But that's another story. With United on the verge of Chapter 11, i'm starting to make *all* my tickets paper tickets!!

Yes, many of us would like to do that. It's the only way to easily change
carriers when one airline hoses you.

Unfortunately, American Airlines is eliminating paper tickets entirely in a few
months. I think other airlines are likely to follow suit.

Did the same thing when I was working at Target during high school. I wasnt a full time cashier but when I did cashier I made sure to be efficient. I dont think I ever called on a manager (well once but thats because some lady had every card and even her checks come back as not accepted then she proceeded to yell at me and then start throwing bags of merchandise over the counter at me) but working on the sales floor most of the time I knew the price for most stuff so if an item did not scan I automatically deducted about 50-75% off the retail price and asked the customer if that seemed fair (no one ever said no) and went about my business. Oh yeah if a clothing item came up with no price I priced it at $1.99 unless it looked cheaper than $1.99 in which case it was $0.49. Im sure I made the store lose some cash but I didnt care I hated the job and they never reprimanded me for what I did.

Oh yeah if a clothing item came up with no price I priced it at $1.99 unless it looked cheaper than $1.99 in which case it was $0.49. Im sure I made the store lose some cash but I didnt care

Actually, given the incredible markup on clothing, you were probably still giving the store a profit, or at worst, breaking even.

Also, don't discount the amount of customer goodwill generated by this behavior -- you probably encouraged enough repeat business that in the long run this practice was more profitable than being hardnosed and getting the exact price would have been.

tanstaafl.

Stop it! All of you! You're making too much sense! Stop the logic!!!

Stop it! All of you! You're making too much sense! Stop the logic!!!

I dunno. I haven't seen a lot of logic here. I mean... complaining about not knowing the checkout codes for produce? Who the heck eats vegetables anyway? Give me a nice juicy steak any day. And then there was the line about not going to buffets on account of wanting to be served -- uh, uh -- I go to buffets when I go out because I want to eat, and I can eat a lot more if I don't have to wait for waiters. My favourite buffet memory was a Ponderosa steakhouse -- 9 heaping plates of entrees, plus a large helping of dessert.

Now here's a guy who I can relate to.

The all you can eat buffets at chinese/italian/indian restaurants are the best idea ever. You can always eat far more than is good for you.

Not sure what that green leafy stuff is for either.

Not sure what that green leafy stuff is for either.

That's where you tie your horse up.

Not sure what that green leafy stuff is for either.

That's stuff that food eats...

/Michael

I wonder how many other empeggers there are in the north (west) maybe we could organise a little gathering sometime. I'm too impatient to wait nearly a whole year for Amersfoort!

Sorry to take so long replying, I'm in for a meet - I figure a chat to other Empeg owners might improve my, rather untechnical and simplistic, approach to the subject.

All that concerns me is fragmenting the meets into smaller events - I'm dead keen to get to Holland next year, and obviously with the whole of Europe to take in, that, comparatively large, meet is well worth putting resource behind.

Well, it all worked out in the end. I'm posting this message from a shiny new Sony SRX87 notebook PC .

Once Jen had turned up, I dragged her down to CompUSA on 5th St in San Francisco, and bought one.

I used the same credit card. This time, however, I used my passport as ID. No phone call was made, no problem arose. I walked out of the store with a Sony box under my arm.

The onboard wireless works well, too. I checked it out at the Starbucks around the corner from the hotel .

It was some of the best live entertainment I've ever seen

Patrick, I just wanted to say "Thanks". Last Saturday night I managed to put a room full of people in stitches by reading that story aloud (giving you full credit of course).

"Radio shack. You've got questions. We've got blank stares."

No, it's "Radio Shack. You've got questions. We've got....Oh, look Shiny *poing* *poing*"

Here's something my wife found online, no comment, but we found it funny:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=astronomy+wife+uncle&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=37DE4B42.A8DDAC63%40acrcorp.com&rnum=2

Unbelieveably, two of the guys working at Rat Shack (Sh*t Shack, Adapter City - pick your fave) by my house happen to be pretty knowledgeable. Apparently they're taking classes in electronics at a local VoTech school. I was remarkably surprised when they knew what a SPST NO microswitch was, then took me to the correct bin, then just to be sure it was what they thought it was, let me test it with a meter. (the baggie had been opened and returned)

Later that day, I went to a Circuit City to pick up some speakers for my car, spoke with the "car stereo guru", and recieved a blank stare when I asked him what the frequency response was on a particular set of 6x9's. After trying for a few minutes to convey what kind of information I wanted and why I wanted it, I finally convinced him to fetch me the manual and let me look it up myself. Dolt.

"Radio Shack. You've got questions. We've got....Oh, look Shiny *poing* *poing*"

Hmm... I thought it was "Radio Shack. You've got questions, we've got crap."