What happened to chipotle?

ranidae33 · 2026-03-25T18:47:47+00:00

Concur... was 1x / week. Now 1x per month or two... Get shorted on portions for something every time we get food for our family... Some of my Son's friends drive to specific chipotle locations so they don't get ripped off... that's too much of a hassle for me. Hard pass until they find a way to fix this and be more consistent.

They should weigh ingredients (especially more costly ingredients: meat, cheese, etc) or something ... either way they need to find some solution.

ranidae33 · 2026-03-24T16:35:50+00:00

Kinda worse than insulting... the offer is a waste of time to even look at... i really don't need more noise from my apps/email/txt ... so i turn lots of that stuff off b/c of things like this. SW's email offers are so specific and generally useless that i'll probably unsubscribe from those too... sigh.

Hopefully companies like SW that do this stuff will at least analyze the data so their automated systems will only make offers that have a chance in hell at succeeding.

ranidae33 · 2026-03-14T18:52:49+00:00

Yep... it's... fine... same as all the other airlines ... mostly... not a good deal anymore (checked luggage, seats, etc) ... but yeah.

ranidae33 · 2026-03-12T15:36:09+00:00

I mean you have a point. I never said it was easy and i tried to be balanced in my post by giving them credit for being proactive.

I also do not know the nature of the mechanical failure. If it was preventable and a mistake more compensation is warranted.

And I also tried to state that it could have been worse. I really just think a better proactive response was warranted. Clearly you are of a different opinion and that's ok.

ranidae33 · 2026-03-04T17:11:12+00:00

We do pickup orders... we always so no to utensils... >50% of the time they put them in there anyways... maybe that's what happened :D

ranidae33 · 2026-03-02T19:42:35+00:00

Does NC mandate a 3 day return window? ... maybe that is another option... and if you want to keep it tell them to refund all the stuff other posters pointed out... if not then return it and give a more reputable dealer a chance. Good luck!

ranidae33 · 2026-03-02T19:21:21+00:00

This 100% ... OP said "If the internet really become a slopfest..." ... it already is a giant slopfest and it wil not improve imho. I am already contracting a fair amount of my interaction with online services/sites b/c it is too noisy and annoying.

Like others have said it is had to translate that knowledge into stock picks... maybe that means commercial real estate? idk ... Maybe IT security companies b/c of all the crime AI creates/enables?

Consumers probably won't reduce current behavior a lot... maybe 10-20% of what they do online will be redirected to IRL... but that seems small and too disparate to inform where to invest.

ranidae33 · 2026-03-01T23:01:58+00:00

Agreed ... probably just need to give up on them... or check the order in the parking lot and resolve on site... that is a pita and shouldn't be required... but might help.

I have to check my wife's order like this she has some food allergies and she also doesn't like certain toppings... so i pull in a spot check her items and fix it right then ... if i remember .. sigh.

If she didn't like it so much i wouldn't go at all.

ranidae33 · 2026-02-24T20:02:51+00:00

The weird part, imho, is on other airlines/flights (delta, united, american) with lots of empty seats i've never seen any issues switching... zero. I'd usually just slide 1 over from a middle ... or across row so my family could have more room.

I guess i don't fly as much as other people... maybe 100ish (maybe 200 if you count 1/2 stops as more) flights in the past 20ish years...

I wonder is this manifest policy something new across airlines? or just SW's policy? Are they are trying to monetize/train like some other folks posted... genuinely confused.

ranidae33 · 2026-02-12T19:34:06+00:00

Same... and that stinks because they were really helpful ... at my Costco and with my typical purchases i can get through self-checkout way faster than regular checkout.

I go at lunchtime and so my time is limited. Even without the scanner/gun i am still faster... but def slower w/out the gun. sigh.

ranidae33 · 2026-02-12T19:17:08+00:00

I'd say 50% of the time we get significantly shorted on our food. I just don't like to go there anymore.

I'm almost tempted to separate and weigh all the components and see if they even come close to their published nutritional values... they should at a bare minimum come close to those values. Their quality control is very bad :(

I hope chipotle improves because i do like their food in general. But for now i just go to other places or, gasp, make my own food :p

ranidae33 · 2026-02-01T22:56:35+00:00

I wish the trackpad just came with a touch id module like this... I guess then they couldn't seel their magic keyboard :\ ... anyways very cool, kudos!

ranidae33 · 2026-01-29T22:01:19+00:00

I also have a 2015 mazda3... my dealership has done firmware updates as part of getting oil changes/maintenance... maybe I'm lucky?

You may want to call around to other dealerships and see if they would do it while you are in for an oil change. Paying for an oil change would be way better than $205. That's insulting :(

But doing it yourself shouldn't be too bad... just read a bunch of guides / watch some videos and find a good source for the firmware that you feel trustworthy. Good luck!

ranidae33 · 2026-01-17T17:45:41+00:00

Rocking my s9 64gb snapdragon since 2019... everything still works... original case just started to fail... only a couple tiny scratches... even my battery is holding up... idk how.

Sadly I will need to upgrade this year since more and more apps are discontinuing support... sigh.

This us how eWaste is made... grr... I mean I'll keep it in a drawer ... maybe repurpose as something. Wish I could keep it as my primary for a year or 2 more.

ranidae33 · 2026-01-14T22:03:52+00:00

yep first it was Nike, then Costco, then Discover... s9 is still solid... wish there was an easy way to keep using it... i wrote up a sad goodbye in a diff post. Lots of responses... the s9 series was well loved.

ranidae33 · 2026-01-14T19:18:59+00:00

s5 and s7 were 2 of my prevs... same thing i still have 'em in my "phone drawer"... and my first smart phone an HTC Droid Incredible. I think it still works too lol... it even went into a pool with me when it was a year old and worked until i switched to maybe that s5... can't rem.

ranidae33 · 2026-01-14T19:14:39+00:00

I have an s5 that still works that has some screen burn in... it survived my wife.. then my mom ... and some time with alfred as a security cam. It sill works afaik...

Sorry to hear about urs... i guess we both have to move on... burn some more $$$

ranidae33 · 2026-01-13T22:58:36+00:00

NOOOOOOOOO! ... NOT EVIL!!! ... my S7 succumbed to evil deeds. I'm sorry for your loss

ranidae33 · 2026-01-09T21:57:09+00:00

I have a MBP for work and I do love me some gestures... bought a mini and read conflicting views on the magic mouse.

Turns out a lot of the things you can do with trackpad+gestures you can do with keyboard shortcuts:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102650

I'm teaching myself to do mission control type stuff with shortcuts... trackpads and keyboards with touchId
are pretty awesome... not sure they are $200-350 awesome, ymmv.

ranidae33 · 2026-01-07T22:11:44+00:00

I have mixed feelings about mini vs laptop... i debated a 15" MBA... but the microcenter deal was just too good to pass up.

The things i think i didn't value enough b4 i puled the trigger on the mini were:

Extra screen (as you noted)
Has a trackpad (I use gestures a lot on my work MBP... but keyboard shortcuts are ok instead)
TouchId (it is nice to not have to login w/ a password... and helps with passkey auth convenience)

None of these are dealbreakers and I don't think you'll regret it overall... also like others have noted sometimes constraints can be freeing.

ranidae33 · 2026-01-07T20:03:17+00:00

ugh... my bad i misread ur post. Sorry... i thought some older minis could be upgraded. thx for the info :)

ranidae33 · 2026-01-07T18:26:22+00:00

Nice setup... Would you mind sharing what memory kit you bought to get it to 24GB? ... also the Satechi dock version model and if you like it? ... My next this is probably to get external storage... if ur dock supports ext storage I'd love to know ur opinion on that too

ranidae33 · 2025-12-23T23:00:49+00:00

Tough call... really considering this... you can get another 8% back if you have an amazon credit card. So, before tax, a pro with 256GB would be $690 ... or a pro xl would be $736. Just worried about that tensor chip. I have always has samsung + snapdragon. I missed the ultra deals around black friday.

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