The Coffee House

[davidharmier60]

RIP Aretha!
Whatever the name of the Jake and Elwood movie she was great in that!
6 hours and a few.
23 exactly for the week so far.
FINALLY they got new batteries in the floor machine. Scrubbing the whole store makes a difference. Will be going to the post office to see if I got a couple of watch straps. Then stop by the box at the front of the neighborhood and then home.

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[Fujidave]

As I had to go out today I gave my Mums address to deliver the XF90mm f2 to her, just had a phone call saying it has been delivered so tomorrow I look forward to getting it on the X-T2

 

[Fujidave]

RIP Aretha!
Whatever the name of the Jake and Elwood movie she was great in that!
6 hours and a few.
23 exactly for the week so far.
FINALLY they got new batteries in the floor machine. Scrubbing the whole store makes a difference. Will be going to the post office to see if I got a couple of watch straps. Then stop by the box at the front of the neighborhood and then home.

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The Blues Brothers.

 

[davidharmier60]

Oh. And I'll wait in a line rather than use a self checkout.

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[smoke665]

The stand in line vs use self check out is kind of a "bite your nose off to spite your face" kind of debate. Prior to the advent of the self checkout, stores were notorious for having a line of checkouts but only having a couple actually open. As I consider my time more important then making a point, at least now I have the option of choosing if I want to wait or not. As a whole i haven't noticed where the actual number of open checkouts has changed.

On the subject of stealing it has no barriers for race or gender, and is wrong no matter who does it. I don't suspect one over another, I'm by nature suspicious of all

 

[davidharmier60]

Came home and used a machete on bothersome trees. Much sweat.
Now fixin' to read for a while. John Sandford - Easy Prey for those interested.

 

[otherprof108 10]

Please................

Seeing how you're a white male, I understand your response.

ETA: With that said, I'm done with this discussion. Feel free to PM me if you want to discuss more.

Good call on John (tirediron). But "privilege" was a word never occurred to me or I would use as a description for her actions. I get it, but I not sensitive enough to have used privilege to address the situation. I will keep that word in mind next time I find a white person stealing. (seriously)

I don't see how her color or her sex enter into this. She was a thief. You attributed her action to her sex and her ethnicity. If it were a black man doing the same thing, you wouldn't trace his behavior to his sex and race, would you?

Reread it. Jon is mentioning sex and race with respect to "getting away with it"--not related to the crime itself. That is, she's trusted more; thus, under less scrutiny by the store. If you've never had a store employee or manager stand behind and follow you while you shop, watching you, oppressing you, you won't understand.

Ok ok.. really really done with this discussion.

I re-read it. Her willingness to take the chance is attributed to her awareness of being white and female with absolutely no proof that that was the case and no way to verify it. Makes as much sense to me as saying a black person who did the same thing must have assumed they would be caught because they must have assumed they were under the watchful eyes of a store detective. Of course profiling does occur, but I leave mind reading to The Amazing Randi.

 

[waday]

As I consider my time more important then making a point, at least now I have the option of choosing if I want to wait or not.

Not at my supermarket. It's wait or... wait at mine. When I visit, there are typically lines at both, even though they will usually have like 5-6 cashiers PLUS a self-checkout area that has 12 or so kiosks. Of course, if one visits off-peak, they have a couple of cashiers open with the kiosks. If one visits at night (24 hour supermarket), I believe they usually only have self-checkout open.

Also, sorry if I offend anyone, but the people that have full carts at the self-checkout are beyond infuriating. I wish the supermarket would designate the self-checkout to shoppers with less than 20 items or so.

 

[smoke665]

I wish the supermarket would designate the self-checkout to shoppers with less than 20 items or so.

The local Wally Worlds here have the typical self checkouts, but a recent addition has been the self check out lanes, complete with conveyors. Despite the additions, there's still a ton of unmanned checkouts and still only a few actually open.

 

[snowbear137 68]

We will use the self checkout if we only have a couple of items. Like Wade, it bugs the crap out of me to see someone in the self check out with a full cart, and even worse, if they are alone.
But, I am considerate of others - something I fear is becoming a historic attribute.

I also will bag the groceries if the checker doesn't have the "bridge" between the conveyor and the bagging station.

 

[Dave442]

Art show in Manhattan Beach (California). I know there is some photography as my sister has some of her work up. Show runs from Aug 18 to Oct 14 with the opening tomorrow evening Aug 17. A bit far for me to make it, but if your in the SoCal area...

Can do a search on the following topic for further information:
Art Exhibition: TERRA FIRMA: A Commentary on Land

 

[Gary A.]

Gary used to live in Manhattan Beach. Gary will make a run.

 

[davidharmier60]

At the very least we will have salad.
Not sure what else at this time.

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[CherylL2 1]

I never use self checkout. I do enough with the hunting for groceries it is nice to be waited on. The same goes for a sit down restaurant vs fast food.

 

[compur]

I remember when I first heard this back in the 1960s. I was a rock musician then and mostly into British Invasion stuff. I wasn't all that aware of soul at the time but Aretha's voice and style just blew me away: