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RE: Elizabeth Warren out of race
March 11, 2020 at 11:47 am
(March 11, 2020 at 10:09 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You're all over the board OLB. Do I sound like a person who thinks that a minimum wage works...or a UBI? No, ofc not. It's still a fact that the minimum wage exists, and minimum wage employers would not be able to drop their wages..below...wait for it..minimum wage.
I suppose they could shaft their higher paid workers, and hope to be able to compete with other employers while shafting them - but here again I see bad at business.
Self checkout lines aren't automation. They're just getting you, a real human being, to do hourly work for free. Still waiting to see the prices for groceries come down.... My appologies. I.guess I misunderstood your stance on the subject.
I refuse to use "self check out" - unless the store is willing to pay me an hourly for hassling with it.
So far no takers.
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RE: Elizabeth Warren out of race
March 11, 2020 at 12:49 pm
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(March 11, 2020 at 11:47 am)onlinebiker Wrote: (March 11, 2020 at 10:09 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You're all over the board OLB. Do I sound like a person who thinks that a minimum wage works...or a UBI? No, ofc not. It's still a fact that the minimum wage exists, and minimum wage employers would not be able to drop their wages..below...wait for it..minimum wage.
I suppose they could shaft their higher paid workers, and hope to be able to compete with other employers while shafting them - but here again I see bad at business.
Self checkout lines aren't automation. They're just getting you, a real human being, to do hourly work for free. Still waiting to see the prices for groceries come down.... My appologies. I.guess I misunderstood your stance on the subject.
I refuse to use "self check out" - unless the store is willing to pay me an hourly for hassling with it.
So far no takers.
Not that I encourage it, but it's an easy way to steal, simply by scanning a lower value item and bagging the more expensive item. My son works in retail, and that's what's happening. When there are 4 self serve check stands and it's busy, no way that the one employee can verify that the goods are being properly paid for. People make off with thousands of dollars in merchandise every week, just at his store.
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RE: Elizabeth Warren out of race
March 11, 2020 at 1:12 pm
(March 11, 2020 at 12:49 pm)Fireball Wrote: (March 11, 2020 at 11:47 am)onlinebiker Wrote: My appologies. I.guess I misunderstood your stance on the subject.
I refuse to use "self check out" - unless the store is willing to pay me an hourly for hassling with it.
So far no takers.
Not that I encourage it, but it's an easy way to steal, simply by scanning a lower value item and bagging the more expensive item. My son works in retail, and that's what's happening. When there are 4 self serve check stands and it's busy, no way that the one employee can verify that the goods are being properly paid for. People make off with thousands of dollars in merchandise every week, just at his store.
I know a girl (presently doing time) who bragged that the best way to rip off a store is to get a job and work there for a while to find the weak spots in their security.....
I guess it worked.
She' s doing time for check fraud...
Heh
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RE: Elizabeth Warren out of race
March 11, 2020 at 1:58 pm
(March 11, 2020 at 12:49 pm)Fireball Wrote: (March 11, 2020 at 11:47 am)onlinebiker Wrote: My appologies. I.guess I misunderstood your stance on the subject.
I refuse to use "self check out" - unless the store is willing to pay me an hourly for hassling with it.
So far no takers.
Not that I encourage it, but it's an easy way to steal, simply by scanning a lower value item and bagging the more expensive item. My son works in retail, and that's what's happening. When there are 4 self serve check stands and it's busy, no way that the one employee can verify that the goods are being properly paid for. People make off with thousands of dollars in merchandise every week, just at his store.
It's know colloquially as 'the banana trick' - you scan your bananas 12 times and bag 12 rib steaks. It got the name a couple of years ago when Sainsbury's discovered that in one day they sold twice as many bananas as they had in stock.
Here's the old school version of the same thing. Takes balls and luck to make this one work:
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RE: Elizabeth Warren out of race
March 12, 2020 at 11:15 am
Let's face it: Right now you all wish Elizabeth Warren were in charge.
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RE: Elizabeth Warren out of race
March 12, 2020 at 12:01 pm
She was probably the most qualified and prepared candidate. I'd be willing to bet that actually hurt her candidacy.
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RE: Elizabeth Warren out of race
March 12, 2020 at 12:15 pm
(March 12, 2020 at 12:01 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: She was probably the most qualified and prepared candidate. I'd be willing to bet that actually hurt her candidacy.
Fair point. If the last few years have demonstrated anything at all, it’s that competence is an absolute drawback in the political world.
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RE: Elizabeth Warren out of race
March 12, 2020 at 12:19 pm
She will have much more influence as senate majority leader anyway.
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