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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 14, 2016 10:18:50 GMT -5
So, I got engaged yesterday. I popped the question to my girlfriend in a pub in Salisbury and she said "yes." EDIT: If you're friends with me on Facebook, don't say anything on my timeline yet or anything. We're not going public with it 'til next week because my good lady has some people she wants to tell first this weekend. That poor lady! ... I mean congratulations!
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Post by Confessor on Apr 14, 2016 10:26:02 GMT -5
So, I got engaged yesterday. I popped the question to my girlfriend in a pub in Salisbury and she said "yes." EDIT: If you're friends with me on Facebook, don't say anything on my timeline yet or anything. We're not going public with it 'til next week because my good lady has some people she wants to tell first this weekend. That poor lady! I know, right?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 14, 2016 10:33:32 GMT -5
So, I got engaged yesterday. I popped the question to my girlfriend in a pub in Salisbury and she said "yes." EDIT: If you're friends with me on Facebook, don't say anything on my timeline yet or anything. We're not going public with it 'til next week because my good lady has some people she wants to tell first this weekend. Wow!!! Great news! Congratulations!!!
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Post by shaxper on Apr 14, 2016 11:00:02 GMT -5
So, I got engaged yesterday. I popped the question to my girlfriend in a pub in Salisbury and she said "yes." EDIT: If you're friends with me on Facebook, don't say anything on my timeline yet or anything. We're not going public with it 'til next week because my good lady has some people she wants to tell first this weekend. Congrats, man!!!!! I know. I know. I couldn't find any green bunnies getting married.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 14, 2016 11:06:18 GMT -5
First off, congrats to Confessor. Just remember: Happy wife, happy life.
I use self check-outs all the time at places like Target, Home Depot and the grocery store, especially when I have just one or two items. At my local grocery store, they only ever have one manned express lane open, and the line is always six senior citizens deep, each of them with 12 items in their basket, so it's just faster for me to use the self check-out line for my couple of items; it's also faster because they invariably want to chat with the cashier but don't realize (or care) that there are people waiting behind them who actually have places to be.
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Post by Mormel on Apr 14, 2016 11:17:37 GMT -5
Yeah, congrats, Confessor. Real happy for you!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 14:58:39 GMT -5
So, I got engaged yesterday. I popped the question to my girlfriend in a pub in Salisbury and she said "yes." EDIT: If you're friends with me on Facebook, don't say anything on my timeline yet or anything. We're not going public with it 'til next week because my good lady has some people she wants to tell first this weekend. Congrats man! Happy for you. So, did she agree to the Star Wars themed wedding? You know-Imperial Death March as she walks down the aisle, Princess Leia buns for a hairstyle at the wedding, a 7 foot green rabbit officiating the wedding and all that seems it's all the rage -M
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 14, 2016 15:43:07 GMT -5
That Jabba the Hutt costume is obscene!!!
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Post by DE Sinclair on Apr 14, 2016 16:33:25 GMT -5
We use them because a) I am faster than the person who would be packing my stuff and b) I know better than to put eggs or bread at the bottom of a bag and then put heavier items on top of them unlike most of the people who actually bag the grocery at stores, and c) if there is a problem with an item scanned, I can go check it out faster and get a more reliable answer before whoever the customer service rep is even answers the light at the regular checkout notifying him there is a problem and then takes another 15-20 minutes to come back with the answer. I don't use them all the time when alone, but when I am with my wife I normally do for the aforementioned reasons. -M This is my reasoning exactly. Our local grocery store has self check aisles that are setup for small amounts and others for large, so you're not slowing down someone who only has a couple of items.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 17:14:45 GMT -5
For those who believe self-checkout is taking someone's job-it most likely isn't. Companies big enough to use self-checkout allocate staffing budgets based on revenue, not volume or need. The staff level is set by how much revenue the store makes and to maintain a certain margin of profitability. They are not going to increase staff and lower that margin unless revenue (not perceived need by clientele for customer service) provides for it. Self checkout provides higher revenue stream and higher margins-take out that revenue stream and the staffing budget for that location will likely drop as a corporate suit who has never been to that particular store will inform the manager he can make due with lower staff levels because they are not producing as much revenue. If the manager has to then hire more cashiers, he or she will then have to reduce staff elsewhere (probably at slightly higher salary positions) like butcher, deli clerk, stock clerk, receiving staff, display staff, etc. to maintain the allocated staffing budget required by revenue levels. It's nice to think that jobs we perceive as being eliminated because of machines would be maintained without the machine, but that's not how the corporate staffing world works and the stores that employ self-checkouts are part of that corporate staffing cycle. Without the additional revenue provided by self-checkouts, stores would likely have less staff rather than preserving someone's job, the lack of self-checkout would cost more jobs.
I don't like that this is the way staffing works in corporate America, but it is the reality of our world. My not using a self checkout is not going to change that.
And at grocery stores, the position that would most likely be eliminated is baggers as they are sometimes seen as superfluous, so unless I wait for the cashier to finish ringing up all my goods and then start bagging, I am likely going to end up bagging it all myself anyways, unless I want to add more time to my shopping time (which is already longer because the cashier has to bag the order of everyone in front of me in line as well now because no baggers).
So I am quite content for there to be self-checkouts. It is a way for those stores to actually add potential customer service when their staffing budget doesn't meet the levels the volume of the store would call for and they couldn't hire more employees even if they wanted to because of that budget ceiling.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 14, 2016 17:33:52 GMT -5
For those who believe self-checkout is taking someone's job-it most likely isn't. Companies big enough to use self-checkout allocate staffing budgets based on revenue, not volume or need. The staff level is set by how much revenue the store makes and to maintain a certain margin of profitability. They are not going to increase staff and lower that margin unless revenue (not perceived need by clientele for customer service) provides for it. Self checkout provides higher revenue stream and higher margins-take out that revenue stream and the staffing budget for that location will likely drop as a corporate suit who has never been to that particular store will inform the manager he can make due with lower staff levels because they are not producing as much revenue. If the manager has to then hire more cashiers, he or she will then have to reduce staff elsewhere (probably at slightly higher salary positions) like butcher, deli clerk, stock clerk, receiving staff, display staff, etc. to maintain the allocated staffing budget required by revenue levels. It's nice to think that jobs we perceive as being eliminated because of machines would be maintained without the machine, but that's not how the corporate staffing world works and the stores that employ self-checkouts are part of that corporate staffing cycle. Without the additional revenue provided by self-checkouts, stores would likely have less staff rather than preserving someone's job, the lack of self-checkout would cost more jobs. I don't like that this is the way staffing works in corporate America, but it is the reality of our world. My not using a self checkout is not going to change that. And at grocery stores, the position that would most likely be eliminated is baggers as they are sometimes seen as superfluous, so unless I wait for the cashier to finish ringing up all my goods and then start bagging, I am likely going to end up bagging it all myself anyways, unless I want to add more time to my shopping time (which is already longer because the cashier has to bag the order of everyone in front of me in line as well now because no baggers). So I am quite content for there to be self-checkouts. It is a way for those stores to actually add potential customer service when their staffing budget doesn't meet the levels the volume of the store would call for and they couldn't hire more employees even if they wanted to because of that budget ceiling. -M Not true, not true at all. Yes, staffing is based on revenue and profitability, but increased automation decreases the amount of human workers needed and drives up profits. Companies will hire the least amount of workers as long as acceptable levels of productivity are maintained. Take the example of bank tellers. Huge amounts of tellers' jobs were eliminated with the advent of 24 hour ATMs. Banks didn't continue filling those job slots. Banks have less employees within the bank and profits rose from less payroll, insurance and other perks you give the human work force
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 14, 2016 17:42:26 GMT -5
None of which changes the fact that I won't do their job for them.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 14, 2016 18:03:49 GMT -5
I guess the people that can go to school to learn how to repair these machines are the ones that will benefit in the end. One more reason to go to school and study hard.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 14, 2016 18:05:04 GMT -5
So, I got engaged yesterday. I popped the question to my girlfriend in a pub in Salisbury and she said "yes." EDIT: If you're friends with me on Facebook, don't say anything on my timeline yet or anything. We're not going public with it 'til next week because my good lady has some people she wants to tell first this weekend. Awesome. I hope you both have a happy life together . AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 14, 2016 19:43:27 GMT -5
I guess the people that can go to school to learn how to repair these machines are the ones that will benefit in the end. One more reason to go to school and study hard. They now have machines that repair those machines. The world of Magnus, Robot Fighter coming to a reality near to you
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