Each time it has popped up an error basically saying I need to wait for an associate to come over. They waddle over and input their number which causes a little video to pop up with the last scan transaction I made and they look in my bag to verify what I scanned last is actually in there. After they do the number input, I never have another error on the machine again. One time, I'm brushing it off as just crappy machinery. It's been happening every time I have been through the self checkout lanes the past few visits so I don't think it's just random machine error at this point.
Notice any pattern in the items you just scanned before this happened? If it is the same item every time I wonder if they have the item weight programmed correctly, or possibly an item that people often try to scan one of and toss two into the bag. Or maybe you are just shopping at a super ghetto walmart that is getting robbed daily at the self checkouts.
I think that it's a combination of the scales not being very good or not being calibrated correctly and errors in the catalog of item weights. I assume that they have a fudge factor built in and a certain error threshold before it triggers the check, and that the attendant approving it resets that to zero and maybe clears it for the rest of the transaction. I've noticed that I get these errors way more frequently at Walmart than other stores with self checkout lanes.
After clicking on a link in the Covid thread, I find there's another website, TikTok, where you can't actually adjust the volume with a slider. Why is this becoming more and more common with phone based apps when you use them on desktop? Instagram does it, TikTok does it, certain Tweets don't let you adjust. It's so fucking annoying having your volume set for normal browsing and then here comes the TikTok meme and my ears are bleeding.
My wife thinks it’s “gay” that I will absolutely rock out to some Billie Eilish. what’s the most embarrassing song you have on your phone? Annnnnnnd go!!!
Probably a tie between Weekend in New England by Barry Manilow and Talking in your Sleep by Crystal Gayle. My formative years were in the 70s living in the sticks with absolutely no musical influences beyond my mom and AM radio.
I guess the most embarrassing song on my phone would be “Elvira” by the Oak Ridge Boys... but only because I did a livestream performance where I pulled random “Prime Country” songs from a hat and played them off the cuff. So I had a playlist that I listened to a few days ahead of time so I wasn’t totally unprepared. Related - my first gig since moving to a new place is tomorrow night. And it’s also my first solo gig. I’m nervous, but I can’t really get any more prepared. It’ll be mediocre, but I make up for it in enthusiasm and willingness to make a fool of myself. I’m all about honoring weird requests.
We were a hair metal band. Do you know how many times we had to play The Rodeo Song? To fucking many. I always had to play Shout at the Devil immediately following just to bleach the filth from my soul.
Our lead guy will jokingly say, "If you have any requests, keep 'em to yourself." Maybe it's only half jokingly, because it IS effective at keeping people from staggering up, knocking our mic stand over, and drunkenly asking for "Devil Went Down To Georgia." The worst is when they or one of their friends wants to sing, although I have no problem saying no.
15 years or so ago, I used to go see one of my good friends' band all the time. They had a good set of rotating covers and mixed in their originals of 3-4 albums worth of material. So, they didn't do requests, unless you were requesting one of the covers or their originals. But, he would often say "if you have any requests, just write them down on a $20 bill and bring it up here." People rarely took him up on it, but if they did, the band would play (or try to play) it. One of the best ones I saw was in Savannah. They were a mostly pop-rock / folk-rock band. Somebody thought they'd be funny and requested Guerrilla Radio. The funny thing was, all the band (except the girl lead singer) were fans of Rage Against the Machine, and they knew it. They asked her to step aside, and they fucking killed it and the place went nuts. They requester ending up giving them another $100.
I saw Rob Zombie play in 2005(?). Best stage show I ever saw, and he played for a LONG time. At one point, he took a few requests. Ever heard Rob Zombie do "Hot for Teacher"? I have. When Jungle Julia and I saw Opeth on acid in 2016, Mikael took requests (of their own work).
If the cast from “Glee” and the cast from “Diff’rent Strokes” had a prison cafeteria fight, who do you think would win? I’m just trying to figure out which of these shows had the more fucked-up cast of assholes.
Just got home from my gig. First off, I have no misconception about my mediocrity. I’m a damn good bass player, and a damn good singer - but my guitar playing and piano skills are WEAK. But I have experience in front of people, so when the gig starts, the stress and worry just go away. Turns out this place has regulars for all the Thursday shows and they were giving me requests, which I could actually do. I played two hours, made some new fans, live-streamed it to my Facebook and made tips in person and online. It was super fun, and I’ll do it again. Try and make it a monthly thing.
Jackass 4 is coming in the fall, and Johnny Knoxville is retiring. Related, today Bam got a restraining order filed against him by jeff tremaine