Ten Things That Occurred to Me #9
I make it a point to be extra chirpy, kind, and friendly to the customer service people that I deal with on the phone -- even if I am upset and there is a big problem. They didn’t cause the problem and they can often help you. If you are kind and cheery, they will be too, and more likely to help. I guess I have an ulterior motive there, but my main motivation is to try to be a bright light for someone who probably deals with grumpy people all day.
I watched the USA Women’s Olympic Hockey team kick the crap out of Switzerland this weekend. It has been a while since I watched women’s hockey. I hope this comes out right -- but wow, the game has really changed in the last ten or fifteen years. These women are skating fast and hard and are really handling the puck. Impressive improvement over that time period.
Who knew SourceForge was still a thing?
I love the idea of self-driving cars. But I don’t think that we’ll have self-driving cars until we have support built into the roads that tell the network where the roads are and where the other cars are. Interestingly, I’ve never seen this mentioned anywhere in the discussion
Okay admit it: You secretly want Beezus and Henry Huggins to grow up and get married.
Grayson Allen of the Milwaukee Bucks is, to put it mildly, a total dick. As a guy who's been an NBA fan for many years, one does wonder how a guy like Charles Oakley would respond to the antics of Mr. Allen. I shudder to think.
I’m obsessed with Wordle. My first word is ‘PIOUS’, and I almost always follow that with ‘REALM’. You can thank me later.
Consider the word "laundry". At what point do clothes become laundry? Is laundry clean or dirty? At what point does laundry become clothes again? Inquiring minds...
I always thought it was kind of crazy that a long time ago in a galaxy far far away that they spoke perfect English. I mean, what are the odds?
I am going to take a wild guess and say that the percentage of people that actually want Fox News or CNN or whatever blaring on the TV at a McDonald’s is 2.3%. I'm going 0.54% for a doctor's office waiting room.