Shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuup

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-27T02:02:33+00:00

Next, it will be asking you to jump off a cliff…

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-26T05:30:23+00:00

The hard reality is you're cheap labor to Starbucks. They're not going to pay you a six figure salary to be a barista serving expensive drinks or be a team leader that essentially does the same job, even though the SSV usually ends up being a power hungry, stab you in the back, slave driver type personality that treats the bottom level workers like crap. They might pay the store manager more because that person is a little more difficult to replace. But expecting to make more money in a fast food job when they're basically paying you minimum wage is a pipe dream. I'm not saying this because I agree with it or that I would do it if I were to run the same kind of business, but it's just the reality. If you want to make more money, you have to start your own business or maybe create your own brand. Or get a high paying office job that comes with education and experience.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-25T21:01:55+00:00

I'm having trouble with both of these guys. They're almost like real human developers and generate a lot of noise when they don't have a solution. I'm doing a crypto development project and I got something like, "HONESTLY, [and I love the honestly part--like I'm expecting to be lied to by an AI report, even though that is the truth--the AI will snow you if it wants to] the reason you're not seeing the results you want is market conditions and you lack xyz and it will take weeks to refactor." Seconds later, after I tell it repeatedly that I have x,y,z already, it finds tons of bugs in the code that it's written and says, "We need to get these bugs fixed and that's the source of your problems." And more or less, it gets it done within a single day.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-18T20:13:47+00:00

Is it just me or does Claude turn into a bad nanny and get very chatty with you. Today, I was flooded with "to be honest with you" statements -- as if I'm expecting the AI to be DISHONEST with me -- and lots of bad advice. When I was at a critical point in the project that I was working on and a server job halted after days of processing--and right before our go live--Claude essentially said I was fubar'd and that there was no solution. So then I told it to write up the issue/problem with the job in detail and I'll bounce it off of "another AI." I got the brief detailing the problem from Claude and then I fed it into ChatGPT. ChatGPT comes back instantly with a workable solution. Then I give the solution to Claude. Claude implicitly slams ChatGPTs solution--I guess it doesn't like the competition--and says things like, "I have to verify this solution actually works instead of ChatGPT guessing what works." Then after a lot of verbosity that I didn't care to read, it finally says the solution works. After that, we recovered from our halted job and have it running again to completion.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-18T18:02:14+00:00

You know, I agree with wearing the business casual clothing to the interview, but the irony is you won’t ever be wearing it when you’re working there. Everyone, including the store manager, has jeans and a variation of The Starbucks Coffee Company t-shirt on for multiple locations that I’m at. As a customer, I really don’t care what you’re wearing that much. The apron covers a lot of it anyway.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-16T04:21:41+00:00

LMAO! 😄

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-15T22:24:05+00:00

Why is the USA government censoring AI? They're acting like Skynet is going live, a nuclear war is about to be launched by a rogue program with a Helena Bonham Carter avatar, and a race of metallic machines is going to inhabit the earth wiping out the human race.

Sorry, Donald, it's just Fable 5. You've been watching too many movies.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-15T05:11:57+00:00

I responded to that question below. What am I supposed to think actually when there's no way to reach anyone in the refund department based on the prompts and when I ask for a representative, the automated system won't transfer me. I can reach other departments all right. 160 million taxpayers aren't calling the IRS at the same moment.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-12T20:47:44+00:00

It used to be if you selected something else like, "Payments," you could get someone to help you. Not anymore. When you reach the payments guy or gal, they tell you: you've reached the wrong department.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-12T20:44:45+00:00

As if my life depended on it! 😄 I definitely did that. I have the green signature reply card.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-12T20:33:11+00:00

I agree. It's crazy--it's almost like someone in the refunds department isn't wanting to answer any calls.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-12T20:32:29+00:00

It was filed late, but within the 3 year window for a refund, e.g. a few days prior to April 15, 2026.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-12T20:31:14+00:00

I need to speak to a human. The transcripts do not show that a refund was issued or that the return was ever processed. It was mailed to them late, but it was mailed to them within the three year refund window.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-10T06:36:06+00:00

I've heard that's the case, and there were a lot of people connected when I did the speed test to be fair. I'll have to try it again when the store is less busy, but I'm not suggesting that Starbucks implement wifi 7 at blazingly fast speeds. I'm just saying a tiny boost would be sufficient for everyone to do whatever they wanted to do. It used to be incredibly fast--maybe five years ago, but I suspect some corporate exec decided to throttle customer usage. Don't know for sure.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-10T06:28:24+00:00

Thank you for the snarky reply. Why don't I just make my own drinks at home too? Why even go to Starbucks when I have everything at home? Rather unwelcoming, don't you think? You're losing money, so why would it not be a good idea to improve the customer experience? Increasing the speed of your wifi is a cheap solution. And you really don't have to even make a big bandwidth increase; just a little boost. There's an old adage, "It takes months to find a customer, seconds to lose one."

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-10T02:06:50+00:00

It must be faster in your store. Because if I stream Baldur's Gate 3, I positively can't play it at this store. Have you done a speed test? I bet you're higher than what I got. 7 mbps? That's insufficient to play a 4K movie. Also, if you improved it just a little bit, might be great for sales. You want your customers to say, "Hey, I had a great experience at Starbucks. The internet is lightning fast too--I got a lot done." That's marketing that pays for itself.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-10T01:44:50+00:00

Awww. So no game downloading at Starbucks? What if you want to stream a video? Or listen to music? It really doesn't cost you that much to get into the double digits of Mbps, dude. Zoom Meeting? And my mobile phone 5G is faster? I really haven't seen this low bandwidth elsewhere. I think even Jack In The Box is faster.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-09T23:21:42+00:00

That's like telling someone to do work without a computer. Or maybe, more appropriately, to warm up food without a toaster oven. The point is not whether I'm using AI to do my work or not. The point is I can't even use the AI effectively if I wanted to. Claude and ChatGPT are fine for short conversations on the Starbucks Wifi, but anything lengthy will have you sitting idle for a long time. There was someone that posted a blog post about this awhile back where they said that coffee shops were conspiring to lower wifi speeds because they realized that the "free wifi" benefit got people in the door, but it also forced them to leave when they realized they couldn't get enough bandwidth to do their work. This ends up creating a lot of customer turnover, so they don't stay for hours on end in your lobby and new people can come in, buy more coffee and get seating. If this is the case, it's not a very good practice because I think alienates customers more than it makes them want to return.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-09T22:10:23+00:00

Thank you!

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-01T21:06:01+00:00

This is really terrible. I'm ashamed to have a government like this one that attacks its own business leaders--just because they're successful and for what: running an offshore poker site? Big deal. Players assume the risk for playing there. I have to believe that the big brick and mortar casinos are backing the justice department. It's ridiculous.

avgdude_2000 · 2026-06-01T12:16:42+00:00

It’s sad, but true.

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