The other day I was driving on a road that goes between a couple of those big warehouse. Coming up to where it curves, this girl was in my lane because she was on her phone. She saw me at the last minute and adjusted, but after narrowly missing me, she just kept looking at her phone like it was no big deal.
Exactly. When I say bar, I mean the establishment, and the areas where there are tables. They are rarely, if ever, seated at the actual bar in a stool.
Similar situation for me over the weekend. One of my garage door openers has a belt drive system and is less than 8 years old. The plastic non-drive pulley cracked pinching the belt causing the belt to partially strip off several teeth. I order the correct size belt based on the door height and after receiving it, measure it against the old belt…….about 10” too short. So, I start a return on that belt and reorder the belt for a larger door height and will have to trim it slightly to fit. I also find out that the pulley for this system has been discontinued and cannot find it anywhere even though this garage door opener is a major brand and is not very old. I had to figure out an option and ended up finding a pulley that is the same size but it is normally used on a belt driven dryer drum. It’s a lot of gear grinding because the manufacturer doesn’t offer the proper support and used a very cheap brittle plastic part that is a crucial component.
Normally aggravating but if heading back to work on the company’s dime, I’d probably take my sweet time as well.
I also find if you don’t supply the wife and kids with food and drink they tend to get cranky
RepairClinic.com is your best friend when this happens. Where i order all my stuff from for side work and usually have it shipped to my house in a day or 2. Hell of alot cheaper than calling anyone
On the topic of work provided snacks/coffee…every place I have worked at for the past 20+ years will provide coffee. I don’t like coffee. Why can’t they provide soda? The company I work at is very large and spends literally hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on coffee, surely it would be cheaper to buy soda?
Exactly. Also contributes to diabetes, weight gain and long-term health and dental issues. Its why they pulled them out of schools as well.
But put in all the diet and lite versions of drinks... which suck and aren't really much better for you.
Wasn't there a study done that showed diet drinks actually increase your appetite?
probably. I know I feel more thirsty if I take a drink of Diet Coke compared to Coke.
If they are spending hundreds of thousands on coffee they'd be spending a crazy amount on pop I imagine.
They can just write it off. These big companies, they write off everything, Jerry.
Yep, they were hawking insect trapping products when I went in the Lowe’s this past weekend.
3rd party vendors, gotta be one of the most miserable jobs ever. Same with the ones in Costco begging you to get a new phone or internet.
Bingo. It's 2025, if we need something we go online and purchase it or we go find it locally. Solicitors and door to door sales is so obsolete it's crazy they're still a thing.
Just had my belts replaced and the company I used was fantastic. First thing they asked was if we had a LiftMaster/Chamberlain opener. Since we do, they said they provide lifetime warranty on the belts so call them and have them send new ones so we don’t have to get charged for them. Simply went online and entered the serial & model number & received the two belts within a week.
I look at their shirt or name tag and tell them I'm already with them.
