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[Swaggs]

I’d say we have maybe like a 15% success rate with the self checkout kiosks at our Kroger’s because the self bagging anlmost always triggers. There is usually one high school or college kid maintaining 12-16 areas and they never check a thing. Just swipe a card and don’t talk to us.

The Sheetz and Walmart ones seem better.

[Ksyrup]

Yeah Kroger's scanners that seemingly catch you stealing every third item you scan suck. I openly talk shit to them as I'm bagging. I don't care who hears.

[GrantDawg]

"Has anyone seen more fast food style places opening up without seating at all?"
Covid proved that they can make way more money streamlining the drive through as well as concentrating on delivery over providing inside dining.

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[bhlloy]

I mean that's also been In-N-Out's model since forever and they basically print money.

[bhlloy]

Anyone have any smart ideas on how to stop ships losing power and crashing into bridges? I mean twice in a couple years, with respect to the kids who died it’s probably incredibly lucky it didn’t do catastrophic damage to another absolute critical piece of infrastructure.

[Lathum]

I don't really do fast food often but I have noticed the rise of kiosks to order from.

We stopped at a rest area on the PA Turnpike on the way home from a softball tournament yesterday and the BK had kiosks and some old lady was completely lost and a worker had to come help her.

[Ksyrup]

Shake Shack has those as well. You can either do it yourself or order like normal.

[RainMaker]

I feel like these would make a killing on college campuses or in hotels without restaurants.

DiGiorno Tests Fully-Cooked Pizza Vending Machine

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I feel like these would make a killing on college campuses or in hotels without restaurants.

DiGiorno Tests Fully-Cooked Pizza Vending Machine

Putting one of these in Hampton Inns would’ve been such a game changer when my kids were young

[21C]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I don't really do fast food often but I have noticed the rise of kiosks to order from.

We stopped at a rest area on the PA Turnpike on the way home from a softball tournament yesterday and the BK had kiosks and some old lady was completely lost and a worker had to come help her.

I hadn't had McDonald's in ages (even though I live about three doors from one). I was coming home one night and felt like a strawberry shake so I decided to drive home and walk to get it rather than going through the drive-thru. After ordering at the kiosk, I patiently (and foolishly) waited about 20 minutes before asking at the counter for my shake. They prioritized the drive-thru orders and seemingly ignored the in-store customers. I don't know how their computer system works but how could an order just disappear.

I would have asked sooner but there were other in-store people waiting ahead me.

[NobodyHere]

Cilantro is overrated

[sovereignstar v2]

Watching the college softball World Series, Ole Miss-Oregon going late in an elimination game. Some dirt flips up from the Oregon pitcher’s cleats. The same chunk of dirt is then hit by her pitch and splits into multiple pieces of which some ends up going into the catchers eye. Fucking bonkers. Someone with twitter should hunt for the clip

[sovereignstar v2]

Here it is

https://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=45401197

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

Watching the college softball World Series, Ole Miss-Oregon going late in an elimination game. Some dirt flips up from the Oregon pitcher’s cleats. The same chunk of dirt is then hit by her pitch and splits into multiple pieces of which some ends up going into the catchers eye. Fucking bonkers. Someone with twitter should hunt for the clip

awesome game.

My daughter plays for the same club that Oregons pitcher played for so we were extra invested.

[Ksyrup]

I couldn't stay up past the 7th last night. I was happy to see UF embarrassed and go 2 & Q, though.

Speaking of playing with/against girls on certain teams, bonkers that Canady played for a while with the Louisville Sluggers against whom Mack played some lower level travel ball (and in HS against several of them). There's a Lexington area girl committed to UGA she played against when the girl was in like 8th grade. And our current HS SS, a sophomore, was already a great player in 7th grade Mack's senior year. I have no clue what her travel ball or recruiting situation is, but I'd be shocked if she didn't end up playing D1.

[Ghost Econ]

I stopped by waffle house to get eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast. That shit is $13 now. I swear it used to be half that. I just left. Who the fuck is paying $13 for breakfast food?

[Ksyrup]

I will continue to blame Panera for the fast food price hikes. Before Panera was a thing, you could easily get combo meals at most fast food places for $6-8, tops. Now a $25 gift card will barely cover lunch for 2.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

I stopped by waffle house to get eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast. That shit is $13 now. I swear it used to be half that. I just left. Who the fuck is paying $13 for breakfast food?

Where the hell you been? WH has been inching toward $20 per person for quite a while now.

Tho it's not really that out of whack. I mean, I'm surrounded by $8-$10 fancy breakfast biscuit places that are the busiest joints in town. (And that's before any side, drink, anything else)

THOSE are the real madness.

[Lathum]

We ate at the new breakfast place this morning. Wife had a BLT and a specialty coffee, I had an egg platter (2 eggs, potatoes, toast, and a salad), a single side pancake, and a coffee. We got my son a burger to go.

$75 with tip.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

I stopped by waffle house to get eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast. That shit is $13 now. I swear it used to be half that. I just left. Who the fuck is paying $13 for breakfast food?

The local McDs is $8-$9 for a breakfast combo.

I've learned to make my own egg mcmuffin copy that's just about as good as the original.

[sovereignstar v2]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

The local McDs is $8-$9 for a breakfast combo.

I've learned to make my own egg mcmuffin copy that's just about as good as the original.

What time do you stop serving breakfas??

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

The local McDs is $8-$9 for a breakfast combo.

I've learned to make my own egg mcmuffin copy that's just about as good as the original.

Pro-tip: I'd pretty much swear that Great Value sausage (the frozen patties) is the same as McDonald's sausage. You can make a pretty good knockoff of any of their sausage variants with a trip to Walmart

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

I stopped by waffle house to get eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast. That shit is $13 now. I swear it used to be half that. I just left. Who the fuck is paying $13 for breakfast food?

You do not want to come to Portland...or probably any other city that borders the coasts.

[flere-imsaho]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

I stopped by waffle house to get eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast. That shit is $13 now. I swear it used to be half that. I just left. Who the fuck is paying $13 for breakfast food?

I mean the eggs are probably 75% of the cost, there.

[Ghost Econ]

Since it's canonical in the Cars universe that there's a Pope, 9/11 happened, and WW2 happened, does that also mean that there was cars slavery hundreds of years ago?

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

Since it's canonical in the Cars universe that there's a Pope, 9/11 happened, and WW2 happened, does that also mean that there was cars slavery hundreds of years ago?

Have we established that cars existed before cars actually existed in the universe?

[Ghost Econ]

If there's a Cars Pope, there has to be a Cars Jesus.

[Kodos]

We can be pretty sure that car Satan is a Tesla.

[GrantDawg]

Welp, my company has been sold. Won't know what my options are until tomorrow morning, but it most likely means I'm going to be unemployed. Just praying for a solid severance package.

[albionmoonlight]

Damn. Here's hoping for good news

[sovereignstar v2]

That sucks dude. Sending good juju

[Kodos]

Ugh. Sorry to hear that, GD.

[dubb93]

Sucks. Hopefully they treat you all good. I was apart of a company that sold and they ended up retaining me but they jacked with our benefits so much that it cost me 30 grand to have a child. Cost was 1k for the child prior on the insurance plan if the company that hired me. Company transferred hands start of November. New benefits started Jan 1. Child came Jan 3.

[Ksyrup]

Sorry to hear. Hopefully things work out one way or another.

[Edward64]

Hang in there. Hoping it turns out okay for you

[GrantDawg]

Heard from the owner that us selling. He is saying most likely will be employed, but I'm probably going to need to start looking. Doesn't sound like much help if I don't sign on. This sucks so bad. He was supposed to stay on until I was closer to retirement. Now it is going to be dealing with some equity firm buyout until I can find another job.

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[Breeze]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Welp, my company has been sold. Won't know what my options are until tomorrow morning, but it most likely means I'm going to be unemployed. Just praying for a solid severance package.

GD. Sorry to hear that. I had this same issue a couple of years ago. Owner sold and as soon as I worked with the new IT team to integrate our environment into theirs, I was let go. No severance package at all, after 10 years.

Hoping and praying you are treated better.

[flere-imsaho]

Sorry to hear that, GD. Unsolicited advice from having worked with PE firms for years: if you're offered a buyout/early retirement, the first cycle is almost always the most generous, as it's usually the only planned one (even if it happens in phases). Being offered a packaged 1 year in means something isn't working and they're looking to shed costs.

[cuervo72]

Why am I occasionally linked over to "forumsold?" Anyone else see this? Seeing odd remnants from the OS migration, I guess.

[Kodos]

I’ve seen that too. In fact, that is what I’m seeing right now.

[Ksyrup]

Same here.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Why am I occasionally linked over to "forumsold?" Anyone else see this? Seeing odd remnants from the OS migration, I guess.

Same, though not atm

[SirFozzie]

I have so many questions:

Why would a betting site offer bets on a track and field race?

Why would someone make a parlay based off an athlete LOSING a race?

Why would someone think it's a good plan to heckle someone in an attempt to lose a race and win your parlay..

And finally, why would you give yourself the nickname of "the track and field bully".. and POST a video of you heckling the athlete, and boasting it helped you hit your parlay..

FanDuel bans bettor for heckling Gabby Thomas at track event - ESPN

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Why would someone make a parlay based off an athlete LOSING a race?

I'm not a big bettor/gambler but couldn't that simply be the same as "taking the field"? No clue what the line would have been for something like this but if Thomas was a prohibitive favorite then I could see "Field" being an option

[cuervo72]

Moving this to the random thread, as this is more random than anything political:

Originally Posted by bhlloy

In the divorce, do we get to keep all the white South Africans?

Was just reminded of college; there was a girl in our class who was from South Africa (though I don't really recall her having much of an accent). Blonde named Nicola - quite cute. (Can't remember her last name.) Was playing against her in one of our intramural football games*; I received a kick and was mostly in the clear but she had an angle on me. My first inclination was to stiffarm to the chest -- then I realized that, ah, I probably couldn't do that to a cute blonde girl, so I pulled back my arm and she ended up getting my flag. I think she did rip a nail in the process though.

(Man, what was her name??)


* teams were coed, though not many women participated, was kind of odd that she did

[Lathum]

My BIL is South African so I have many women from there in my secondary orbit. From my experiences she would have taken it like a champ and ripped off your arm and your flag.

[dubb93]

Taking my kids fishing tomorrow for the first time this season so digging through all my fishing stuff and found my grandpas old Howard Ensley filet knife is a big hit in the feels.

[HerRealName]

I never get caught up watching big court cases but this Karen Read trial has been fascinating. It seems strange that Massachusetts brought this case to trial once, let alone this second time after a mistrial. The entire police investigation and expert testing for the state was somewhere between half-assed or outright corrupt.

[NobodyHere]

Are there any Cleveland FOCers here?

My friends and I (out of Toledo) are think of doing a day/weekend trip to your fair city. And places that would be interested in seeing? I was thinking of visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but was wondering if there was anything else of interest. Let me know. Thanks.

[Atocep]

We have reached peak government efficiency. We were given a time code today that we have to enter as a line on our timecards to track the time spent doing our timecards each pay period.