Random Topics 3.1

[Supe]

I just witnessed possibly the stupidest thing I've ever seen.  I get in the drive-thru at my local Wendy's.  I see a car parked in the drive-thru, short of the window, directly adjacent to the side-door into the restaurant.  It's one of those"captive" drive-thrus, where there is a high-curb/parking lot on the right side and the restaurant on the left (i.e., no way to get out if you get blocked in front to back).

I order and ask the guy taking the order, "do you realize that there is a car parked in your drive-thru?"  He says, "yeah, they'll be out in a minute."  Not too long later (maybe 2 minutes), a lady comes out holding 3 of those drink caddies, with 4 drinks each, stacked on top of each other, and she slowly puts them in the passenger side of her car.  OK...no big deal...that wasn't too long a wait.  She then gets in her car, fires it up, drives 10 feet forward (so she is now aligned with the window)...and GETS OUT OF HER CAR AND GOES INSIDE AGAIN.  I was too shocked to say anything to her as she walked past my car and into the building.  By this time, 2 other cars are behind me, so I'm trapped.

She's in there, no ****, for 10 more minutes...apparently waiting on the food that goes along with her drinks.  An employee comes out holding 2 more drinks.  I think that she's going ahead and serving the cars behind the idiot, but nope.  I see her heading towards idiot's passenger side door...apparently these are two additional drinks for the already massive order.  I unkindly ask the employee, "Can you tell that idiot to move her car?"  I get the following explanation from the employee..."She is with a local school and they always call in their orders so its ready when she comes to pick it up.  We were short-handed this morning and didn't have time to make her order.  Sorry about your wait."  Lady finally comes outside with 3 giant bags of food, loads them in the back seat, takes the 2 drinks from the employee, puts them in cup holders in her car via the passenger door, gets in her car and leaves.

Even if that story was true.  Once the lady figures out that her order is not ready, why the **** didn't she move her car to a parking space and get it out of the drive through (there was literally a spot 10 feet away from the side door)?  Why didn't the employees tell her to come move her car, and they could bring her order out while she waited?  The "short-handed" story is BS anyway.  This Wendy's is by-far the slowest fast food restaurant I've ever been to, and I usually go there weekly (it's the closest fast food to my office and I like Wendy's food).  I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that they straight-up forgot about her order and didn't start making it until she showed up.

Manager would probably lose their job if you complained.  Foot traffic in the drive through area is a big safety no-no for fast food restaurants.

 

[Road Guy]

I feel like this wouldn't happen at Chic fil a?

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Submitted my OH & PA applications.

Still need to finish NJ but it's on paper and one page got wet so I have to re-do it. It's the experience page that I had already messed up on so I'm using it as my rough draft now. I wish NJ would take work experience & references from my NCEES record.

PA required me to submit a background check. It came back with "no matches found" since our state only searches by name & birthdate so we'll see what happens with that... 

 

[RBHeadge PE]

PA required me to submit a background check. It came back with "no matches found" since our state only searches by name & birthdate so we'll see what happens with that... 

whoa, when did they institute that requirement?!

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

whoa, when did they institute that requirement?!

somewhat recently apparently.

I texted my coworker who has a PA PE and he didn't have to do it (I think he got his original license in 2015/2016)

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

I feel like this wouldn't happen at Chic fil a?

That depends. The one in the outskirts of Seattle is always blocked. But maybe that’s because they’re on a tiny plot of land in a city with a gosh-awful road system.

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

Pizza is for everyone.

And Trix are for kids!

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

Triple

 

[JayKay PE]

Triple

I don't think any of you really grasp how happy I am that my stupid "avoid double posting by triple posting" keeps trucking along!  

 

[Orchid PE]

Watching late shows without an audience was actually entertaining in itself!

 

[civilrobot PE etc etc]

About to start playing Frozen 2. I’m looking forward to a quiet afternoon.

 

[Orchid PE]

Even though the mullet is coming back, I don't think this guy ever thought they were out.

This is what Santa looks like in the south lol

 

[mudpuppy]

So last week I called my credit union about rates and decided I was going to refi into a 20 year mortgage at 3.0%.  But got busy with preparing for the coronovirus and the refrigerator dying and I never called them back.  Checked again yesterday and rates went up to 3.5% in a week.

Annoyed, but I imagine with the fed rate cut and the likely upcoming recession the rates will drop again.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

OH gave me a 60 day temp license!

 

[Orchid PE]

So last week I called my credit union about rates and decided I was going to refi into a 20 year mortgage at 3.0%.  But got busy with preparing for the coronovirus and the refrigerator dying and I never called them back.  Checked again yesterday and rates went up to 3.5% in a week.

Annoyed, but I imagine with the fed rate cut and the likely upcoming recession the rates will drop again.

I was just talking with a co-worker yesterday about refinancing. My sister who works for a mortgage company said mortgage rates usually follow the stock market trend, but are 2-3 weeks behind. She expects to see some drops here in the next week or two.

 

[JayKay PE]

IT IS SO HARD FOR ME TO NOT TOUCH MY FACE.

I'm so happy I stopped wearing makeup this week, because I know it'd be driving me mad.  Trying to decide if I want to stop wearing contacts as well, but that seems slightly dramatic.

 

[FLBuff PE]

How's that itch on your nose? 

 

[Orchid PE]

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

5 minutes ago, Chattaneer PE said:

NGL, this channel has been at the top of my recommendations lately. Love it!

 

[civilrobot PE etc etc]

I don't know about anybody else but I'm enjoying this whole work from home thing.

Happy hour starts at 5:30 PM everyday. I don't have to wear shoes. It's great!