Random Thought Thread

How can it go from 58 degrees to -7 in less than 24 hours, it’s crazy, the trees are all exploding branches cause they instantly freezing. Sounds like constant July 4 fireworks. All yesterday and now today too,

Plus, the humidity outside and inside is so dry, we need some snow to insulate us soon, just no ice please 🙏🏻
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jlauffer said:
2021: Don't presume it identifies as a rectangle
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What language is that? Who's bright idea was it to stop teaching cursive?

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SharpBits said:
This is a management issue. I remember being taught the correct way to count out change and how to face the drawer, etc. Workers may stink these days, but so does management.
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I disagree. It is not managements responsibility to teach adults/young adults how to count change.
This is the responsibility of the education system and parents.
 
Sharp & Fiery said:
I disagree. It is not managements responsibility to teach adults/young adults how to count change.
This is the responsibility of the education system and parents.
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And when they don't, it falls on the employers to train their employees properly. When the industrial revolution started, every employee had to be trained as they came with zero relevant skills. Even before that there were apprenticeships.

If you want it done right, you train them right. Students are graduating with the wrong skill sets, so we can whine about it or we can solve it.
 
SharpBits said:
And when they don't, it falls on the employers to train their employees properly. When the industrial revolution started, every employee had to be trained as they came with zero relevant skills. Even before that there were apprenticeships.

If you want it done right, you train them right. Students are graduating with the wrong skill sets, so we can whine about it or we can solve it.
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But when they can’t even do basic math, like addition and subtraction?

Back in college, I used to be able to do stuff like buy something with cash, give them dimes/nickels/pennies so I could get quarters back in change, for the coin operated washing machines in the apartment complex. Nowadays, I don’t bother because half the time, the person just stares blankly and can’t figure it out.
 
It's management's responsibility to hire qualified employees or to create an environment that attracts qualified employees or to train new employees. And since TANSTAAFL still applies, costs will go up. Can't get something for nothing. Many places work around it by just using self-checkout.
 
bluemax_1 said:
But when they can’t even do basic math, like addition and subtraction?

Back in college, I used to be able to do stuff like buy something with cash, give them dimes/nickels/pennies so I could get quarters back in change, for the coin operated washing machines in the apartment complex. Nowadays, I don’t bother because half the time, the person just stares blankly and can’t figure it out.
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I was buying a cup of coffee the other day and wanted to get rid of come change. I gave the guy a couple of $1s and about 90 cents in change. He looked at me and said he would take my word that it was 90 cents. I told him there’s a chance it’s not…. I guess next time I’ll grab a handful of pennies…
 
SharpBits said:
It's management's responsibility to hire qualified employees or to create an environment that attracts qualified employees or to train new employees. And since TANSTAAFL still applies, costs will go up. Can't get something for nothing. Many places work around it by just using self-checkout.
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The other issue is that applicants lie and say they can do basic mathematics. It’s not the company’s responsibility to train people basic education skills.

I regularly ask “can you read a tape measure?” during interviewing. Answer is always “yes.” Sometimes it’s also “yup, my last job was in construction.”

“Oh? Do you read SAE, metric, Imperial or a combination?”

“Huh?”

“Inches or millimetres?”

“I just read the tickies.”

Good job educational system.
 
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Sharp & Fiery said:
The other issue is that applicants lie and say they can do basic mathematics. It’s not the company’s responsibility to train people basic education skills.

I regularly ask “can you read a tap measure?” during interviewing. Answer is always “yes.” Sometimes it’s also “yup, my last job was in construction.”

“Oh?”

“Do you read SAE, metric, Imperial or a combination?”

“Huh?”

“Inches or millimetres?”

“I just read the tickies.”

Good job educational system.
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I spent a few minutes wondering what a tap measure was and feeling like the educational system had failed me
 
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