Random Thoughts Thread

[Copelius]

I hereby challenge all of you clowns to a Sam's Club checkout challenge. Winner gets a $1.50 hot dog and drink.

You are on. Equal shopping lists: say 10 items. Timer starts upon grabbing the cart and ends upon passing out the door past the receipt checker. No running.

[Jeff Lebowski]

You are on. Equal shopping lists: say 10 items. Timer starts upon grabbing the cart and ends upon passing out the door past the receipt checker. No running.

A better test would be to have a bunch of items on a table. You pull your phone out of your pocket, scan one item on your phone, put the item in your cart, put your phone back in your pocket, and repeat on the next item. I put them all in my cart and then scan them with the gun. You wouldn't stand a chance.

[Copelius]

A better test would be to have a bunch of items on a table. You pull your phone out of your pocket, scan one item on your phone, put the item in your cart, put your phone back in your pocket, and repeat on the next item. I put them all in my cart and then scan them with the gun. You wouldn't stand a chance.

It is a given that the method you propose would be more efficient, but nobody I know uses scan and go that way, which makes it an unrealistic comparison. Gathering everything first before scanning takes away the time saved by scanning as you go. Scanning with your phone does not mean you have to wait until the end to do your whole cart. Instead it is something that allows you to drop something in the cart, push with one hand, and then scan with the phone while you make your way to the next item.

[Copelius]

How F'ing hard is it to silence your phone. We are now on the 3rd day of Ed Week and at the beginning of every class they ask people to silence their phones. Yet every class there are at least 3-4 separate phones that go off. Now I am sitting next to a guy whose phone has gone off 4 times already in the class, but he hasn't yet bothered to silence it. Makes me want to smack him over the head with my 75oz metal "water" bottle.

[Bo Diddley]

How F'ing hard is it to silence your phone. We are now on the 3rd day of Ed Week and at the beginning of every class they ask people to silence their phones. Yet every class there are at least 3-4 separate phones that go off. Now I am sitting next to a guy whose phone has gone off 4 times already in the class, but he hasn't yet bothered to silence it. Makes me want to smack him over the head with my 75oz metal "water" bottle.

He sounds like he's very important which is probably why you're sitting next to him.

[Pelado]

How F'ing hard is it to silence your phone. We are now on the 3rd day of Ed Week and at the beginning of every class they ask people to silence their phones. Yet every class there are at least 3-4 separate phones that go off. Now I am sitting next to a guy whose phone has gone off 4 times already in the class, but he hasn't yet bothered to silence it. Makes me want to smack him over the head with my 75oz metal "water" bottle.

Which CSer is sitting next to you?

[Moliere]

He sounds like he's very important which is probably why you're sitting next to him.

I actually don’t know what my phone sounds like when it rings because I’ve never taken it off silence in the three years I’ve owned it

[Bo Diddley]

I actually don’t know what my phone sounds like when it rings because I’ve never taken it off silence in the three years I’ve owned it

Even if you don't think you're important, you are to us!

[BlueK]

I love what Ryan Smith is doing for BYU basketball, but from a professional perspective, his company Qualtrics is a major pain in the ass to work with when they're the client and their survey programming platform is garbage - one of the worst on the market. Worse than Survey Monkey even. Just had to get it off my chest today. Sorry to anyone I've probably offended.

[YOhio]

I love what Ryan Smith is doing for BYU basketball, but from a professional perspective, his company Qualtrics is a major pain in the ass to work with when they're the client and their survey programming platform is garbage - one of the worst on the market. Worse than Survey Monkey even. Just had to get it off my chest today. Sorry to anyone I've probably offended.

His other company is even worse. They have a lot of questions but no clear answers in sight.

[chrisrenrut]

I love what Ryan Smith is doing for BYU basketball, but from a professional perspective, his company Qualtrics is a major pain in the ass to work with when they're the client and their survey programming platform is garbage - one of the worst on the market. Worse than Survey Monkey even. Just had to get it off my chest today. Sorry to anyone I've probably offended.

Uh oh. My company is in the beginning stages of converting to them from Medallia. So far I have been impressed, compared to what I am used to. Hopefully it’s not just the honeymoon phase.

[BigFatMeanie]

I just learned that there is a small BYU Creamery store in the Deseret Book store in the City Creek center.

[YOhio]

I recently started using the NATO alphabet instead of acronyms when I text my kids. Like "Lima Oscar Lima" or "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot." Sure it defeats the purpose of shorthand acronyms, but it makes me laugh and they're learning a fun new phonetic alphabet. That's a Whiskey in my book.

[Bo Diddley]

I recently started using the NATO alphabet instead of acronyms when I text my kids. Like "Lima Oscar Lima" or "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot." Sure it defeats the purpose of shorthand acronyms, but it makes me laugh and they're learning a fun new phonetic alphabet. That's a Whiskey in my book.

Nice. My grandson loves learning new systems. I recently taught him how binary numbers work and the 24 hour clock. I think he'd get a kick out of the phonetic alphabet.

[BigFatMeanie]

Nice. My grandson loves learning new systems. I recently taught him how binary numbers work and the 24 hour clock. I think he'd get a kick out of the phonetic alphabet.

He could learn the Deseret Alphabet...