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Companies won't do a lot of ****. until people stop doing it or they get required to do it. Until Americans actually decide they just won't do the hidden fees, either by not paying them and causing labor issues or by passing legislation, of course thats how companies act. Companies, like people, respond to incentives.
I'm not sure that efficiency is the goal here.
Great post. Can you elaborate on tipping at an all inclusive? Mrs. Yambag and I are going to one in 2 weeks and have not been in 10 years. Are you referring to cleaning people and bartenders/drink runners?
Yeah I usually drop 20s on bartenders and servers day one and then again at the end. But that's cheap Mexico and 20 was a lot 5 years ago. I'd google around for what works today.
Where is the AI you're going to?
So, this guy is arguing autonomous vehicles will incentivize bad pedestrians?
They’re just stuck in the past.
We inherited a roll of these when Mr R's mother died. I doubt we'll ever run out.
Yup. I used two checks and two stamps all of last year and none of either one so far this year. Doubt my 23 year old son knows how to address an envelope properly let alone put a stamp on it to mail it.
Thank goodness for online banking. It is so good.
This is going to trigger some people
you're right, I thought that through, and then double crossed myself. my bad.
Visiting my parents, Dad loves to stop at Sonic at happy hour and get a route 44 cherry limeade.
Tell him to try some two dollar bills. Watch the panic.
That's a better story than mine. Very funny, and a nice start to my day.
yes. Convenience stores also. They are like "what do I do with this?"
bonus if he is shorting them 9 cents every time.....hahaha. Call it a math tax.
Not a problem for me now (ret), but hell yes, I agree. For me, when I was working, they would do that when the meeting involved doctors. Or worse, schedule it at 7 am. A lot of times that was the only time physicians could meet.
Agreed, but maybe for a different reason than you were thinking of. My coworkers would bring lunch to such meetings, all chewing with their mouths open, sounding like pigs at the slop. And of course talking with their mouths full. I'd remote into some of those from my office 40 ft away.
Happens all the time but it's mostly because I am in California and other groups are in Alabama. So I end up getting screwed most of the time with either super early meetings or lunch meetings. No way around it.
Or 11-12..... I'm an early luncher
I'm more of a late luncher, and I have teammates in Boise (hour later than me) and Boston (three hours later). It's tough finding something that fits everyone's calendars that's not way too early for me or way too late for the Boston guy. We're running into lunches for someone a lot of the times, which is alright.
Early happy hour?
Yes, and still have lunch outside the noon meeting.
I try to avoid 1130-100 if I’m scheduling
Well la-de-da, I bet you have indoor plumbing too.
i'll still take it over anything from 4-6p
I mean we were traveling at a client site M-Th every week. Or at least I and the teams and clients I chose were. So you're under the business travel expense policy basically all the time.
Yes, late meetings were worse than early meetings or lunch meetings...by far IMO.
I am on the west coast. We sometimes have national meetings that start around 6-7a pst. Big pita imo.
Yeah I think I’d rather take a 4-6 and just take it from the car or at home vs being forced to bring in a lunch instead of going out
Narrator: they schedule it even with my time blocked
That’s met with a “sorry, I have a previous conflict at that time” from me.
Oh I usually just decline but it happens
Yeah, it for sure happens. Minimizes it, or at least makes them think about it. At least internally, people can see if I’m busy or not. If I’m marked busy and they propose it anyway, they know what they are doing, and I don’t mind telling them to piss off and find another time.
If you put something on my calendar without asking me, unless you're very important for my own prospects, the chance of me joining is probably under 10%.
