Just need to vent...

Apologies for late response...

Yep, as written that's the only sensible thing, when clear it's obvious... just move on. But what about when the row behind the item isn't empty, but a complete row of the disputed item? That's what happened to me... and why it were chafing my third point enough to post.

Wally's was infamous for this long before the wifi tags... but this were the first time I'd been refused a sale price, because of some employee's cock-up. And doesn't explain the idiocy of deeming the price tag of an item 'will be centered on where the item is most numerous'? Gimme a break, just asking for anyone to pull cash wrap droids off-station, to explain why.

But thanks for sharing a similar exp w/ Wally's ways. Not like they're going to fold if this veteran stops shopping there... but that's been cause for Wally policies since the beginning

 

Oh man -- reminds me of teaching how to ride a motorcycle, which I'd done 15 yrs before hanging up my gear for good...

So in general, agree 1000%. But there are (slight) caveats.

I try to give benefit of doubt whenever appropriate. Had seen my Boomer dad's adamant, violence-threatened 1960s-era drill-sergeant-like 'advice' for how to drive a car, have ~40% relevance in the age of EFI, radial tires, and disc brakes ('84 when I came of age)... plus tbbh, he didn't know crap about cars in the first place, just acted like he did (classic Asian upbringing ). So when speaking to late Millennials / early Zoomers re: motos, the state of the art'd drastically moved on since I'd stopped working for dealerships (and received regular mfr training and seat time)... so have to parse that against what they consider 'normal'. I found some of the things my father taught me to need an equal amt of retraining effort to unlearn, but some were timeless, at least until the 2010s (ex: learning to master feel on a manual transmission, w/ starts on an incline... & parallel parking is just as important).

Generational dissonance is a real thing, and shouldn't be cast aside carelessly when offering knowledge, I reckon. Those'd be my responsibilities, as a potential mentor.

But yeah -- I'd say 8 of 10 kids I'd tried to teach, felt my advice 'wasn't for them', manifesting in a variety of ways. Okay, show me what you know, then. <Fails>. After which, unless they ask how I'd do it at that point (w/ demo), I'd check out, and let them braille their way thru the first year (often, with a brand-new sportbike airteeth ). Confidence > competence, is something any mentor should be testing their charge against, throughout their journey; should be equal before the next step, ideally. Once they're ready to leave the nest, just keep my door open

 

Have to say...and glad of it. My ignore button seems to be working well, but there are threads that are hosting incredible amounts of ignored on my side of the screen

 

That is OK. Seeing your post lets us know there are still some sane people in the universe. Let the crazies alone in their mad house of noise.

Bob Wilson

 

BTDT.

Saw 127 in the sandbox.
What I tell people in the US to simulate is to put on winter gear in July and stand over the A/C unit condenser (outside) unit, during summer months when the unit is running in a home owned by somebody suffering from menopause...or manopause.
I saw -20(*) once in the lower 48 once, but I'm smart enough to live where temps preceded by a 'minus' sign are a very VERY rare event.

(*) FREEDOM units - and ACTUAL temperatures - not these silly "feels like" temps.

 

I waived Toyota Connect on my new Prius.
I'm still getting the stupid pop-ups on the infotainment screen.

Only extreme for me was 114F in Yuma, AZ when I was in the Army many years ago.

On another note. While the seats in my new Prius LE are very comfortable, I don't think I'm totally enamored with the material. I'd think about pleather covers if they could be could good looking.

That would be like the 'old days', when your parents and their friends would put clear plastic covers on their sofas. I'm thinking now, put the covers on when the existing upholstery gets ratty.