stephen
@stephen@lazysoci.al
- Comment on Do all American stores have greeters? 2 days ago:
Not by a long shot. It’s mainly just Walmart. There are others, but they’re the exception, not the rule.
I worked in retail for about ten years. The company I was at did make a big deal about making a customer feel welcome, which might incidentally involve greeting a customer at the door, but we certainly were too busy to have someone perpetually posted up at the door like Walmart. Any sort of “greeting” we might have done would be the same as I what I experienced in Ireland or Italian retail where if I was approaching an employee, I’d get the local version of “hello”. Didn’t strike me as being very different.
So, no, the American retail space that has a dedicated greeter is fairly uncommon.
- Comment on I'm playing Gears of War Reloaded, and I have a question. Will there be some point when the Chainsaw I've had for hours actually gets explained to me? 3 weeks ago:
The game begins with a tutorial.
Why would I be remiss to be confused as to why there is a tutorial, but not include any mention of the existence, let alone the use, of a basic weapon?
Further, yes, I expect all products to tell me about their features.
- Comment on I'm playing Gears of War Reloaded, and I have a question. Will there be some point when the Chainsaw I've had for hours actually gets explained to me? 3 weeks ago:
Hahaha here I thought I’d just missed something in the beginning of the game. Turns out the game just doesn’t bother to teach its players how to play it.
- Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple 4 weeks ago:
No. Your argument is for fools. The argument that a country with a population of 345 million produces less carbon dioxide to pollute the planet’s atmosphere with than a country of 1.42 billion people is nonsense and contributes nothing to any conversation at all. The per capita comparison is what matters, but it’s not used by the people that just really want us to believe “China == bad”. Seems like they’re successful at it based on this interaction, sadly.
- Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple 4 weeks ago:
Correct and correct.
- Comment on Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple 4 weeks ago:
As always - well under what USA is putting into the atmosphere. ourworldindata.org/…/co-emissions-per-capita
- Comment on Trump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn’t Like | The president is now musing about trying to revoke Rosie O'Donnell’s birthright citizenship because he doesn’t like her 2 months ago:
Turns out I like Rosie O’Donnell more than I thought. Good for her. Bad for us she left behind.
- Comment on came across some family heirlooms today, hahaha! 2 months ago:
I had one of those bad boys for years. It was the best.
- Comment on A growing number of young chinese people are avoiding Starbucks Coffee. US executives are furious. 4 months ago:
Personally, I’d like the entirety of the United States to buy local from all types of restaurants instead of letting corporations pave over our regional food cultures.
- Comment on “Bionic Girl” Debuts New Wireless Hands That Even Work When Detached From the Main Prosthetic 4 months ago:
I wonder if data going into the hands is also wireless when they’re attached. Seems like a rather critical set of functions to go with wireless instead of a hard connection. Maybe wireless fidelity has improved enough that concerns about things like interference aren’t as big as they used to be.
- Comment on Synology could bring “certified drive” requirements to more NAS devices 5 months ago:
Growth imperative. Greed will never be satiated.
