Minor things that bother you

[ZLoth]

In cases where the proffered ID is scanned (such as the checkouts at the supermarket near me), I wonder if part of the motivation is to serve as a check on the cashiers.  Everything stops when an age-restricted item is scanned and does not resume until ID is scanned or the system is overriden, and it would not surprise me if a cashier is called to account by a manager when overrides exceed a certain percentage of register transactions.

I've been carded for cigarettes, alcohol, lottery tickets, and at casinos until I was into my early 30s. I just have a young-looking face, probably because I don't smoke or drink, but my mother does.

Thing is, the retail establishments (both stores and restaurants) have to hold a alcohol license to sell alcohol. That comes with restrictions such as no sales between 2-6 AM and no sales to minors. I've heard that the profit margins for alcohol sales is much higher for restaurants than actual food sales, and I imagine the same is for retail. The rules are also strict in that a cashier who is under 21 cannot approve the sale, and has to call over their over-21 manager, and their security card is coded as such. Failure to follow said procedure for age-controlled products can result in immediate termination. Age-controlled sales have to also be conducted at a regular cashier, not at a self-checkout. The retail establishment can also be held liable if a underage sale of alcohol results in a severe accident.

How severe? I remember being at a 7-11 near the community college I was attending in the early 2000s. Because of some underage sales occurring at that store, their alcohol license was suspended for sixty days, and the refrigerators could not be used temporarily for sale/storage of non-alcoholic products.

[Rothman]

It's a tempest in a teapot, in any case:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/style/taylor-swift-nfl-broadcasts.html

Over the last five games she's been on screen for a total of 158 seconds, or an average of 31.6 seconds per game - one commercial-length each game. Many actual commercials are shown at least four times per game.

In my opinion, anyone who feels like she's been on camera too much is ignoring facts in favor of other narratives - getting their righteous indignation up for no reason.

You know what is severely overrepresented in sports these days? DraftDuel/FanKings/whatever the gambling thing du jour is.

Agreed.

[Bruce]

It's really annoying when a team is clearly favored by the league.

Right now, it's MLS and Inter Miami (mostly because of Messi). Lots of rules that suddenly get wider interpretations when Miami needs it, on top of their over-coverage in media.

[Scott5114]

When sports people post about sports outside of the sports board in the sports thread called "minor things that bother you sports edition".

[GaryV]

This shouldn't bother me but it does. I am a fan of the Sudoku puzzle in the newspaper. I noticed a while back that sometimes the top line of the grid wasn't being printed. Then I noticed it happens on Tuesdays. Yup, today is Tuesday and there's no top line on the grid. I can understand that sometimes things go wrong with production. But why only (and almost always) on Tuesday? Perplexing.

[Rothman]

When sports people post about sports outside of the sports board in the sports thread called "minor things that bother you sports edition".

That thread isn't on the sports board?

[1995hoo]

The omnipresence of Taylor Swift.

I find her easy enough to ignore, despite liking her song, "Shake it Off."  Definitely don't find her omnipresent.  Then again, the most popular and biggest moneymaking performer of all time is going to have a significant presence somewhere.

Therefore, you are consuming media which is telling you to be bothered by her omnipresence.

I wouldn't know one of her songs if I heard it.

But she's everywhere. I know several people who are rooting for the 49ers in the Super Bowl because of her.

Don't hate on the Chiefs just because the broadcasters want to push Travis Kelce's girlfriend.  They're just excited that a bunch of women who've never been interested in football are suddenly watching games and reading post-game analysis and listening to sports podcasts.  As soon as the novelty wears off, they'll stop promoting her.  For now, even as a Chiefs fan, all I have to say is I hope they're very happy together, but I tuned in to watch football not TMZ.

I'm not hating on the Chiefs. They deserved that win yesterday and Kelce was a big part of it.

The issue I have with Taylor Swift is that ---- at least as far as I can tell --- she wouldn't be anywhere near an NFL stadium if it wasn't for Kelce. I'm also not that big on Kelce outside the football field. I think he runs his mouth a lot.

Seen on another forum this morning:

Dude, wake up. He got a $70k bonus for making the Super Bowl. She's after his money!

[webny99]

When sports people post about sports outside of the sports board in the sports thread called "minor things that bother you sports edition".

That thread isn't on the sports board?

IIRC it may not have been initially, but it is now: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26190.0

[tmoore952]

Re: Taylor Swift

In the short and long run, I have far, far more important things to worry about than that.
I shouldn't have commented about it at all.

[7/8]

Seen on another forum this morning:

Dude, wake up. He got a $70k bonus for making the Super Bowl. She's after his money!

Is it a coincidence that 1994Wahoo and 1995hoo are so similar?

[Rothman]

The omnipresence of Taylor Swift.

I find her easy enough to ignore, despite liking her song, "Shake it Off."  Definitely don't find her omnipresent.  Then again, the most popular and biggest moneymaking performer of all time is going to have a significant presence somewhere.

Therefore, you are consuming media which is telling you to be bothered by her omnipresence.

I wouldn't know one of her songs if I heard it.

But she's everywhere. I know several people who are rooting for the 49ers in the Super Bowl because of her.

Don't hate on the Chiefs just because the broadcasters want to push Travis Kelce's girlfriend.  They're just excited that a bunch of women who've never been interested in football are suddenly watching games and reading post-game analysis and listening to sports podcasts.  As soon as the novelty wears off, they'll stop promoting her.  For now, even as a Chiefs fan, all I have to say is I hope they're very happy together, but I tuned in to watch football not TMZ.

I'm not hating on the Chiefs. They deserved that win yesterday and Kelce was a big part of it.

The issue I have with Taylor Swift is that ---- at least as far as I can tell --- she wouldn't be anywhere near an NFL stadium if it wasn't for Kelce. I'm also not that big on Kelce outside the football field. I think he runs his mouth a lot.

Seen on another forum this morning:

Dude, wake up. He got a $70k bonus for making the Super Bowl. She's after his money!

Heh.  The weird thing is that there are nutty people out there who are taking that seriously.

[1995hoo]

Seen on another forum this morning:

Dude, wake up. He got a $70k bonus for making the Super Bowl. She's after his money!

Is it a coincidence that 1994Wahoo and 1995hoo are so similar?

Given that other other forum is a UVA sports forum.....

[7/8]

Seen on another forum this morning:

Dude, wake up. He got a $70k bonus for making the Super Bowl. She's after his money!

Is it a coincidence that 1994Wahoo and 1995hoo are so similar?

Given that other other forum is a UVA sports forum.....

TIL what hoo means in your username

[webny99]

Is it a coincidence that 1994Wahoo and 1995hoo are so similar?

Given that other other forum is a UVA sports forum.....

TIL what hoo means in your username

Wow, same here.

[Scott5114]

When sports people post in this thread about sports, outside of the sports board sports thread called "minor things that bother you sports edition".

[Rothman]

Purple text.

[kurumi]

The structure of "All that glitters is not gold". It's poetic, but can be ambiguous.

What it means in Shakespeare: gold is a subset of things that glitter - true (i.e. "Not all that glitters is gold")

What it means literally: gold and things that glitter are disjoint sets - false

Example: "All our products are not flammable" (or inflammable (what a country!))

[kphoger]

We all know one big reason this is not happening here ---- is that the NFL is trying to get to an untapped demographic. When Kelce retires and Swift goes with him, let's see how many of that demographic hangs around (or if Swift does). I'll be much more accepting if she (or the demographic) hangs around when Kelce is gone.

The NFL has had mediocre success in bringing in female viewers.  And then this fell in their lap.  What do you expect them to do? not take the opportunity?

[mgk920]

It's a tempest in a teapot, in any case:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/style/taylor-swift-nfl-broadcasts.html

Over the last five games she's been on screen for a total of 158 seconds, or an average of 31.6 seconds per game - one commercial-length each game. Many actual commercials are shown at least four times per game.

In my opinion, anyone who feels like she's been on camera too much is ignoring facts in favor of other narratives - getting their righteous indignation up for no reason.

You know what is severely overrepresented in sports these days? DraftDuel/FanKings/whatever the gambling thing du jour is.

GRRRrrr . . .



Mike

[AABattery]

You know what is severely overrepresented in sports these days? DraftDuel/FanKings/whatever the gambling thing du jour is.
[/quote]

GRRRrrr . . .



Mike
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I don't watch sports often but I swear every other ad I see whenever I watch football or baseball with my family is just Draft Kings or whatever sports betting service. And all the ads are just that, some credit card company, or some medication for old people.

[CtrlAltDel]

The structure of "All that glitters is not gold". It's poetic, but can be ambiguous.

What it means in Shakespeare: gold is a subset of things that glitter - true (i.e. "Not all that glitters is gold")

What it means literally: gold and things that glitter are disjoint sets - false

I feel like we've discussed this before, and there was some pushback against your claim of "what it means literally."

[tmoore952]

We all know one big reason this is not happening here ---- is that the NFL is trying to get to an untapped demographic. When Kelce retires and Swift goes with him, let's see how many of that demographic hangs around (or if Swift does). I'll be much more accepting if she (or the demographic) hangs around when Kelce is gone.

The NFL has had mediocre success in bringing in female viewers.  And then this fell in their lap.  What do you expect them to do? not take the opportunity?

See my post from this morning. I'm finished talking about this, in either thread.

[algorerhythms]

I don't watch sports often but I swear every other ad I see whenever I watch football or baseball with my family is just Draft Kings or whatever sports betting service. And all the ads are just that, some credit card company, or some medication for old people.

On New Year's Eve this year I jokingly made the resolution of not buying any product advertised on ABC in the ten minutes before the Times Square ball drop. I can honestly say that since then I have not bought any medications for diseases I don't have, nor watched some awful shows I wasn't going to watch anyway, nor have I bought Fritos (the only thing in the ads I would actually consider buying).

[Rothman]

The structure of "All that glitters is not gold". It's poetic, but can be ambiguous.

What it means in Shakespeare: gold is a subset of things that glitter - true (i.e. "Not all that glitters is gold")

What it means literally: gold and things that glitter are disjoint sets - false

I feel like we've discussed this before, and there was some pushback against your claim of "what it means literally."

But only shooting stars break the mold.

[hbelkins]

When sports people post about sports outside of the sports board in the sports thread called "minor things that bother you sports edition".

Did I mention anything about sports in my original Taylor Swift post? Nope.