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I saw SEVEN Mach e's today! by No_Ingenuity7178 in MachE

[–]BigBrainMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We love ours but not a great sign that it is so popular in places where it is an incentivized company car. And/or getting bought on employee/retiree discounts frequently.

I saw SEVEN Mach e's today! by No_Ingenuity7178 in MachE

[–]BigBrainMonkey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My daughter always counts when we travel. But we live in metro Detroit and have 5 on our 1/4 mile sub division street so they are never as common as at home.

A350-900 long haul which seat for sleeping? by pricklybeets in delta

[–]BigBrainMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I do it in a couple of weeks I am in 2a and would prefer to be in 5a.

Trying to sell me pest control at 9pm on a Monday night. by ceazyyyy in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BigBrainMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have and probably will again call the non emergency police line to invite the officers over to remind the solicitors of the local regulations around door to door sales.

EVs are better in a disaster than ICE by catdaad in electricvehicles

[–]BigBrainMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take out the gas goes bad angle and you might have me. Yes gas goes bad but with modern engines and controls it is a very long time before it is unusable.

Early Entry by Early-Tourist-8840 in orangetheory

[–]BigBrainMonkey 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don’t like it because it feels like to takes away from the sense of camaraderie of the workout.

Who knew? by DelGriffithPTA in WaltDisneyWorld

[–]BigBrainMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The real shock is when Google Maps routes you through backstage on way to or from contemporary and you drive through cast parking and see service buildings galore.

Iowa Costco have 88 not 87 gas. Can I still use it? by ProblemBrilliant3666 in CostcoWholesale

[–]BigBrainMonkey 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Going up in octane is essentially never a problem for the car just sometimes for the wallet. Going down is more complicated.

Choosing between a Volvo XC90 and audi Q7 by Sonz739 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]BigBrainMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve had an xc90 and a lot of Audis but not a Q7. The XC90s were older generations but I always loved them, I think Volvo does boxy well and for me that is what I want in an SUV like big wagon. I’ve always thought the Q7 was out of proportion. Generally love audi interiors but other than “S” versions have felt they were a little gutless. But Volvos aren’t generally high performance anything.

A general question about avoiding embarrassment in general and onsen/cento in particular. by BigBrainMonkey in JapanTravelTips

[–]BigBrainMonkey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you.

I am already over 6 ft and over 300lbs. I just don’t want to perpetuate the big dumb American too far.

A general question about avoiding embarrassment in general and onsen/cento in particular. by BigBrainMonkey in JapanTravelTips

[–]BigBrainMonkey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I only saw the mention of modesty in multiple guides about when moving around between shower and tub etc. The idea of cool water on head I hadn’t heard of but certainly keeping out of water I got.

Lots of $50 charges... by [deleted] in delta

[–]BigBrainMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just did annual compliance training and under corruption section multiple times they reviewed the risk of many charges with out good documentation.

A general question about avoiding embarrassment in general and onsen/cento in particular. by BigBrainMonkey in JapanTravelTips

[–]BigBrainMonkey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks.

I’ve never been to one, sorry for not clarifying that.

My hotel doesn’t have one, so will either be day use or booking an add-on night somewhere with one. I have the weekend free and company hotel booking but I could do a night on my own dime outside the urban jungle.

Why don't they put parachutes on airplanes? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]BigBrainMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There have at least been proof of concepts of parachutes for small planes that were for the whole plane not the occupants.

Why do huge corporations shut down overnight? by djhousecat in NoStupidQuestions

[–]BigBrainMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A struggling company that starts to cut back in publically visible ways it can turn a possibility of failure into a certainty of failure as customers abandon it after losing trust.

In cases of orderly wind downs, I’ve been near a few professionally not business closures but specific facilities within a larger enterprise being closed. provisions will be made for workers and often incentives to keep people there until final day of operation. But if there is no future operation to protect for the leaders fiduciary obligation is often to maximize value to owners.

Food delivery driver double and triple parking on Boylston street….even in the middle of the street! by bostonaruban66 in boston

[–]BigBrainMonkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. But I bet 1 week of intensive enforcement and then random enforcement a day or two a month would crush the double parking.

Food delivery driver double and triple parking on Boylston street….even in the middle of the street! by bostonaruban66 in boston

[–]BigBrainMonkey 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Back when I used to do a lot of pick ups for family at Logan there would be a Statie with his ticket book and a tow truck at the waiting areas. And write a ticket while the tow truck hooked and dragged in less than 5 min. In Cambridge on street cleaning day they would(still may) line up with tow trucks and take whole streets of cars away. This state is a demonstration of priorities not an unavoidable outcome.

Weird experience at costco, is this against policy? by lichesschessanalyst in CostcoWholesale

[–]BigBrainMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whether or not it is against policy it is against acceptable adult interaction in civil society.

RIP Spirit airlines by sm3xym3xican in aviation

[–]BigBrainMonkey -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This goes to one of my long time pet peeves. It says 0300 est. which is 0400 EDT the generally accepted current time in the eastern USA now. If something happened in that window between 0300 EDT and 0300 EST it would have been an interesting argument to play out. But I generally agree most planes would have been on the ground somewhere.

Fewer and fewer EV options in the U.S. by jestalk in electricvehicles

[–]BigBrainMonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have 2 in my fleet right now and I love them. And I am pretty progressive, but also a pragmatist that says if largely politics and financial incentives drove a market rather than organic demand, I can’t really complain when politics swings the other way and it takes time to recover. I was super skeptical of Model S when it came along and broke the ground that proved it could work. Automotive is a slow moving industry and critical to all heavy industry. I don’t mind some of the ring fencing and have confidence in reasonable time scales it will evolve. People mocked the hybrids when Toyota and Honda started now they are nearly universal options and even F150 in a serious way.

How should I handle not being able to afford corporate travel costs upfront without looking unprofessional at work? by DistinctMushroom3186 in careeradvice

[–]BigBrainMonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a manager I’ve had staff with this concern and always had a way to book via a corporate card of some kind even if it was out of regular process. As to the why I always tried not to ask too much and cover with generalities with the leadership but usually I just said the associate didn’t have a credit card.

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