tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post302349139015215554..comments2023-11-29T01:47:52.439-07:00Comments on clarity2010: Relax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-65978364360939592702013-07-25T14:04:36.861-06:002013-07-25T14:04:36.861-06:00Thereare less checkouts before 8, but less custome...Thereare less checkouts before 8, but less customers also.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-66641183051314258892013-07-24T21:55:43.059-06:002013-07-24T21:55:43.059-06:00I dunno. I've thought that, but mostly I think...I dunno. I've thought that, but mostly I think it is just how being a monopoly works. After all, where would we go? Safeway? Albertson's? Nobody has that much money. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-71532925815103789372013-07-24T21:53:51.540-06:002013-07-24T21:53:51.540-06:00Trying to replenish the old dwindling coffers, mos...Trying to replenish the old dwindling coffers, mostly. But, more than that, blogging sometimes loses it's luster and the desire to pontificate fades. Fits and starts. If only there could be a royal baby every day.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-87546114445695846332013-07-24T21:51:12.401-06:002013-07-24T21:51:12.401-06:00We don't have self-scanning at Walmart yet, no...We don't have self-scanning at Walmart yet, not in my town at least. We have do-it-yourself at Home Depot here. What a lark. I love progress, don't you?Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-27212293408320186522013-07-24T21:48:16.234-06:002013-07-24T21:48:16.234-06:00I've tried to shop at 3am without success. The...I've tried to shop at 3am without success. The unwashed masses of customers are replaced by the stockmen blocking the aisles with pallets of this and that. (In case you are wondering where the reconquistadores work at night). Or do you mean there are more checkers before 8am? :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-61553553316333081702013-07-21T21:08:07.053-06:002013-07-21T21:08:07.053-06:00The results of cost-cutting. Their experiment pro...The results of cost-cutting. Their experiment probably costs them more!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-91588010644257221672013-07-21T06:15:09.586-06:002013-07-21T06:15:09.586-06:00So... Where've you been? Canoeing up the Amazo...So... Where've you been? Canoeing up the Amazon? Hunting for Eldorado? Walking to Shangri-La? Climbing the Matterhorn blindfold? Orbiting the earth in a home-built space capsule?soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-8181978965921006462013-07-21T06:06:32.344-06:002013-07-21T06:06:32.344-06:00Most of our supermarkets are the same, plenty of t...Most of our supermarkets are the same, plenty of tills, but nobody at them. More and more have self-scanning tills, which you might think would speed things up, In my experience, mostly not, because they tell you "Unexpected object in bagging area" or "wait for assistance". <br />Usually there's some sort of delay, an unreadable bar-code,or an item which requires age-verification. Dammit, I've been over 18 for a lot longer than I was under 18, and it pisses me off when some young kid has to come and scan her badge into the till, to tell it that she deems me old enough to buy a bottle of beer, or a kitchen knife.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-2631810813734580512013-07-21T05:14:43.965-06:002013-07-21T05:14:43.965-06:00Try getting up early and shop before 8 in the morn...Try getting up early and shop before 8 in the morning.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.com