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August 20th, 2024 at 11:36:22 AM permalink
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Is Amazon too cheap to put in backup cameras? They’re too cheap to hire competent delivery.

My lazy ass would just leave it lower on the driveway make you get off your own own lazy butt and walk a few feet, but that’s probably why I haven’t worked for someone else for over a decade.
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Yeah that's why I pay a monthly fee so I can walk all the way down to the road to get my package. And it's not a few feet my driveway is 100 ft long, so 200 ft round trip is not a few feet. Especially in January.
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Don’t worry about it, it’s a hypothetical that will never happen. I’d shoot myself before I’d be caught delivering packages up your driveway.
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You're fired..
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August 20th, 2024 at 3:06:26 PM permalink
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Saturday night, around 3 AM, a car pulled up to our guard gate and said he was an Amazon driver there to do deliveries. The guard refused to let him in, and a big kerfuffle occurred. Police were called, and somehow, the resident was notified that there was a delivery at the gate. The Amazon driver was denied entrance, and the company was notified. It was the biggest crime in the community since a javelina absconded with someone's lunch a few months ago. The park had gone almost a year without a non-medical call to 911.
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I'm sorry Bill. it appears you are now stuck with a boring life. Armed robberies, arson, and carjacking are just accepted practices most places now.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
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September 4th, 2024 at 6:40:37 AM permalink
It's so sad :(
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September 4th, 2024 at 6:47:03 AM permalink
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Saturday night, around 3 AM, a car pulled up to our guard gate and said he was an Amazon driver there to do deliveries. The guard refused to let him in, and a big kerfuffle occurred. Police were called, and somehow, the resident was notified that there was a delivery at the gate. The Amazon driver was denied entrance, and the company was notified. It was the biggest crime in the community since a javelina absconded with someone's lunch a few months ago. The park had gone almost a year without a non-medical call to 911.
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I'm sorry Bill. it appears you are now stuck with a boring life. Armed robberies, arson, and carjacking are just accepted practices most places now.
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September 17th, 2024 at 11:09:27 AM permalink
When posting on any given thread and the thread contains a number of lineal post responses, why not have the courtesy to sign your additional post to that extra-long set of posts? The individuals who are reading that extra-long set of posts must then page upward to see who was the last poster.

I know doing such will frost MBJ, but continuously paging upward within various threads and posts, for me, is a pain.

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September 17th, 2024 at 12:52:43 PM permalink
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When posting on any given thread and the thread contains a number of lineal post responses, why not have the courtesy to sign your additional post to that extra-long set of posts? The individuals who are reading that extra-long set of posts must then page upward to see who was the last poster.

I know doing such will frost MBJ, but continuously paging upward within various threads and posts, for me, is a pain.

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It’s not nearly as annoying at having a poster whose name appears on top of the post in a very clear way, make his post always unnecessarily longer by leaving a few blank lines then signing his name.



If you search you might find out who does this.












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September 17th, 2024 at 1:41:20 PM permalink
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When posting on any given thread and the thread contains a number of lineal post responses, why not have the courtesy to sign your additional post to that extra-long set of posts? The individuals who are reading that extra-long set of posts must then page upward to see who was the last poster.

I know doing such will frost MBJ, but continuously paging upward within various threads and posts, for me, is a pain.

tuttigym
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It’s not nearly as annoying at having a poster whose name appears on top of the post in a very clear way, make his post always unnecessarily longer by leaving a few blank lines then signing his name.



If you search you might find out who does this.












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See that wasn't so hard, was it?

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September 24th, 2024 at 6:28:04 AM permalink
This is a minor one, but could they standardize the card readers at cashier checkouts? Or how about a glowing led where the scan is? Or is it is on-screen a virtual one that stays on.

And tip or skip? Sure, get me a jump rope. j/k.
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September 24th, 2024 at 8:31:55 AM permalink
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And tip or skip? Sure, get me a jump rope. j/k.
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I want a credit card scanner that has the option to skip the tip on the initial screen instead of pressing the button for OTHER to do $0.
(i dont tip on take out)
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September 24th, 2024 at 8:46:18 AM permalink
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And tip or skip? Sure, get me a jump rope. j/k.
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I want a credit card scanner that has the option to skip the tip on the initial screen instead of pressing the button for OTHER to do $0.
(i dont tip on take out)
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I have worked on dozens of credit card scanners and they all have the ability to disable the tip prompt.
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September 24th, 2024 at 3:45:57 PM permalink
I'm annoyed that the pizza app allows me to complete the payment transaction for a delivery order, but not a pickup order.

When I get to the store to collect my order at the counter, they always have a charge slip waiting for my signature. I'd prefer to add a small tip* on the app, and finalize the payment... then I could send someone else (teenager) to go in and retrieve my pizza.

*: 10% is my usual on carryout
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September 24th, 2024 at 4:20:15 PM permalink
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I'm annoyed that the pizza app allows me to complete the payment transaction for a delivery order, but not a pickup order.

When I get to the store to collect my order at the counter, they always have a charge slip waiting for my signature. I'd prefer to add a small tip* on the app, and finalize the payment... then I could send someone else (teenager) to go in and retrieve my pizza.

*: 10% is my usual on carryout
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I rarely tip on carryout.
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September 24th, 2024 at 4:56:32 PM permalink
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I'm annoyed that the pizza app allows me to complete the payment transaction for a delivery order, but not a pickup order.

When I get to the store to collect my order at the counter, they always have a charge slip waiting for my signature. I'd prefer to add a small tip* on the app, and finalize the payment... then I could send someone else (teenager) to go in and retrieve my pizza.

*: 10% is my usual on carryout
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I rarely tip on carryout.
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Tipping on carryout seems to buy me some goodwill, and often leads to lagniappe.
I don't feel it's needlessly throwing money out the window.
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September 24th, 2024 at 6:10:48 PM permalink
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I'm annoyed that the pizza app allows me to complete the payment transaction for a delivery order, but not a pickup order.

When I get to the store to collect my order at the counter, they always have a charge slip waiting for my signature. I'd prefer to add a small tip* on the app, and finalize the payment... then I could send someone else (teenager) to go in and retrieve my pizza.

*: 10% is my usual on carryout
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I rarely tip on carryout.
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Tipping on carryout seems to buy me some goodwill, and often leads to lagniappe.
I don't feel it's needlessly throwing money out the window.
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'Mark Twain writes about the word lagniappe in a chapter on New Orleans in Life on the Mississippi (1883). He called it "a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get":

We picked up one excellent word—a word worth travelling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word—"lagniappe." They pronounce it lanny-yap. It is Spanish—so they said. We discovered it at the head of a column of odds and ends in the Picayune, the first day; heard twenty people use it the second; inquired what it meant the third; adopted it and got facility in swinging it the fourth. It has a restricted meaning, but I think the people spread it out a little when they choose. It is the equivalent of the thirteenth roll in a "baker's dozen." It is something thrown in, gratis, for good measure. The custom originated in the Spanish quarter of the city. When a child or a servant buys something in a shop—or even the mayor or the governor, for aught I know—he finishes the operation by saying—"Give me something for lagniappe."
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September 24th, 2024 at 7:19:41 PM permalink
I get haircuts at Sports Clips which cost me $20. The tip screen comes up and offers me the following tip options:

$8.00
$10.00
$15.00
OTHER

On a $20.00 service!
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September 24th, 2024 at 8:16:20 PM permalink
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I'm annoyed that the pizza app allows me to complete the payment transaction for a delivery order, but not a pickup order.

When I get to the store to collect my order at the counter, they always have a charge slip waiting for my signature. I'd prefer to add a small tip* on the app, and finalize the payment... then I could send someone else (teenager) to go in and retrieve my pizza.

*: 10% is my usual on carryout
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I rarely tip on carryout.
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Tipping on carryout seems to buy me some goodwill, and often leads to lagniappe.
I don't feel it's needlessly throwing money out the window.
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When I lived on Long Island, I had a bit of a relationship with the counter guys at my local joints and occasionally tipped them. I don't have regular spots anymore.
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September 25th, 2024 at 5:30:24 AM permalink
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I'm annoyed that the pizza app allows me to complete the payment transaction for a delivery order, but not a pickup order.

When I get to the store to collect my order at the counter, they always have a charge slip waiting for my signature. I'd prefer to add a small tip* on the app, and finalize the payment... then I could send someone else (teenager) to go in and retrieve my pizza.

*: 10% is my usual on carryout
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Which app do you use? The Dominos app lets me pay in it. If the wife is out and about (alas, we have no teenagers!), I can order a pizza and she can pick it up on her way home, without having to pay.

Oddly enough, the Dominos app doesn't pester me for a tip for carry-out. In fact, I don't think I am able to tip for a paid carryout order.
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September 25th, 2024 at 6:04:13 AM permalink
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I'm annoyed that the pizza app allows me to complete the payment transaction for a delivery order, but not a pickup order.

When I get to the store to collect my order at the counter, they always have a charge slip waiting for my signature. I'd prefer to add a small tip* on the app, and finalize the payment... then I could send someone else (teenager) to go in and retrieve my pizza.

*: 10% is my usual on carryout
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Which app do you use? The Dominos app lets me pay in it. If the wife is out and about (alas, we have no teenagers!), I can order a pizza and she can pick it up on her way home, without having to pay.

Oddly enough, the Dominos app doesn't pester me for a tip for carry-out. In fact, I don't think I am able to tip for a paid carryout order.
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Yes, Dominos.
I pay by saved card in the app, and they have a charge slip waiting to sign at the store.

Could be store dependent, but maybe Dominos HQ has a social media customer service specialist lurking the forum, eager to reach out and apologize for ticking me off.
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September 25th, 2024 at 6:21:21 AM permalink
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I'm annoyed that the pizza app allows me to complete the payment transaction for a delivery order, but not a pickup order.

When I get to the store to collect my order at the counter, they always have a charge slip waiting for my signature. I'd prefer to add a small tip* on the app, and finalize the payment... then I could send someone else (teenager) to go in and retrieve my pizza.

*: 10% is my usual on carryout
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Which app do you use? The Dominos app lets me pay in it. If the wife is out and about (alas, we have no teenagers!), I can order a pizza and she can pick it up on her way home, without having to pay.

Oddly enough, the Dominos app doesn't pester me for a tip for carry-out. In fact, I don't think I am able to tip for a paid carryout order.
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Yes, Dominos.
I pay by saved card in the app, and they have a charge slip waiting to sign at the store.

Could be store dependent, but maybe Dominos HQ has a social media customer service specialist lurking the forum, eager to reach out and apologize for ticking me off.
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I bet you're right about it being the store's call. It seems like with a bit of moxie, swiping someone else's pizza would be pretty easy. The names associated with the orders are on a monitor when you walk into my local store. You could pick one of the names and hope that it was pre-paid. A store manager might require you to sign the pay slip believing it may curtail this, or at least as a CYA move.

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September 25th, 2024 at 6:42:32 AM permalink
Interestingly, when I do give my name for pickup, they try to give me someone else's order.
Every. Time.
I want my three pizzas, not his sandwich.

Namespace collisions in meatworld... what's a guy to do?

I'll have to see if curbside delivery works better.
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September 25th, 2024 at 6:47:10 AM permalink
A few months back,I ordered and paid for two Papa Murphy's pizzas. They were to be placed on a rack by the door for self-pickup. There were a few pizzas, but none with my name when I got there. The kid at the counter knew nothing, remembered nothing, and seemed to care even less. A guy came out from the back but said he wasn't the manager, and no one was available. He said that when a manager came in, they'd check the video and see if someone had taken them. A third guy says he isn't the manager, but he'll happily make me two pizzas and even toss in some cookie dough. The second guy told him to wait for a manager, but he went ahead with the pies.
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September 25th, 2024 at 11:09:14 AM permalink
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A few months back,I ordered and paid for two Papa Murphy's pizzas. They were to be placed on a rack by the door for self-pickup. There were a few pizzas, but none with my name when I got there. The kid at the counter knew nothing, remembered nothing, and seemed to care even less. A guy came out from the back but said he wasn't the manager, and no one was available. He said that when a manager came in, they'd check the video and see if someone had taken them. A third guy says he isn't the manager, but he'll happily make me two pizzas and even toss in some cookie dough. The second guy told him to wait for a manager, but he went ahead with the pies.
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October 10th, 2024 at 3:12:13 PM permalink
Watching speeches being totally distracted by some individual doing the hand jive with outrageous facial expressions for the hearing impaired. I am not sure what the numbers are for that group, but it would seem that if those folks are watching those speeches, they could turn on their close captioning feature on their TV.

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October 11th, 2024 at 8:40:26 AM permalink
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Watching speeches being totally distracted by some individual doing the hand jive with outrageous facial expressions for the hearing impaired. I am not sure what the numbers are for that group, but it would seem that if those folks are watching those speeches, they could turn on their close captioning feature on their TV.

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The Deaf, generally, do not understand written English. I had some interaction with people who had gone to Gallaudet U. [college for the deaf] and was surprised to learn this. They learn sign language and think and reason in sign language and rarely are proficient in the least in English.

Sometime early in the 20th century the idea that many could learn to read lips was dropped and the realization came that sign language was the better way to go. Think about it: someone born deaf can't hear a word of English [or any other language], so how are they going to be taught it? Forget phonetics of course. So they've never learned the spoken word and they are supposed to read lips? Read the written word? No

I do wonder if you had some normal hearing person who can read sign language and had them look at the signer on TV doing the hurricane stuff, say, but couldn't listen, what they would come out with in translation. I can't see how the signing person can keep up
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October 11th, 2024 at 9:06:02 AM permalink
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Watching speeches being totally distracted by some individual doing the hand jive with outrageous facial expressions for the hearing impaired. I am not sure what the numbers are for that group, but it would seem that if those folks are watching those speeches, they could turn on their close captioning feature on their TV.

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The Deaf, generally, do not understand written English. I had some interaction with people who had gone to Gallaudet U. [college for the deaf] and was surprised to learn this. They learn sign language and think and reason in sign language and rarely are proficient in the least in English.

Sometime early in the 20th century the idea that many could learn to read lips was dropped and the realization came that sign language was the better way to go. Think about it: someone born deaf can't hear a word of English [or any other language], so how are they going to be taught it? Forget phonetics of course. So they've never learned the spoken word and they are supposed to read lips? Read the written word? No

I do wonder if you had some normal hearing person who can read sign language and had them look at the signer on TV doing the hurricane stuff, say, but couldn't listen, what they would come out with in translation. I can't see how the signing person can keep up
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I had no idea most deaf people have such difficulty reading.
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October 11th, 2024 at 10:05:12 AM permalink
The vocabulary in the English language is so vast, it is hard to imagine that there is a sign for every word. Also, if reading is so difficult then why do they teach signing with letters? Do you suppose that if there were signers in two different locations translating the same speech into signing, that those signs would be identical along with the facial contortions?

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October 11th, 2024 at 12:04:12 PM permalink
I’ve used my phone text to have a short conversation with a deaf person just recently. I talked into my phone, and showed him the text. Worked fine.
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October 11th, 2024 at 11:34:06 PM permalink
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The vocabulary in the English language is so vast, it is hard to imagine that there is a sign for every word. Also, if reading is so difficult then why do they teach signing with letters? Do you suppose that if there were signers in two different locations translating the same speech into signing, that those signs would be identical along with the facial contortions?

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October 12th, 2024 at 5:36:23 PM permalink
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I’ve used my phone text to have a short conversation with a deaf person just recently. I talked into my phone, and showed him the text. Worked fine.
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They're not all born deaf, and not all are totally unable to deal with the written word.

googled:

What percentage of deaf people can read English?
5%
Nevertheless, about 5% of deaf Americans do learn to read English at a twelfth-grade level or above. Studies of proficient deaf readers yield some surprising results suggesting that they are, in some ways, more efficient readers than their hearing counterparts.Jul 20, 2015
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Why is English difficult for deaf people?
Members of the Deaf community, particularly those who have been Deaf from birth, don't have access to spoken English and because they can't hear. This makes learning the basics like phonetics almost impossible
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deaf people thinking process?

because the primary method for deaf people to process language is through visual forms of communication, they're more likely to think in images. These images may be images and pictures of objects. Or, they may involve seeing word signs, such as in sign language, or seeing moving lips, such as with lip reading.
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October 12th, 2024 at 5:39:59 PM permalink
sorry if I made it sound like they were all the same. If you make a statement about something being universal, then a single exception proves it wrong

bottom line: for emergencies, having people there signing for the deaf makes sense. They can't all just turn on the closed caption. How effective it all is I don't know
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