · 05-24-2012, 02:53 PM

I keep hearing rumors about using RFID tags, then pushing your cart through a detector and it totes up all the items in the cart.

I haven't seen it implemented, and frankly don't think I'd like to. Too much chance of inadvertently (or intentionally) mispricing things.

Stitchawl · 05-24-2012, 07:54 PM

One of the supermarkets I frequent has self-checkout, and it's usually empty. There are 8 machines and if three are in use, it's a lot. Japan doesn't have 'Express Lanes' in most stores so as I usually shop daily for our dinner and have fewer than 5-8 items, not having to stand in line behind someone who shops for the week is a blessing.

Stitchawl

PeterT · 05-24-2012, 08:58 PM

One of our local supermarkets is (shock) actually trying out the idea of a single queue, and when you reach the front, you are directed to the next free cashier!

About time I'd say!!

WT Sharpe · 05-24-2012, 09:12 PM

Some of our local supermarkets have been using the single queue idea for years.

Unfortunately, they've been matching it with a single cashier.

PeterT · 05-24-2012, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Some of our local supermarkets have been using the single queue idea for years.

Unfortunately, they've been matching it with a single cashier.

Now that IS a problem!

Stitchawl · 05-24-2012, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

One of our local supermarkets is (shock) actually trying out the idea of a single queue, and when you reach the front, you are directed to the next free cashier!

About time I'd say!!

That's the norm for all banks and post offices here, as well as all public offices. Take a number! And there are rows of chairs for waiting. No standing around.

Stitchawl

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05-23-2012, 09:08 PM	#20566
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	You should try working with a dyslexic manager! Looks like your IT just read the headline and not the email.

05-23-2012, 09:25 PM	#20567
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	English for non-native speakers can cause some difficulties. During my first year when I was teaching in a Japanese university, and talking with some senior co-eds, I asked one "What did you do on Sunday?" She replied; "I played with myself all morning." That set me back on my heels until I realized she meant that she 'played by herself' in the morning. Another time I asked my students to 'tell me one thing that you are good at doing.' A lovely young thing said; "I sleep around often." (I really thought I was going to like this job...) Unfortunately, what she meant was that she didn't need her own bed to be able to sleep. She could easily sleep in a hotel, friends house, etc. Ahhh.... language! Stitchawl

05-23-2012, 09:34 PM	#20568
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,818 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	Add to this that in a lot of lingos the words for language and tongue + which is archaic and which modern may swap and you get the perfect oral ahhh verbal confusion

05-24-2012, 02:00 AM	#20569
amward Wizard Posts: 1,299 Karma: 2081110 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SW Australia Device: Eco Eclipse, Sony PRS 350 (pink), Ipod Touch, Kindle Touch	Went shopping this morning and lo and behold, the supermarket has put in the do it yourself checkouts. Great I thought, won't have to wait in the queue. Start off ok and then the soup that was on special came out as normal price - call assistant - doesn't know what to do - calls someone else - ditto, calls someone else! Ten minutes later it's finally sorted. It would have happened even if you'd gone through the checkout they told me, but it wouldn't have taken so long to fix I replied. Never again until the staff know what they are doing. And there's a moral issue here, should I be doing it and maybe doing someone out of a job? Then I had to wait in line for the ATM, making me late for my coffee date, what a morning!

05-24-2012, 03:38 AM	#20570
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,513 Karma: 27926918 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Coming to the conclusion that the cold that didn't want to break through in the last couple of weeks is actually my hayfever. It probably didn't bother me before because of the wet weather but it's been great weather for the past couple of days. I'm glad it isn't the persistent little cough I had last year, just a sore throat, irritated eyes and a sniffle (not even a real runny nose). Unfortunately the only over the counter medicine that works for me, loratadine, makes my hair fall out. Unless the symptoms get worse I just have to wait it out. I have to call the blood bank to ask if I can donate now. I've already postponed three times (possible root canal infection, root canal treatment, a cold that was really hayfever).

05-24-2012, 08:15 AM	#20572
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	My grocery store has an option were you zap items as you shop and then zap a bar code at check out. It takes about one minute to check out when it works right. It is great.

05-24-2012, 02:32 PM	#20574
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	There is a screen on the zapper that tells you the price. You can remove items very easily. It works pretty well. It is really great just before a major storm, the Super Bowl, or other days when the store is crowded. Since you bag your goods as you go and all you have to do is zap a bar code to check out you can check out at the customer service desk. Waiting in line takes no time. I always double check my bill before paying, it brings everything up on the screen and then you hit the pay button.

05-24-2012, 02:53 PM	#20575
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	I keep hearing rumors about using RFID tags, then pushing your cart through a detector and it totes up all the items in the cart. I haven't seen it implemented, and frankly don't think I'd like to. Too much chance of inadvertently (or intentionally) mispricing things.

05-24-2012, 07:54 PM	#20576
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	One of the supermarkets I frequent has self-checkout, and it's usually empty. There are 8 machines and if three are in use, it's a lot. Japan doesn't have 'Express Lanes' in most stores so as I usually shop daily for our dinner and have fewer than 5-8 items, not having to stand in line behind someone who shops for the week is a blessing. Stitchawl

05-24-2012, 08:58 PM	#20577
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,867 Karma: 80512826 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	One of our local supermarkets is (shock) actually trying out the idea of a single queue, and when you reach the front, you are directed to the next free cashier! About time I'd say!!

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05-24-2012, 09:12 PM	#20578
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Some of our local supermarkets have been using the single queue idea for years. Unfortunately, they've been matching it with a single cashier.