Posts by one_who_knows1

. said:

Babbage designed the computer in the 1800's. The earliest home computers didn't arrive until the 1970's and cost you $10K for less computing power than my microwave oven.

The technology for street-ready, consumer electric cars is fairly recent. That's a big enough change where it will take time for it to reach the peak of it's capability.

Zathrus2 said:

I think a lot of the problem was that Germans are very egalitarian, they don't want retail employees being subservient to them.

. said:

Expense wasn't the issue, but yes, the greeters annoyed the fuck out of the customers. Germans only greet people that they know, but when you're being greeted you're expected to greet back. So when random assholes at Wal Mart started greeting them for no reasons, they were just incredibly irritated by it. It's really just another example of how the US managers did not take local cultural peculiarities into consideration (and were too arrogant to hire professional counsel).

Culture in Germany is very different is these regards. German shopper want to be left the fuck alone. If they want to talk to an employee, they approach one. They also don't really care if the retail sales person is smiling and super-nice. Cranky works fine, as long as they're polite.

Shiny New Kid said:

I bought a set of the Chinese made power tools as I had some home repairs to do. Every time it was the same. I'd think I just have a light job so I'll buy the cheapest tool.

I'd get home and try to use it and every time find it was unfit for even the most basic jobs. Drills without the power to drill through anything, sanders without the power to strip anything and the extraction system blocking up in a few minutes etc.

So I'd end up going back to the store and buying a German made tool at 4 times the price but the difference in doing the job was like night and day.

So I had two sets of every power tool. The cheap crappy unusable Chinese one that tempted me with the price every time, and the expensive German ones that actually allowed me to do the job.

. said:

Let's make believe it's true. Let's make believe "most Americans" believe something.

What's your reaction when you hear "most Americans believe" something, especially since the U.S. isn't even recognizably the U.S. anymore; especially since the U.S. has been flooded by monkeys from third-world countries?

What's you reaction when you hear that "most Americans" believe something?

. said:

Our WalMart sold donuts $1 per dozen until the mom-and-pop bakery went under. Now WalMart donuts are $6 per dozen.

truth spirit said:

one_who_knows1 said:

Sounds like BS to me.

have i ever lied to you?

Uh, no.

Sorry.

truth spirit said:

wal-mart has a computerized time clock system. it often records punch times incorrectly, so employees are required to note the correct punch time on a slip of paper, and omitted hours are added to the next pay period. in this way, human resources often shifts hours which would have been overtime to the following workweek where they are calculated as regular time.

i don't shop there, not even online.

former_bartender said:

one_who_knows1 said:

Like White Front, Gemco, Fedco and numerous others before them, WalMart's "closing doors" sale is coming.

Interesting. Got a guess as to time frame on this?

. said:

This is the problem:

Why the fuck would a 32 year old man be married to a 45 year old woman?