Things that don't make sense

[Monocrom]

I'm in England and our prices always include tax.

In America, most of the time you pay sales tax. But it's not factored into the price listed. Every now and then, depending on the item, there's no tax on it. Still, someone working as a cashier should have basic math skills.

This may sound a bit harsh, but I sometimes deliberately avoid going to check-out stands that are manned by pretty cashiers. You never know. Perhaps they are good employees. Then again, perhaps their boss is a guy and simply gave them a job based on their looks alone.

 

[Illum]

When ordering a passive component online, most search query wizards do not realize that 0.1uF = 100nF, or that 2.2nF = 2200pF = 0.0022uF, to find one lousy capacitor that can barely fit on my thumb I need to run the search query more than once:fail:
Thank god this is in SI, I would not be able to imagine the escalating complexity if it was in English

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Back when I was in school they referred to picofarads as micro-microfarads. They abbreviated it uuf. Try that in your vendor's search engine! :huh:

 

[PhotonWrangler]

I was at a drugstore today (AUGUST 7th) and I saw a little Halloween trinket at the checkout area.

 

[leeholaaho]

My favorite that I've seen is a braille sign at the elevator. I didn't notice it for a year and I am sighted.

What are the odds that a blind person will find the sign or even know that it exists? :thinking:

:naughty: I just figured out the perfect gift for a blind person. An ultra-violet flashlight. Then tell them to tell others who ask, "It's an invisible beam flashlight. Since I can't see anyway, I figured it would be perfect for me. Oh, don't stare at it, it will make you blind." Then tell them to just walk away without any other explanation.

Maybe some people are partially sighted enough to find the braille - just sayin

 

[chanjyj]

Maybe some people are partially sighted enough to find the braille - just sayin

Legally blind?
If they can find the braille they can see the word EXIT I think

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Maybe some people are partially sighted enough to find the braille - just sayin

I know an individual with a severe vision problem. He is able to locate places in a building by counting the number of steps and feeling for landmarks. He is able to find the elevator this way. This only works for areas that he is familiar with of course.

 

[Monocrom]

Customer service reps. with a complete lack of common sense.

Cable was out in my bedroom for over a week. Had an appointment last Thursday to fix it. Cable guy never showed up. He left just a few minutes ago. Found out why he never showed up last week. I switched over to Time Warner digital phone service nearly a year ago. Turns out that the idiots working in their customer service dept. never bothered to change the number on my account.

The Cable guy called my old, disconnected, number. Then he contacted dispatch. They checked my account, and also called the disconnected number! Oh, no one home. Guy gets sent to the next appointment.

I call C.S., and the rep. tells me that it is against company policy to change account info. unless the customer specifically calls and tells them to. I stayed polite, but I explained to her the stupidity of what she had just told me. If a customer has regular home phone service, and they switch over to Time Warner digital phone service; then that customer has given permission for you to change the contact number on his account. Especially if the ONLY contact number is his old home phone number.

Now that would make sense to anyone with at least half a brain. It's sad as Hell that I actually had to point out that blatant bit of common sense to someone hired to help customers.

 

[Illum]

Its no so much as common sense as a disconnect in the communication between customer service and policy builders...sounds like a company that got locked my its own policy.

knockers by definition resembles a deadweight held on a hinge, yet some people inevitably mistaken it for something else when overhearing discussions...especially in conversations such as two carpenters discussing the advantage over a house full of studs versus a house full of tongue in grooves, sometimes I have to admit one of two things, I am surrounded by dirty minded people, or I don't have that kind of humor to consider the reaction as funny....

 

[jugg2]

Just started reading this thread and I know it was way back at the beginning but I can answer the question of why dairy is located at the back of the store haha.

The refrigerated stuff is towards the back so the linesets to the cases don't have to be so long. Long linesets in refrigeration is an equipment killer.

But thats what I do haha, A/C and Ref. Sorry about the inconvenience!

 

[adamjh3]

I doubt it.

I shop at major supermarket chains in one of the most liberal parts of the country.

My last job was at a grocery store, I was there for three years, we saw a TON of the reusable bags, it was terrible when someone would come through with two carts of groceries and their own bags, it takes forever to use those.

Friendly word of advice, if you DO purchase reusable bags, buy something that has a reasonable amount of rigidity that will stay open on its own, also, keep them folded and not bunched up. This makes it easier on the bagger and cashier and will get you out of the store more quickly

-Adam :thumbsup:

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Just started reading this thread and I know it was way back at the beginning but I can answer the question of why dairy is located at the back of the store haha.

The refrigerated stuff is towards the back so the linesets to the cases don't have to be so long. Long linesets in refrigeration is an equipment killer.

Thank you, Jugg. What is a lineset? Does this refer to the electrical wiring or the refrigeration plumbing?

 

[Monocrom]

I don't understand why colleges that you're seriously considering attending have an I-don't-care attitude towards answering basic questions.

In my case, I contacted Mercy college about their Occupational Therapy Assistant course. I only had one question. Just wanted to know if I had enough credits from my old college days to jump right into the program, or if I'd have to take pre-requisite courses first.

Told by the young woman who finally bothered to call me back that the folks who can help me with that, they won't even look at my old transcripts unless I sign up as a student first. (Yeah, that makes sense. 🙄)

Made sure I heard her right, then decided to go with my 2nd choice of medical professions and Learning Institutions. The folks at Sanford-Brown were not only more professional, but they went over my transcripts with me over the phone. And definitely didn't insist that I sign up as a student before doing so.

 

[m3flies]

Attorney at Law. As opposed to what? Attorney at Plumbing? No offense to Plumbers. When a leaking pipe arises, you're a Godsend.

 

[Empath]

There are other attorneys.

 

[m3flies]

There are other attorneys.

Apparently there are. I assumed when most people thought Attorney, they thought Lawyer.

 

[jugg2]

PhotonWrangler

A lineset refers to the refrigeration piping as you accurately guessed! I should have explained that better in my first post. My apologies 😳

I haven't posted a lot lately and I'm just getting back into the loop of things around here! It's so good to be back! 😀

 

[was.lost.but.now.found]

PhotonWrangler

A lineset refers to the refrigeration piping as you accurately guessed! I should have explained that better in my first post. My apologies 😳

I haven't posted a lot lately and I'm just getting back into the loop of things around here! It's so good to be back! 😀

How is this problem solved in high rise buildings? I thought the essence of an A/C unit was the same as a refrigeration unit, and that all compressors would be on the roof.

 

[65535]

How is this problem solved in high rise buildings? I thought the essence of an A/C unit was the same as a refrigeration unit, and that all compressors would be on the roof.

The A/C (or any cooling unit) is designed to move heat from one location (where you wanted chilled) to another area (where heat is of a problem).

You'll have to get the high rise answer from a pro, but as long as you have a path for the heat you can have the compressor anywhere that you can cool off the condenser coils. So having outdoor air ducted to the compressor and coils could be a solution.

 

[M@elstrom]

The only time I don't have a flashlight on me is when I am in the shower.

I'm sure there are members here that take their lights into the shower, but I don't. :candle:

+1 that's why we need them to conform to standard IPX8 :thumbsup:


OP - Finding yourself in a elevator with no working illumination (and no flashlight) sounds like the opening scene of a late night horror movie... BTW what kind of a flash-a-holic walks around without 1 light on them?