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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • Long ago when I worked in supermarkets, our 12 item line was a hard limit; the scanner stopped working at 12. If you had more than that, it was your hard luck item 13 simply wouldn’t scan.

    Many times this caused problems, mainly for the customer.

    Customer: Hey it is only 2 more items.
    Operator: But I can’t scan it, the scanner stops at 12.
    Customer: But it is only two more items!!
    Operator: I understand that, but the scanner won’t take them.
    Customer: FINE, just start a new transaction!
    Operator: If you will please go to the back of the line then.
    Customer: WHAT, but I’m here now!!!
    Supervisor: What seems to be the problem here?
    Operator: More than 12 items.
    Customer: I ONLY HAVE 2 EXTRA ITEMS!!!
    Supervisor: I understand, if you could please go to the back of the line to get the extra two items, we will be happy to help you.
    Customer: WHAT THE FUCK, IT IS JUST TWO EXTRA ITEMS!!!
    Supervisor: If you want, them in one transaction we can cancel this one and move you to a full sized checkout.
    Customer: …ENRAGED RANTING…
    Supervisor: If you are going to be abusive to me or my staff, I’ll have to ask you to leave.

    Word of that type of thing gets around, for the number of people through the supermarket, the total number of incidents was very low. But they happened at least once a week.





  • As someone with a 5yo.

    Sit on the floor when interacting with them. Literally being on their level can help a lot, that and talk about stuff they are into.

    As someone else mentioned, don’t baby talk to them, unless they have some specific learning disability, a 5yo will know a lot about what they are into (a dinosaur kid will know heaps about dinosaurs)

    My boys all love Lego, build cool stuff, then let them have it, don’t use instructions.







    • RadioLab: so many great episodes on random topics, some absolute gold here.
    • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: relatively new, from the author of the best still book of the same name. So far, great!
    • Planet Money: US focused but still really interesting. Economics focused, non political.
    • The Inquiry: BBC deep dive on current affairs.
    • The Forum: BBC deep dive on various topics, some really interesting stuff.
    • Critical Role: its critical role…
    • The Kākā: NZ focused economics and politics.
    • Unexpected Elements: BBC science podcast.
    • The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: very deep dive into the history of philosophy.