Temperament of the parents plays a large role (but not the only factor) in what the temperament of the offspring will be. That's why dog breeders et al don't just choose the prettiest animals, but also the smartest and least agressive (at least in theory).
Like a few posters have mentioned before, this is an education system, not a babysitter.
Perhaps a yearly stipend for attending special facillities or institutions would be more appropriate, but there's really no reason to have the public school system support them.
Ahh, but you see my department store is big enough to have their own bank. There's an option to have it a joint Visa account, but at the very minimum it's us that you're borrowing money from.
Ahh... but you see I have been basically asked to harass people.
"Here comes [standard managerial figure], go talk to that customer"
"But I already did"
"Go do it again then!"
"Sir, did you need any help?"
"I fucking told you the first time, NO."
Or what about if the service your asked to push really just plain sucks?
Well here's the thing: I don't. Whenever posssible, I treat you exactly as I want to be treated.
Damn thing is, eventually this reaches my manger, which eventually reaches the store manager, which eventually reaches faceless higher up and so on.
The store works in waves. It starts off at the peak. You have to do this, this, this, and this. Over a couple of weeks in becomes lax, and then a few weeks pass and a few more, and after a while we're at "bottom" (which ironically is more ideal). All this consists of is you handing me your money and my selling you the product.
After this goes on a while we'll get a report from some bigwig "YOU'RE STORE IS NOT ON PAR WITH THE COMPANY'S PLAN!!!" and a crack down will ensue until we're back at the peak. And the cycle will then begin to repeat itself, over and again.
I have told the managers about their BS (The credit card/interest lie, or how I'm annoying the hell out a customer because of them) they'll smile repeat the bogus lie, and walk away before you can confront them any further.
And I agree with you. I am DYING to quit. But I can't leave yet until I've secured another position.
I work for a major department store chain as a your basic associate (younger geeks have to find crap first jobs as we all know). Now I agree with all of you when it comes to the shopping experience: leave me the hell alone, if I need your help I'll ask for it.
But the thing is, it's not how you or I want your shopping experience to be, it's how the management wants your shoppping experience to be.
I didn't say hi to you within 30 seconds of your walking into my department? Bad associate!
I did say hi to you, but a manager walked by so now they insist I have to say hi to you again, even though that just makes you mad.
Done shopping? NO! How about more of the stuff you've got now, but in different colors/styles or accessories even though you told me you only came in for a pair of socks.
Now you're done shopping? Would you like to put this on our store issued credit card? Don't have one? Well what's holding you back from opening a 25% interest account? I must insist!
(Incidentally they feed us BS saying that the real reason they issue cards is because those customers who have them tend to be more loyal and spend more than on your standard everyday credit card, but if that was the case why charge so much interest?)
Now that our transaction is complete, and all you want to do is get the hell out of here, would you like to fill out a feedback card describing your shopping experience and determing my worth as a human being to my superiors?
Unless your dealing with just a complete asshole, odds are the employee is as equally annoyed as you are by pushing those nonsense extras.
Now when I want my kid to do a chore like wash the dishes, verbally telling him to do it wont work, just like yelling at your monitor wont get the application to run.
So first I'll smack him. He'll still say no, so I'll smack him again, and this time he'll do it. Thus a "double click" will get the job going.
Seeing as he was born in 1986, I think I might have a case.
But even if the exoskeleton was designed so that it could not move in a position contrary to natural human movement, could it not still go haywire and move move too fast?
Is there a limit to how fast human legs can move before injury occurs?
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Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
Temperament of the parents plays a large role (but not the only factor) in what the temperament of the offspring will be. That's why dog breeders et al don't just choose the prettiest animals, but also the smartest and least agressive (at least in theory).
Like a few posters have mentioned before, this is an education system, not a babysitter.
Perhaps a yearly stipend for attending special facillities or institutions would be more appropriate, but there's really no reason to have the public school system support them.
Irrational exuberance.... irrational exuberance....
Has netcraft confirmed it?
It was a looong truck.
It all "fell off" the back of a truck.
You actually READ playboy?
(for the astronomers in the crowd) ...would the solar storms "rip" all the water from the planet, and then where would it all go?
Ahh, but you see my department store is big enough to have their own bank. There's an option to have it a joint Visa account, but at the very minimum it's us that you're borrowing money from.
Ahh... but you see I have been basically asked to harass people. "Here comes [standard managerial figure], go talk to that customer" "But I already did" "Go do it again then!" "Sir, did you need any help?" "I fucking told you the first time, NO." Or what about if the service your asked to push really just plain sucks?
Well here's the thing: I don't. Whenever posssible, I treat you exactly as I want to be treated. Damn thing is, eventually this reaches my manger, which eventually reaches the store manager, which eventually reaches faceless higher up and so on. The store works in waves. It starts off at the peak. You have to do this, this, this, and this. Over a couple of weeks in becomes lax, and then a few weeks pass and a few more, and after a while we're at "bottom" (which ironically is more ideal). All this consists of is you handing me your money and my selling you the product. After this goes on a while we'll get a report from some bigwig "YOU'RE STORE IS NOT ON PAR WITH THE COMPANY'S PLAN!!!" and a crack down will ensue until we're back at the peak. And the cycle will then begin to repeat itself, over and again. I have told the managers about their BS (The credit card/interest lie, or how I'm annoying the hell out a customer because of them) they'll smile repeat the bogus lie, and walk away before you can confront them any further. And I agree with you. I am DYING to quit. But I can't leave yet until I've secured another position.
I work for a major department store chain as a your basic associate (younger geeks have to find crap first jobs as we all know). Now I agree with all of you when it comes to the shopping experience: leave me the hell alone, if I need your help I'll ask for it.
But the thing is, it's not how you or I want your shopping experience to be, it's how the management wants your shoppping experience to be.
I didn't say hi to you within 30 seconds of your walking into my department? Bad associate!
I did say hi to you, but a manager walked by so now they insist I have to say hi to you again, even though that just makes you mad.
Done shopping? NO! How about more of the stuff you've got now, but in different colors/styles or accessories even though you told me you only came in for a pair of socks.
Now you're done shopping? Would you like to put this on our store issued credit card? Don't have one? Well what's holding you back from opening a 25% interest account? I must insist!
(Incidentally they feed us BS saying that the real reason they issue cards is because those customers who have them tend to be more loyal and spend more than on your standard everyday credit card, but if that was the case why charge so much interest?)
Now that our transaction is complete, and all you want to do is get the hell out of here, would you like to fill out a feedback card describing your shopping experience and determing my worth as a human being to my superiors?
Unless your dealing with just a complete asshole, odds are the employee is as equally annoyed as you are by pushing those nonsense extras.
Cut us some slack ehh?
Now when I want my kid to do a chore like wash the dishes, verbally telling him to do it wont work, just like yelling at your monitor wont get the application to run.
So first I'll smack him. He'll still say no, so I'll smack him again, and this time he'll do it. Thus a "double click" will get the job going.
Seeing as he was born in 1986, I think I might have a case.
In Soviet Russia, Mods would recognize my post as a joke.
You're feeble human mind could not possibly handle the answer. Next question.
That is all.
But even if the exoskeleton was designed so that it could not move in a position contrary to natural human movement, could it not still go haywire and move move too fast?
Is there a limit to how fast human legs can move before injury occurs?
NASA: There are just so many things you shouldn't be doing.
ISS: What, what am I doing, can you give me specifics?
NASA: If you don't know, then I'm not telling!
Just do it the best way history has shown how: send out "Critical Windows Update Patch" emails...
They could've renamed it Linfox instead.
I guess that means you haven't seen his new video for "Get On Da Dezktop" feat. Clip-Dawg then huh?
Well I guess they wont offer to pay with Disney Dollars in their next bid.
Reference is to "Flowers for Algernon."