NY Nick said:In reply to NY Nick :
I think I just got BINGO
tiered gemba
digital tools
dashboard
leadership week.
🤨
What about syngery, deliverables, milestone or lets circle back round to this?
NY Nick said:In reply to NY Nick :
I think I just got BINGO
tiered gemba
digital tools
dashboard
leadership week.
🤨
What about syngery, deliverables, milestone or lets circle back round to this?
ShawnG said:In reply to NickD :
You forgot "I know x"
X being the owner.
My favorite was when this kid wheeled in with a rotbox '99 Taurus (at our GM dealership) and was trying to get a free oil change and the service writer was like, "I'm sorry, who are you?" and the reply was "Well, I'm Jake G.'s son, and we used to live next to Kevin C." So, being the son of a guy who used to live next to a tech who used to work here (and this tech had been gone for about 5 years at this point) entitles you to a free oil change? That's a bit of a stretch.
NY Nick said:In reply to NY Nick :
I think I just got BINGO
tiered gemba
digital tools
dashboard
leadership week.
🤨
customer-focused initiatives
driving innovation
The free square in the center should be "shareholder value"
I've dodged town hall calls for a bit, but now I have 3 on my schedule in the next week
I love the idea of a houseboat. Just post up somewhere until you get bored and move along. Fish all the time, float to better weather, just awesome.
The reality of combining the maintenance of a house and a boat into one object makes them horrible ideas.
RevRico said:I love the idea of a houseboat. Just post up somewhere until you get bored and move along. Fish all the time, float to better weather, just awesome.
The reality of combining the maintenance of a house and a boat into one object makes them horrible ideas.
I had thoughts about a 90' tug. It had about 3500 sq ft of floor space. Then I came back to reality and kept my house.
B.O.A.T. Break out another thousand. Unless it's over 40'. Then it's $10k. At 75', it's $100k.
RevRico said:I love the idea of a houseboat. Just post up somewhere until you get bored and move along. Fish all the time, float to better weather, just awesome.
The reality of combining the maintenance of a house and a boat into one object makes them horrible ideas.
Owning something that can sink while you're out getting groceries just scares me.
My uncle has a 110-footer and I want to say it holds 6000 gallons of fuel. Dude spends 100K a year just keeping the boat happy plus another 180k on staff.
In reply to RevRico :
There was a time in my early 20s, before I was married or had kids, that I very seriously considered buying a 30'-40' cruiser like a Chris Craft or a Sea Ray and living on it. It's the one regret in my life that I am most happy to suffer.
In reply to wae :
When we lived on the island in my mid 20s there were a few of those 40 footers living at the marina.
The night I spent drinking with one of them and listening to all the issues and how hard it is finding parts and good luck if you ever get near salt water sticks with me to this day.
But I feel this cold crap weather move in, and start seeing them pop up on marketplace I get those happy fantasies again.
RevRico said:I love the idea of a houseboat.
The reality of combining the maintenance of a house and a boat into one object makes them horrible ideas.
Not to mention that they are smaller than the average studio apartment inside.
Why in the hell is checking tire pressures and adding air to tires on motorhomes so freaking difficult? I'm now driving over to the workshop to get a freaking giant socket so that I can take half the lug nuts off so I can take the wheel cover off so that I can access the valve.
Aaaannnnndddd... kiddo's fever came back. 
Poor kid.
Why do people think they have absolute gold and price E36 M3 so high?
I know, staying in vacation areas off season is a gamble but it’s close to my first call tomorrow. I ask hotel lady where’s a good place to grab a salad? 🥗
Moose Jaw. Food sucked and my first clue was the SEVEN PT Cruiser delivery vehicles. That should’ve been a big red flag..….
I'm still having issues with selecting my benefits. I've been on various computers for the better part of 5 hours. Onthe phone for 6. Hung up on 3 times. Even the people who help you once you get connected are baffled as to why the email isn't going through.
What the berkeley am I supposed to do?
In reply to Appleseed :
Reach out to hr and suggest the website may not be accessible and you’d like a benefit selection meeting.
In reply to grover :
HR literally said to all of our faces they have nothing to do with this and will not help us. They said to call the number that I called if you need help. And here we are...
Loved my 2 week vacation to Japan but getting back to real life sucks.
In reply to dan0 :
Because everybody wants to come in offering pennies on the dollar. Ask way more than you want and let them think they got a win when they "low-ball" for higher than you would have taken anyway.
At least that's why I do it. I don't like that it has worked out better for me than asking a fair price from the outset, but I'll continue to do it because it works.
Dryer decided to be a tumbler last weekend so a new one is arriving Friday. Today the handle on the toilet broke. I love/hate being a homeowner.
Appleseed said:In reply to grover :
HR literally said to all of our faces they have nothing to do with this and will not help us. They said to call the number that I called if you need help. And here we are...
That’s awful. FWIW, I work for a company that provides a benefits enrollment platform to employers and the tendency for HR to outsource and abdicate responsibility like this is becoming increasingly common. One thing we have resisted is providing direct employee interactions like a call center. We provide a secure website and some interactive tools, but HR has to be involved with their employees and maintains responsibility AND administrative access. I’m sure our position has cost us business. I’m biased, but it seems like the market has spoken and we are collectively headed toward a future where nothing works, nobody is responsible, and everyone is perpetually pissed off.
(to be clear, my company’s tech actually works, but we get passed over for the big names that can’t deliver pretty often)
Once upon a time I would spend hours analyzing data online trying to sort out what upgrade part I should go with next, or learning how systems work together to make the drive feel better.
Today I was excited to order the front floor liners for my Buick, *and* they were on sale.
In reply to WilD :
Our crap is "powered" by Oracle. That explains a lot.
Well, TIL, no more McDonald's hash browns for me. After getting my gall bladder removed a few weeks ago, I almost had a Code Brown incident on the highway.
Luckily just made it to the rest area.
Seems they weren't joking about maybe having issues with greasy food and I only ate half of it.
DOH!!
I set up an appointment for Sunday morning to look at a bike. I noticed he had been flip flopping with the price, +/- 700, and also putting up ads then taking them down on MP, but left one posted at the better price somewhere else, where I contacted him. He also happens to be a friend of a friend, which he doesn't know. My buddy told me he's been taking the ads down because he's frustrated with people making low offers. He just messaged me, I've been getting offers $500-$600 more (than the lower price I saw). I'll give you first dibs, but that price has to be firm.
I thanked him for letting me know and told him he should, by all means, take the better offers, then thanked him again. Now he wants to know why I don't want the bike. If I do end up buying it - at this point I'm no longer interested at that price, those shenanigans are going to cost him $500.
Some people are their own worst enemy.
On two days' notice, I gave you two guys for two days to bail your ass out of a crack because you decided to go cheap on your automatic doors. You are lucky I was able to make that happen.
Now, what started as 6 problem doors has turned into 15 because of the incompetence of your installers. Sorry, you don't get three days. We will get as much done as possible by the end of business today, but then I have to pull them off this job to take care of the customers who buy from me. No, I don't care that your inspection is on Monday. I have Tuesday free, but that's it next week. After that, I'm booked until after Thanksgiving.
If you had bought this job from me, you wouldn't be in this position. We provide a turnkey package. Yes, it costs a little more, but when we are done, the locks and security system are playing nicely with each other and are integrated with the doors. Everything works as it should. You should have called us to start with.
Not to mention that what you are paying me to fix other contractors' berkeleyups is going to end up costing more than paying me on the front end.
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