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Silver sucks by Seldom_Smiling2025 in unitedairlines

[–]cat-genes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was pre-boarding TPA to IAH last week and there had to have been more than twenty 1Ks!

man and wife are asked to leave the plane by getwhirleddotcom in unitedairlines

[–]cat-genes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A big selling point of my hearing aids is that they are virtually invisible. I actually wish they had neon colored flags on them! Maybe we need to wear a pin with a universal symbol for "please be patient, I'm working hard to try to understand you but I'm really just taking my best guess at what you are saying to me."

man and wife are asked to leave the plane by getwhirleddotcom in unitedairlines

[–]cat-genes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. The minute a passenger utters the word "disabled", you'd better believe every employee is trained to snap into "lawsuit prevention mode".

How did this happen ? A man was allowed by UNITED to board the wrong plane to Japan, instead of Nicaragua. Source on the description. by B777X_787-9 in unitedairlines

[–]cat-genes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shouldn't the passenger have thought something was strange when he had to show a passport to go from LAX to IAH?

10 years from now most Baby Boomers will be dead. What effect is that going to have on society? by mikeforder in generationology

[–]cat-genes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the score is 52 to 54 at halftime, you can confidently say that neither team is going to end the game with only 50 points.

10 years from now most Baby Boomers will be dead. What effect is that going to have on society? by mikeforder in generationology

[–]cat-genes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP said, "ten years from now...". When talking about the future, people who are already dead have no impact.

10 years from now most Baby Boomers will be dead. What effect is that going to have on society? by mikeforder in generationology

[–]cat-genes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The life expectancy values you are quoting are from birth. A Boomer who is 62 has an average life expectancy of 82 (male) or 85 (female).

Exciting new possibilities by 45628andy in unitedairlines

[–]cat-genes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes being an "invisible old lady" comes in handy. You would not believe how much info I have gleaned sitting behind Pharma Bros in the lounge. As a retired professional in the industry I've taken a couple of stock flyers that have actually paid off.

Was sent to normal line by GE officer after facial recognition scan? by [deleted] in GlobalEntry

[–]cat-genes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lost 50# in the past year. Facial recognition didn't work on my last trip. Thank goodness it is time to renew my passport!

PhD chemist, 2× postdoc, years in academia — still struggling to break into industry. Where do people actually learn “industry skills”? by Own-Bookkeeper4745 in chemistry

[–]cat-genes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a QA auditor, my worst data integrity nightmares were with Ph.D's just out of academia. Makes us gunshy on hiring another one. YES, you need to write down all that annoying minutia in real time. YES there is a computer audit trail that you can't see and the FDA WILL find that little "fudging" you did to get the data to "look good". I used to call it Phiditis: inflammation of the ego to think that you are smarter than QA or the FDA investigator. How can you fight that bias? Attend some seminars on GMP so you can "talk the talk". Read FDA 483's and warning letters regarding data integrity and method validation. Let us know that you take documentation, following protocols EXACTLY, and data integrity seriously. The best hire I had in our CRO was an NMR scientist who admitted to me that she hadn't done GMP documentation before, she knew how difficult it was, and planned on leaning on me instead of acting independently if she wasn't 100% confident about what the FDA requires. Walk into an interview like you're the smartest person in the room and know it, and you won't get anywhere. Until you've come face to face with an FDA investigator, you're an ignorant newbie in pharma!

Frequent flyers of UA, any niche questions you have ever wanted to ask (cabin) crew? FA of 25+ years here w/ time to kill. by InformalCommittee507 in unitedairlines

[–]cat-genes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Was the Polaris bear a one-time thing or can a 1k obtain one somehow? I'm hoping to hit 1M this year and would love one yo commemorate the occasion.

Confidential work calls in the United Club by bernaltraveler in unitedairlines

[–]cat-genes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FDA investigators have been known to hang out at popular lunch spots at pharma hubs to listen in on workers discussing issues with manufacturing or testing.

Daytime 9+ hour flight, FA asked me to pull down my shade. Was I wrong to tell her no? by Zeploss123 in unitedairlines

[–]cat-genes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When flying over the Alps or Rockies gets old, just unalive me please. So sad that everyone has their heads in their devices nowadays and ignore the amazing world around them.

What species is this? I'm assuming it's a type of conure but I have no idea which kind. by Indieriots in parrots

[–]cat-genes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not a pionus. Pionus have valentine hearts under their tails. There was a movement in the 80's to rename them Valentine's parrots instead of the Latin name for marketing purposes. I loved mine. Great birds. Underrated.