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« Reply #8295 on: October 07, 2010, 05:09:59 pm »
So is it a standard chest x-ray, or do they do the plate squish with whatever chest flesh the tech can get ahold of?
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« Reply #8296 on: October 07, 2010, 05:31:33 pm »
Plate squish.
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« Reply #8297 on: October 07, 2010, 05:54:23 pm »
Quote from: jaydub on October 07, 2010, 05:09:59 pm
So is it a standard chest x-ray, or do they do the plate squish with whatever chest flesh the tech can get ahold of?

I'm now going through all our forms at work and changing "compression" to "plate squish."
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« Reply #8298 on: October 07, 2010, 08:33:34 pm »
I'm in favour of descriptive English replacing jargon wherever possible.
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« Reply #8299 on: October 08, 2010, 12:02:27 am »
...not say anything when a woman bought her pre-verbal toddler gum.

thing that will drive me insane now that I've noticed it:

during the summer, green peppers were 50 cents, and orange/red/yellow peppers were $1.00. A package of 4 peppers (one of each color) was $4.00. So I always thought those packages were a rip-off.
Now, I guess peppers aren't in season or something, and cost more. Green peppers are 69 cents, and other colors are $1.50.
But the packages of four still cost four dollars! GOD DAMNIT.
I'm going to buy one of the packages of four next time, and make sure the ones in the packages aren't old or discolored or anything.


I am also increasingly frustrated by customers who say something I can't understand, and just keep repeating it in the exact same words when I continue to not understand. Either at the same low volume, or getting louder and louder as they get pissed off. PUT THE CHIPS AND SODA SEPARATE. PUT THE CHIPS AND SODA SEPARATE. What he wanted was the chips and soda in a separate bag from everything else, not separate from each other like any reasonable human being would want.
(because the soda will destroy the chips.)

Damn, have I transitioned from "guy who talks about his girlfriend all the time" to "guy who talks about his dumb job all the time?"

my girlfriend's pretty cool.
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« Reply #8300 on: October 08, 2010, 03:48:57 am »
To be fair, you were more the guy who talked about not getting any all the time. It makes sense that you'd transition now the getting some is more regular.
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« Reply #8301 on: October 08, 2010, 03:50:14 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on October 08, 2010, 12:02:27 am

Damn, have I transitioned from "guy who talks about his girlfriend all the time" to "guy who talks about his dumb job all the time?"


Dude, it's ok.  Don't sweat it.

Just think, you only have 45 years or so of work to go...
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« Reply #8302 on: October 08, 2010, 04:01:49 am »
Ah, an optimist.
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« Reply #8303 on: October 08, 2010, 04:09:48 am »
Yeah, you're actually more interesting now.
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« Reply #8304 on: October 08, 2010, 04:26:35 am »
Quote from: AugustWest on October 08, 2010, 03:50:14 am
Dude, it's ok.  Don't sweat it.

Just think, you only have 45 years or so of work to go...

no social security, dogg.  he will have to make his millions or swing a sledge hammer until he drops dead.
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« Reply #8305 on: October 08, 2010, 10:31:01 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on October 08, 2010, 12:02:27 am
Damn, have I transitioned from "guy who talks about his girlfriend all the time" to "guy who talks about his dumb job all the time?"

It's like our little boy is becoming a man, right before our very eyes.
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« Reply #8306 on: October 08, 2010, 09:59:35 pm »
... spell "literacy" for a lady who is filling out a question on a form that asks for her education level.  Before you get judgmental, know that she grew up in a situation.
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« Reply #8307 on: October 08, 2010, 10:04:08 pm »
Quote from: side_show on October 08, 2010, 09:59:35 pm
... spell "literacy" for a lady who is filling out a question on a form that asks for her education level.  Before you get judgmental, know that she grew up in a situation.

asking first is a good sign.
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« Reply #8308 on: October 08, 2010, 10:50:00 pm »
Who knows how to spell words anymore? Spellcheck has ruined generations by now.
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« Reply #8309 on: October 08, 2010, 11:09:03 pm »
Quote from: Arachno-capitalist on October 08, 2010, 10:50:00 pm
Who knows how to spell words anymore? Spellcheck has ruined generations by now.

phonics-only-based learning is not a completely wise idea, as well.
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