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[cartman]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Zero candy bar has always been my favorite

I started an ever escalating prank war with one of my uncles, when I saw him eating Zero candy bar, and told him "you are what you eat. A ZERO"

[AlexB]

I’ve never had a bao bun

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by AlexB

I’ve never had a bao bun

You should probably fix that.

Done properly, they can be bomb diggity licious

[stevew]

Zagnut is the bomb.

[cuervo72]

Yeah, I like a good Three Musketeers. I feel like they are often unfairly maligned.

[Ksyrup]

Twix has always been #1 for me. I also like Heath Bar. But if I'm going to gorge on candy bars, I am definitely not picky.

[Edward64]

Snickers, Kit Kat, and Almond Joy.

[Ksyrup]

It is October 12th, and some motherfucker in our neighborhood decided tonight was the night to fire off the remainder of their fireworks.

[miami_fan]

Has anybody made a short documentary, created a podcast or wrote an article explaining how corporations have convinced the American public to hate human cashiers so much that the same public is willing to do the cashier's job for these corporations for free? One or two items I get it. But 30-40 items? No way, I'll suffer through whatever small talk comes with Louise scanning and bagging those items.

[Lathum]

I would so much rather check out my own stuff than deal with waiting for a cashier. What I don't understand is how the tech doesn't exist to just roll the whole cart through a scanner and have it all added up at once.

Also, I was at Walmart earlier today and they have people clenching your receipts on the way out. I'm like, nope, not gonna do your job then have you make sure I did it correctly.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I would so much rather check out my own stuff than deal with waiting for a cashier. What I don't understand is how the tech doesn't exist to just roll the whole cart through a scanner and have it all added up at once.

Also, I was at Walmart earlier today and they have people clenching your receipts on the way out. I'm like, nope, not gonna do your job then have you make sure I did it correctly.

I know they have tried that a couple of places. The expense is too high yet for it to be common.

[henry296]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I would so much rather check out my own stuff than deal with waiting for a cashier. What I don't understand is how the tech doesn't exist to just roll the whole cart through a scanner and have it all added up at once.

Also, I was at Walmart earlier today and they have people clenching your receipts on the way out. I'm like, nope, not gonna do your job then have you make sure I did it correctly.

I think potentially RFID could be the solution, but you need to be able to pick up the tag even if it covered with something else with near 100% accuracy. That seems like one of the big hurdles.

[stevew]

I like Sam’s club where I can just scan it as I can put it in the cart. Wal Mart does offer this but you have to be a Walmart+ member and you have to still pay at a kiosk.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

Has anybody made a short documentary, created a podcast or wrote an article explaining how corporations have convinced the American public to hate human cashiers so much that the same public is willing to do the cashier's job for these corporations for free? One or two items I get it. But 30-40 items? No way, I'll suffer through whatever small talk comes with Louise scanning and bagging those items.

I feel like it's been a long social experiment where they hired less cashiers for like 20 years to the point a lot of people are fine with it because they just want to get out quickly. I'd prefer a cashier but I also do self-checkout because I don't want to have to wait 15 minutes to checkout my 7 items.

[Warhawk8492]

Mountain Dew is awesome

[Lathum]

Nick Pappagiorgio from Yuma was born in 1965 which would make him almost 60.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Warhawk8492

Mountain Dew is awesome

Diet Mountain Dew has been my go to for like 20 years now.

[Warhawk8492]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Diet Mountain Dew has been my go to for like 20 years now.

I sample Mountain Dew and other sodas on YouTube

[Ksyrup]

Your contunuing source for pop news...

Sprint Vanilla Frost will be in Kroger stores in December

[thesloppy]

I have four days of four-and-a-half hour trainings on Agile methodologies and I am a third of the way in, and already willing to murder someone if it will get me out of the rest.

[sovereignstar v2]

haha we are very "agile" where I work

[Warhawk8492]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Your contunuing source for pop news...

Sprint Vanilla Frost will be in Kroger stores in December

Might have to try that on a YouTube video

[Edward64]

I've cut down on sugar, pretty much just buying zero/diet soda. I'm now trying to cut down caffeine.

Dr. Pepper Zero Strawberries & Creme was pretty good but soda of choice now is Diet A&W root beer.

Anyone else has a favorite non-sugar, non-caffeine soda?

[Ksyrup]

I don't pay attention to which have caffeine or not. Is Sprite non-caffeine? Sprite Chill has been one of my favorites this summer. I hope they make it a permanent flavor, not just summer edition, because I can't go back to just the regular Sprite anymore.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I don't pay attention to which have caffeine or not. Is Sprite non-caffeine? Sprite Chill has been one of my favorites this summer. I hope they make it a permanent flavor, not just summer edition, because I can't go back to just the regular Sprite anymore.

No caffeine in Sprite.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

haha we are very "agile" where I work

I didn't know you worked for Pornhub?

[Edward64]

Never heard of Sprite Chill, pretty sure I haven’t seen it at my Krogers.

Will look harder

[Ksyrup]

It may be going away, as it's supposed to be just a limited edition for summer. I posted about it earlier this year here. It's cherry limeade-flavored with some sort of mint extract that makes it feel cool in your mouth even after it's been out of the refrigerator for a while. You don't taste the mint, but it does have a mint-like coolness to it even when it's not as cold. It's great, IMO.

We've had difficulty getting the Zero version here. My daughter found a bunch a couple of months ago in a Kroger up near NKY/Cincy where she lives and she bought like 8 of them and gave us 3. My stock is running out.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I didn't know you worked for Pornhub?

Does he have any openings available?

[Ghost Econ]

At least 7 depending on how flexible you're willing to be

[Suicane75]

My Snapple cap says Penguins can jump 6 feet. Doesn't say if that's high or long or both.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

At least 7 depending on how flexible you're willing to be

Giggity

[Ghost Econ]

People at my work don't appear to know the difference between word or Excel files, or how to sort in Excel. They're my "peers" and we deal with excel and word every day.

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Also, I didn't even know that there was such a thing as a bitcoin machine.

Oddly enough, I saw a bitcoin machine at Pete's yesterday. Not sure if it just got there, or if it had been there all along and I just never noticed it until reading this thread.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

It may be going away, as it's supposed to be just a limited edition for summer. I posted about it earlier this year here. It's cherry limeade-flavored with some sort of mint extract that makes it feel cool in your mouth even after it's been out of the refrigerator for a while. You don't taste the mint, but it does have a mint-like coolness to it even when it's not as cold. It's great, IMO.

We've had difficulty getting the Zero version here. My daughter found a bunch a couple of months ago in a Kroger up near NKY/Cincy where she lives and she bought like 8 of them and gave us 3. My stock is running out.

Tried the zero version. Could definitely taste the cherry lime in the first couple hits but after that, I really didn't taste it anymore. May just be my taste buds.

[Ksyrup]

Might have been the mint/frosty sensation overtaking the flavor. The concept is that the mint was added so that it feels like it is staying "cold" during the summer even if it's not ice cold right out of the fridge.

[Lathum]

I think we need a soda thread.

[Glengoyne]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

I have four days of four-and-a-half hour trainings on Agile methodologies and I am a third of the way in, and already willing to murder someone if it will get me out of the rest.

Late to the party here. A couple of years back, I had the whole team management, developers and analysts setup for a week of Agile training. One of my top developers just put in for retirement when I reached out to him about attending.

[flere-imsaho]

I did Scrum training years ago and it was pretty good. There were a whole bunch of guys there from Fidelity who were recently hired or recently moved into the development group (Fidelity had been using Scrum for years at this point) and I was pretty impressed by their real world examples. And the Fidelity site & app remains pretty good (I'm a customer).

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I think we need a soda thread.

Speaking of, had a Lemon Sour today. It had been awhile since I had a real one made from a soda fountain. Hits different than the ones I make at home.

[Ksyrup]

7 Up Shirley Temple is showing up in the Kroger app for purchase, at leasat up where my daughter lives in NKY. Not sure about here.

[Ghost Econ]

Decided to do a Teams interview in a hoodie today and it actually went really well. Thinking about just doing that from now on, even in person ones.

[Glengoyne]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

Decided to do a Teams interview in a hoodie today and it actually went really well. Thinking about just doing that from now on, even in person ones.

Poker interview?

[dubb93]

I’m not sure what gaming trend I like less:

Making the consumer pay more to get a game on its actual release date rather than on Friday.

Or

Charging money for a season pass and then releasing DLC that isn’t included with the season pass.

[stevew]

Never would have guessed “Eddie Rabbitt” wasn’t a stage name.

[Ksyrup]

Not exactly sure where this goes, but I just read that Matthew Sweet had a debilitating stroke in Toronto this past week at the beginning of a tour. So sad. There's a fundraiser to help with medical expenses. Girlfriend is just behind the 2 Jellyfish albums as the best power pop album of the 90s and is still a top 5 or 10 power pop album even outside the 90s.

[RainMaker]

That's really sad. His stuff with Susanna Hoffs was really good too.

[Ksyrup]

A Chipotle opened in my town about 5 or 6 months ago. Since we're a small suburb of Lexington, we don't have a ton of newer chain restaurants. It's mostly BK, McD, Wendys, Arbys, Taco Bell, etc. So I want to support a new place that didn't have its heyday in the 70s. I haven't eaten at one of those fast food places since some point in 2023, at least (and I've never gone to the BK that's been open for at least a decade).

That said, the wife and I went to Chipotle for dinner and ordered 2 bowls with guac, a side of chips and salsa, and 2 drinks. $35 and change. WTF? Mexican is typically pretty cheap! I can go to Chuys in Lexington and eat a full meal with multiple free baskets of chips for about the same price, including tip. Or, I could go to one of the local Mexican places and pay even less.

That's insane. It was good, but at that price, they should just rename the place Mexican Panera.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

A Chipotle opened in my town about 5 or 6 months ago. Since we're a small suburb of Lexington, we don't have a ton of newer chain restaurants. It's mostly BK, McD, Wendys, Arbys, Taco Bell, etc. So I want to support a new place that didn't have its heyday in the 70s. I haven't eaten at one of those fast food places since some point in 2023, at least (and I've never gone to the BK that's been open for at least a decade).

That said, the wife and I went to Chipotle for dinner and ordered 2 bowls with guac, a side of chips and salsa, and 2 drinks. $35 and change. WTF? Mexican is typically pretty cheap! I can go to Chuys in Lexington and eat a full meal with multiple free baskets of chips for about the same price, including tip. Or, I could go to one of the local Mexican places and pay even less.

That's insane. It was good, but at that price, they should just rename the place Mexican Panera.

I'm told gas station mexican restaurants are pretty inexpensive.

[Ksyrup]

Of course they are. Because they are in a gas station.