Forum Home
PC World Chat
Thread ID: 102338	2009-08-15 23:19:00	Wanna Work Here?	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
801473	2009-08-15 23:19:00	Can you imagine working at the following Company? It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics: 29 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have bankrupted at least two businesses 3 have been arrested for assault 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges 8 have been arrested for shoplifting 21 are current defendants in lawsuits In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving Can you guess which organization this is? Give up? It's the 535 members of your United States Congress. The same group that perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep the rest of us in line. Only in America... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in America... are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. (That's where I park) Only in America... do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions. Only in America... do people order double cheese burgers, a large fry, and a diet coke. Only in America... do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters. Only in America... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and leave useless junk in the garage. Only in America... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place. Only in America... do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight and beer in a six-pack. Only in America... do we use the word "politics" to describe the process so well, "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures". Only in America... do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering! (They DO! Really!)	SurferJoe46 (51)
801474	2009-08-16 00:24:00	Sobering	zqwerty (97)
801475	2009-08-16 06:48:00	Can you imagine working at the following Company? It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics: 29 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have bankrupted at least two businesses 3 have been arrested for assault 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges 8 have been arrested for shoplifting 21 are current defendants in lawsuits In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving Can you guess which organization this is? Give up? It's the 535 members of your United States Congress. The same group that perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep the rest of us in line. Only in America... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in America... are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. (That's where I park) Only in America... do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions. Only in America... do people order double cheese burgers, a large fry, and a diet coke. Only in America... do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters. Only in America... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and leave useless junk in the garage. Only in America... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place. Only in America... do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight and beer in a six-pack. Only in America... do we use the word "politics" to describe the process so well, "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures". Only in America... do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering! (They DO! Really!) As I read though the bulleted list, I immediately started thinking on the lines of elected officials (ours aren't much better than yours Joe). BTW, all ATM machines have Braille lettering on them. I suspect the suppliers don't bother changing the keypad just because it happens to be installed somewhere where blind or partially-sighted people aren't expected to turn up....	johcar (6283)
801476	2009-08-16 06:52:00	It is about time they stopped discriminating against blind drivers. Traffic lights are due for an upgrade "real soon now".	R2x1 (4628)
801477	2009-08-16 08:02:00	Ya missed the point about the Braille................ It's on the machine as an identifier FOR the machine like: "This is an ATM" - nevermind that he cannot SEE the video screen when he makes a transaction because it has NO BUMPS! We had to post our restrooms and everything in our shop in Braille tags even though there is NO WAY a blind person might wander into the shop - rubbing his hands all over the walls and doors - searching - on the slight chance that there might be a restroom in the building which he found by the Braille lettering out front: "This is an auto repair facility". It's just nuts. Even our traffic lights have Braille signs on them saying: "This is a controlled intersection". It's gotta be pretty obvious that there's SOME CONTROL or even a blind person could hear all the crashing and bending of metal parts I would think! I don't mind the bird chirps telling blind people when it's safe to cross and the second sound it makes when it's not - but the fact that there are instructions in Braille telling a blind person that they are on a corner and need to push the button is kinda silly. What are the chances that getting hit by a car are about even with finding the instructions on a pole - in the center of the corner - on the street - where they are walking - with a cane in the first place? Huh? It's just like the st-o-o-o-pid cell-phone messages that we get here. "The party you have called has a voice mailbox in which you may leave a message by choosing from the menu choices to follow. Please listen carefully to the menu as we have changed the options and there may be new choices. If you need to repeat the menu at any time - you can hit the star (*) key and go back to the beginning of this message. You may leave a message for this party when you hear the tone. Otherwise, you can leave a page for that person by hitting the number five - followed by the pound (#) key and then listening to further options. If you'd like to leave a call-back number, please hit the number 1 followed by the pound key (#). After you've left your message you may hang on or you can chose another option by hitting the 4 key followed by the pound (#) key. Thank-you for using Verizon for your call. We appreciate your business." Superfluous - stupid - and totally without regard to sanity. Besides - it uses up a lot of cell-minutes that they charge for. We are over-regulated and we seem to like it. "We" is not the "Royal 'WE'" though.	SurferJoe46 (51)
801478	2009-08-16 08:22:00	New thought and addendum: The newer electric cars are rated as "too quiet" for the "unsighted" pedestrians to hear now so they are trying to figure a way to advise them that an electric and therefor silent, stealth car is nearby by placing a Federally mandated warning posted on both the hood (bonnet) and trunk lid (boot cover). I recommend a nice Braille sign on it saying: "This is a wheeled, self-propelled, driver-operated and potentially moving - although silent object - called a "CAR". It can hurt you causing great physical pain or death under certain circumstances. It can render you potentially childless if you are struck in such an untoward manner. It is suggested that you do not allow it to interface with you in any way. The State of California and the Federal EPA suggest that interaction with such an object be left to sighted people"	SurferJoe46 (51)
801479	2009-08-16 08:47:00	Wouldn't it be cheaper to have blind people carry a sign saying "In the spirit of fair play the State Of California has mandated that you may not run me over unless you have your eyes closed". Any vehicular Braille signs may be more useful to the blind if they were under the car? Alternatively, could blind pedestrians carry a land mine at all times while crossing the road to even the odds?	R2x1 (4628)
801480	2009-08-16 08:48:00	Small-yield nuclear device?	SurferJoe46 (51)
801481	2009-08-16 08:53:00	No, that would defeat the advantage of regular land mines in seriously cratering the roads where blind people regularly cross. this would slow the traffic, enhancing the blind one's chance of dodging. Also the craters would provide a refuge where the frightened blind person can leap for some protection. It may be difficult for blind persons to locate these refuges, but natural selection should help here.	R2x1 (4628)
801482	2009-08-16 10:59:00	No, that would defeat the advantage of regular land mines in seriously cratering the roads where blind people regularly cross. this would slow the traffic, enhancing the blind one's chance of dodging. Also the craters would provide a refuge where the frightened blind person can leap for some protection. It may be difficult for blind persons to locate these refuges, but natural selection should help here. We do not have natural selection in New Zealand. We have voters or non voters. Natural selection would imply survival of the fit. Fit for what?	Sweep (90)
1 2