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[lisab]

It must have been a productive day today. Lots of stuff got done and my back hurts.

But it seems to have gone by in a flash, or maybe a blur. A blurry flash?

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

I will occasionally think up witty remarks to say to snarky customers whilst I'm working, should I ever encounter any (and I do).

But usually what happens is something like this:
The customer, implementing some hyperbole: "About time! I've been sitting in the drive-thru for half an hour already!"

Me: "I'm sorry, sir. We're doing the best we can."

Customer: "Well it sure doesn't look like it."

He, your everyday megalomaniac, proceeds to be an unnecessarily difficult customer, often guffawing at the simplest of questions as if I just asked him to take his pants off.

But here's what, at the time, I wish I could have said:
The customer, implementing some hyperbole: "About time! I've been sitting in the drive-thru for half an ho-"

Me: "Sir, can you count?"

Customer, presumably startled and confused: "What kind of question is that?"

Me: "Well, if you could, then you would realize that there are a mere eight employees currently working, only three of which are working on the drive-thru. With it being night-time, when we're the most busy, I would go so far as to say that, presently, there are at least 50 customers, many of which have multiple items they're ordering. Doesn't it make just a little bit of sense to you that you had to wait for ten minutes?"

Customer: *Breaks down into tears, acknowledges that I am entirely right, and then proceeds to give me $100 as recompense for his ignorance.*


One can dream...

 

[zoobyshoe]

I will occasionally think up witty remarks to say to snarky customers whilst I'm working, should I ever encounter any (and I do).

But usually what happens is something like this:
The customer, implementing some hyperbole: "About time! I've been sitting in the drive-thru for half an hour already!"

Me: "I'm sorry, sir. We're doing the best we can."

Customer: "Well it sure doesn't look like it."

He, your everyday megalomaniac, proceeds to be an unnecessarily difficult customer, often guffawing at the simplest of questions as if I just asked him to take his pants off.

But here's what, at the time, I wish I could have said:
The customer, implementing some hyperbole: "About time! I've been sitting in the drive-thru for half an ho-"

Me: "Sir, can you count?"

Customer, presumably startled and confused: "What kind of question is that?"

Me: "Well, if you could, then you would realize that there are a mere eight employees currently working, only three of which are working on the drive-thru. With it being night-time, when we're the most busy, I would go so far as to say that, presently, there are at least 50 customers, many of which have multiple items they're ordering. Doesn't it make just a little bit of sense to you that you had to wait for ten minutes?"

Customer: *Breaks down into tears, acknowledges that I am entirely right, and then proceeds to give me $100 as recompense for his ignorance.*


One can dream...

Many years ago I worked at a bakery/coffee shop. A lot of customers couldn't pronounce the word croissant. This irritated me.

So, this girl who worked there and I made a big poster with all the mispronunciations on it all crossed out in red marker, and at the end, the proper French one.

We had to take it down because some customers complained to the owner that it made them feel stupid. That, of course, had been exactly what we set out to demonstrate. However, it turned out, to our surprise, telling your customers they're stupid is bad for business.

 

[inotyce]

Failed at all exams (got C- 's)

 

[AlephZero]

Talking of croissants ...

Once on a business trip to France, we had arrived at a company by car to start the day's work. This was the sort of company with lots of security - the visitor's car park was outside a high fence and wall. We were looking around, a bit bleary eyed, figuring out where the entrance was, when an ancient and battered french car came screaming across the car park, did a four-wheel slide on the gravel, missed our car by a few millimeters and stopped a few millimeters from the fence. Several people piled out of it, including one of our hosts - who emerged from the left hand side front door with both hands, and mouth, all full of hot croissants and butter.

Being Brits who drive on the other side of the road, it took us a few seconds to realize the significance of "the left hand side front door." I guess "driving under the influence of croissants" is not listed in the French legal code!

 

[wolram]

I hate the word GOT, only because it sounds horrible, could you get through a day without saying GOT, i bet a $1
you can not.

 

[Borek]

I hate the word GOT, only because it sounds horrible, could you get through a day without saying GOT, i bet a $1
you can not.

You just lost.

Unless you come here and force me to discuss Goths. One Goth is "got" in Polish.

 

[Evo]

Failed at all exams (got C- 's)

Awwww. That's not failing!

BIG {{{HUG}}}

What happened?

 

[Magna Visus]

Talking of croissants ...
who emerged from the left hand side front door with both hands, and mouth, all full of hot croissants and butter.

Your story and description of the croissants...You are evil

Being Brits who drive on the other side of the road, it took us a few seconds to realize the significance of "the left hand side front door." I guess "driving under the influence of croissants" is not listed in the French legal code!

Trust me, if anything, the delicious smell of a hot croissant au chocolat, or a croissant au fromage would easily disturb all of your senses except smelling, see nothing, hear nothing, feel nothing. But no worries soon it will make its way into the French legal code

 

[Evo]

Talking of croissants ...

Once on a business trip to France, we had arrived at a company by car to start the day's work. This was the sort of company with lots of security - the visitor's car park was outside a high fence and wall. We were looking around, a bit bleary eyed, figuring out where the entrance was, when an ancient and battered french car came screaming across the car park, did a four-wheel slide on the gravel, missed our car by a few millimeters and stopped a few millimeters from the fence. Several people piled out of it, including one of our hosts - who emerged from the left hand side front door with both hands, and mouth, all full of hot croissants and butter.

Being Brits who drive on the other side of the road, it took us a few seconds to realize the significance of "the left hand side front door." I guess "driving under the influence of croissants" is not listed in the French legal code!

French people are crazy! (I'm French)

 

[wolram]

You just lost.

Unless you come here and force me to discuss Goths. One Goth is "got" in Polish.

HUH, a $1 to Borek ;-]

 

[AlephZero]

French people are crazy! (I'm French)

That car driver was quite a character. I once saw him typing non-stop with one hand, while opening a new packet of Gauloises, extracting one, and lighting up with the other hand.

And he had one of the sharpest brains of anybody I've met. His response to something was usually a big sigh (and a cloud of Gaulois smoke), followed by "well, I know nossings about zees topic, I have nevair worked on eet. BUT...

And you knew that whatever followed the "but" was going to completely wreck your argument!

 

[DennisN]

French people are crazy! (I'm French)

For Evo: Liberté, égalité, fraternité, and Mireille Mathieu (I like that version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3IvXo0W1YI

 

[drizzle]

Why do I forget.. A LOT.

 

[DennisN]

Why do I forget.. A LOT.

You're not alone . Too many things on your mind, perhaps?

Excuses when forgetting something important:

1. "A cosmic ray probably hit one of my main neurons. It can happen."
2. "The brain follows the Rules of Quantum Mechanics, so it is probabilistic."
3. "Look on the bright side: In another world, there might be a version of me who remembered."
4. "Second law of thermodynamics. I can't do anything about it."

 

[dkotschessaa]

As a returning adult in the world of academia, I just have to say, that the current generation has the potential to be one of the greatest the world has yet seen...

...if they would just stop playing with their ****** phones.

-Dave K

 

[Borg]

As a returning adult in the world of academia, I just have to say, that the current generation has the potential to be one of the greatest the world has yet seen...

...if they would just stop playing with their ****** phones.

-Dave K

Maybe there's an app for that.

 

[Borek]

Anybody waiting for a Star Wars with customizable Luke Skywalker?

 

[Evo]

I have just accepted that Evo Child's smart phone is part of who she is. Now that her phone synchs up to her new car, the car has become an extension of her phone, and she spends a lot of time in her car. Well, her car *is* a smart phone on wheels. It's amazing how dependent her generation is on technology. But I must admit that on a cold morning being able to call your car and tell it to start and get the heater going so that it's all warm and defrosted before you leave the house is a very nice thing.

 

[Enigman]

...if they would just stop playing with their ****** phones.

No can do.
My phone has all the course related material (class notes, slides, etc.), my mind maps, my flash cards, my graphers(3D, parametric and polar), my to-do-list (without which I'm lost) and of course the PF app...

 

[Evo]

I always thought I had a decent vocabulary, but reading this paragraph made me realize, not really.

A similar process to dehiscence occurs in some flower buds (e.g., Platycodon, Fuchsia), but this is rarely referred to as dehiscence unless circumscissile dehiscence is involved; anthesis is the usual term for the opening of flowers. Dehiscence may or may not involve the loss of a structure through the process of abscission. The lost structures are said to be caducous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiscence_(botany )

 

[Pythagorean]

Jargon. Happens any time I read a paper outside my field. I have to spend an hour per page, most of it researching assumed concepts, the rest trying to understand the basis of the sentence structure used.

 

[dkotschessaa]

No can do.
My phone has all the course related material (class notes, slides, etc.), my mind maps, my flash cards, my graphers(3D, parametric and polar), my to-do-list (without which I'm lost) and of course the PF app...

Do you use it while walking/driving?

 

[Enigman]

Do you use it while walking/driving?

Driving-nope
walking- rarely, to check my time table
eating- sometimes (like now) for PF
The one thing I don't like using my phone for is talking...

 

[dkotschessaa]

I am almost always running into students (while on my bike) who are walking around in zombie smartphone posture.

 

[AlephZero]

For Evo: Liberté, égalité, fraternité, and Mireille Mathieu (I like that version):

It's hard to beat the Itailan anthem - sounds like the sort of grand opera chorus that's so bad it's actually good. And the lyrics are just surreal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeDmsIMwQX8

 

[lisab]

Whew, what a day. Worst migraine I've had in a looooong time.

I'm really wiped out.

 

[Evo]

Whew, what a day. Worst migraine I've had in a looooong time.

I'm really wiped out.

Poor lisab.

 

[drizzle]

Sorry to hear about that lisab, I know they are real bad. :(

I hope you feel OK now.

 

[OmCheeto]

Whew, what a day. Worst migraine I've had in a looooong time.

I'm really wiped out.

Men, apparently, don't get migraines.

I learned this, by talking to girls.

/me hugs lisab, as she does not deserve migraines.

sends brain massaging fingers across the universe to sooth your pain.