Sneaking time away again...

[silveradept]

Lunchtime updates may be part of the regular work idea, at least until I can get installed and connected at home. Tomorrow, supposedly, I'll be able to move into my apartment. About time. I'm happy that I'll have a place to go home to that I can call my own. Even if I still need to buy a couple floor lamps for the place.

Sing a fugue or an aria for Luciano Pavarotti, who passed away at 71 years. Certainly had name recognition and got lots of people to remember what a night at the opera might mean.

Anyway, moving onward to things of more interest and importance, like nuclear weapons being loaded onto planes and flown across the country, or comedy theather exposing security theater. Unintetionally, of course. And then there are those who have probably deliberately provoked security theater, like a man arrested (eventually) because he left a store with his paid-for merchandise and opted not to show the clerk the receipt and let him inspect. Eventually, even though he summoned the police because his vehicle was being blocked, he was arrested for obstruction of police business. Corporate controls all, we know, we know.

To distract you from that sequence, there's new iStuff gadgetry.

So, go about your business, citizens. I've got still plenty more to do tomorrow and over the weekend. And that's at work, not to say all the other stuff I have to do with the apartment.

Comments

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

I think you'll need more than just floor lamps, dear. :p But, it's a start. Although, if you have overhead lighting, you won't need them.

Reading the story about the guy with Circuit City and I had to stop myself from laughing at the entire affair. Between the idiots that (always) work at CC, to the police officer, to even the guy's own idiotic actions....all this, and now a huge waste of time and money because some idiot decided to fight "the man" and then instead of the police doing what they were supposed to do (personally, I think that after the officer checked his receipt and bag, everything should have been fine), the police officer wastes time/resources/whatever by arresting the guy. BUT -- we're also only seeing the guy's side of things. Maybe there was a reason for chasing after him -- frankly, if you refuse to show your receipt, in this age of "trust no one", I'm not surprised they chased after him. By having your receipt checked, CC is just doing a better job at preventing theft than most other stores. I've been in stores where the alarm can go off while you're walking out, and it gets ignored. I've read stories about full carts of groceries walking out of stores. and CC doesn't sell cheap things! I'm also pretty sure that there is a sign near the exit (at least, there is at the one here) that tells you to keep your receipt out to show the person at security. How is that really any different than having to show your receipt to exit Sam's club?

[blacktigr.livejournal.com]

Ya know... My mate and I were having this exact discussion last weekend, when we were leaving a Target store with the single item we had purchased (a vacuum) and I decided to just let it go, because we didn't have to line up for them to check our receipt.

That said, I hate this practice. It's inconvenient and annoying, and frankly, it insults my sense of a good transaction.

Given a choice between a place where I can do self-check and not get my receipt checked and a place where I am monitored...I'll choose the former.

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

Internet shopping is definitely the way to go. :)

I've never seen anyone by the door at Target, but at Wal-Mart they always station thse elderly people and all I can think is how inadequate they would be if someone does steal something because it's not like these elderly folk in wheelchairs can chase someone down.

[2dlife.livejournal.com]

It's not that they actually read the receipt or will chase you down, it's that they give the impression that they are monitoring you. Just giving this impression will encourage people to be more honest.

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

So, does this mean that we should start asking about your new address in case we need to mail you things now?

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

uhh...maybe we should coordinate our boxes so we aren't' sending him the same stuff....though, somehow I doubt we are.