Subj : Re: flood stuff was: Vacation To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Jul 02 2020 18:29:30 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 26-Jun-2020 15:53 <=- NB>>> They would have had to hit more than one store, I guess... or go NB>>> multiple times to get past the limits.... thankfully that now seems NB>>> to be behind us again, though... :) BM>> True and true. If had cash could have given the few dollars to each BM>> family member and they could have gone through to make the 'necessary' BM>> individual purchases. Passing back the credit card might be a little BM>> obvious, but so would a 6-year old buying something besides candy or a BM>> toy. NB>> Kids grow up fast in crisis situations...? ;) One could also set NB>> things up as separate orders (as we've done when buying for other NB>> people), which could work within reason... ;) BM> Yes and yes. Might be a little obvious one was trying to circumvent BM> the limitation if only the toilet paper was being rung up separately -- BM> so on TP with eggs and milk, another TP with bread.... And a large family would have plenty of things they were buying as well, to portion out... :) BM> Just don't pull randomly from the cart, at least make it look like BM> there are separate lists! In that case, it should be one dozen eggs and bread and a gallon of milk with one pack TP, another gallon milk and another dozen eggs with the next pack of TP.... etc... Pulling randomly might not be too obvious, actually, though... :) BM>> (As a cashier I would have let the credit card passing go BM>> through, unless prohibited by some company rule. When I was working BM>> there was a promotion to get a [forgot dollar amount] gift card with a BM>> $100 purchase [whatever the qualifiers were]. I was helping a customer BM>> in Luggage, she bought three $100+ suitcases. I ended up ringing her BM>> out; rang the three suitcases, so $300+, dawned on me could maybe ring BM>> them up separately so could get three gift cards -- asked her if she BM>> wanted me to try and warned her the credit card might flag the repeated BM>> same-dollar purchases as well as the gift card might flag. She agreed BM>> we could try, I voided the original three item sale, tried the BM>> individual sales -- all went through, so she got three gift cards BM>> instead of just the one. She was a happy customer.) NB>> That was a nice fortuitous situation... :) BM> Yes. :) LIS, I did make sure she understood there was a possibility BM> the system could deny and I couldn't override. (CYA!) Right... but as it happened, it worked out fine after all... :) NB>>>> The hail was an equal opportunity destroyer, after all... ;) BM>>> Around here seemed to be! The only homes that seemed to escape BM>>> needing a re-roof is if the roof went east-west instead of north-south. NB>>> So the storm hit those roofs differently... BM>> Seems to have. Does make some sense: hail hitting the westward-facing BM>> roof straight-on (would sail over the eastward). North- and BM>> southfacing roofs the hail would have hit but maybe more like a rock BM>> skipping over water. BM> No updates for the remainder of the repair here. Eventually.... BM>>> Sort of along those lines we've been watching the Teachers Tournament BM>>> on _Jeopardy!_ -- that was taped last February (!) -- three or four BM>>> months ago. The 'big deal' on that bit of trivia (they put up an BM>>> overlay announcing the detail) is there is an audience - if current BM>>> would not be an audience. NB>>> Gives an clue how far in advance these shows are taped.... ;) BM>> Some of the summer shows are on now and so they must have been BM>> recorded several months ago. BM>> Sort of possibly figured out Jeopardy!'s reason for taping so early: BM>> in the past have done tours like to the Galapagos Islands so BM>> 'obviously' not doing the studio stuff then. NB>> As I understand it, there usually is a concentrated time of taping a NB>> whole season of shows.... one right after another all within a day NB>> or a few days... BM> Yes -- and for game shows makes sense to do several shows in one day BM> while the crew is there, studio set up, etc. Current Jeopardy! is BM> showing reruns of how the more winning contestants got to where their BM> final score was obtained. Had read where one of the considerations BM> was taping the show without an audience. With Jeopardy! the TV viewer BM> is usually unaware there even is an audience (though sometimes they BM> laugh or shown), I'm thinking at least let the family and friends of BM> the contestants be there, spread out. Would seem reasonable to me... or at least some group of those... BM> ... Be sure to finish speaking before your audience has finished BM> listening. A rule for lecturers in general... :) ttyl neb .... A good breakfast is no substitute for a large dinner. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .