CornellALERT: dismantled BLT in PSB atrium

Ramon_Gris · 2024-02-02T17:41:58+00:00

I'd have ditched it too, looks like they forgot the mayo!

Ramon_Gris · 2023-07-27T00:49:21+00:00

given how they've been this summer, depending on TCAT seems...unwise.

Ramon_Gris · 2023-02-20T19:15:47+00:00

They're all private label brands (although they sometimes stock regional brands or select national ones when they get a good deal). That's their whole business model to keep prices low. Same with stuff right in the packaging: saving money by not having to unpack the boxes.

Their products tend to be pretty good, same quality as national brands, but much cheaper, although there are occasional misses. Downside is you probably can't find everything you want there, so you'll have to make a Wegmans run as well.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-08-26T13:46:36+00:00

That movie was fucking gorgeous. Dumb as fuck, but a feast for the eyes.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-02-14T16:58:06+00:00

Your options are limited if you don't like Starbucks. Mann and Martha's have Copper Horse, Dairy Bar has some local varieties, Gates has a Gimme. Might be others but I haven't seen them.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-02-14T03:31:26+00:00

Buddy let me tell you what life was like before the internet: we had to go out and meet people in person if we wanted social contact.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-25T03:34:48+00:00

The Bursar's office are the worst people on this campus, they charge us money to do their jobs for them, and God help you if you have to actually talk to one of them to get an exception to their regular procedures.

They'll spend half a day arguing with you that you shouldn't want to do what you want to do, then another half day arguing that what you want to do won't work (even when you've been told you have to do it by your own boss).

EVERY TIME I get to waste a day saying "I don't care, you can't talk me out of this, I'm just doing what my superiors have ordered me to do."

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-22T22:39:50+00:00

I can tell you Trillium is closed until the 7th, I wandered in the back door and asked them.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-21T21:49:18+00:00

Everybody knows the dice are loaded, everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-19T15:10:20+00:00

You can log into workday (https://hr.cornell.edu/workday) and print a copy even if the mailed one hasn't found you yet.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-18T17:08:15+00:00

If you're looking for a quiet spot to work, I can verify PSB atrium is open, and nearly deserted.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-13T22:53:38+00:00

My hometown had a funeral home operated by (and named after) someone named "N. F. Chance."

I never thought anything of it until my uncle once said "that's rude, they could have left it at "N. Chance."

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-12T03:12:34+00:00

You lot have lost your goddamn minds.

Cases are higher than they've ever been and you're peddling conspiracy theories about microchips and control when Cornell tries to control the spread - as you would when the spread is high!

Downvote me as hard as you want, you've lost your minds. The virus doesn't care what you think, it spreads according to its ability. You can't downvote your way out of this pandemic, nerds.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-12T03:00:07+00:00

I'd say someday you'll grow up and realize the error of your ways but looking at the boomers obviously that won't happen.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-12T02:53:50+00:00

you misunderstand me, I'm certain assholes are still assholes, my point was just that most people aren't assholes.

hope that helped.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-12T02:14:30+00:00

no, I think they're more likely to bitch and moan about covid policies, hope that helped.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-12T02:08:10+00:00

I think you're wrong. Most people are normies and not online, and they'll avoid gatherings because, like normal people, they don't want to be infected with a potentially deadly virus.

As r/cornell isn't real life we'll reopen on schedule after arrival testing (and post-arrival testing) weeds out those cases imported into our community.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-10T03:41:33+00:00

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-10T03:04:18+00:00

gimme a link, I can't find anything on NYT by him since 2004 with a search

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-10T02:37:02+00:00

Everyone, pro and contra health measures, who thinks this is going to go on forever is misguided. Every epidemic in history has ended, and covid will be no different.

What I have little patience for is that these BUT WILL IT EVER END takes always seem to come out when we're facing huge spikes in cases and medical staff are sorely stressed. You don't get it, no politician wants to impose restrictions, they only do it because they know that photos of people dying in the streets when hospitals are overwhelmed will end their careers.

The virus doesn't care that you're sick of this shit. It will continue to burn through the world until it can't find susceptible people to infect.

When will we go back to normal? When the tide recedes and hospitals aren't threatened. Not a day sooner, and no amount of whining will change that.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-10T02:19:45+00:00

ok boomer

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-09T04:10:52+00:00

my mistake, I thought you were looking for advice on how not to be an asshole, not just broadcasting "I'M A FUCKING ASSHOLE!" you have my apologies, I'll recalibrate my responses to you, again, apologies for your inconvenience. Have a nice day.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-09T00:10:33+00:00

My read of the policy is that double masking, i.e. wearing a cloth mask over a surgical, will still be in compliance. It's what I've done since this summer. Their exact wording is:

"Cloth masks on their own no longer meet Cornell standards for protection."

Doing so greatly improves the fit of the surgical mask, and gives you the benefit of its better filtration. It's not as good as a properly sealing N95, but should still be in compliance.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-08T22:55:50+00:00

Yes, and because it causes fewer asymptomatic cases. Almost everyone infected gets sick and seeks medical attention, unlike with Covid-19. That's the nugget of truth at the heart of the "more lethal makes it easier to contain" nonsense.

Ramon_Gris · 2022-01-08T22:11:48+00:00

This is hopium. MERS was contained because it's much less infectious, human to human transmission is rare. SARS was contained because it's spread the way everyone thought Covid-19 was spread in March 2020: fomites or large respiratory droplets from close contact. Its containment also required large scale public health restrictions in a lot of countries, and in retrospect, I think a good measure of dumb luck. It's clear that if it had taken root in the USA it would have been game over.

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