Minor things that bother you

[wanderer2575]

Package tracking that says, "Your order has shipped!" when all that has been done is a label printout.

"Your flight has departed" when all that has happened is that the plane pulled away 50 feet from the gate.

That one makes sense since the time to taxi is included in flight times.

I meant when it's not taxiing but still sitting next to the gate.

[vdeane]

Package tracking that says, "Your order has shipped!" when all that has been done is a label printout.

"Your flight has departed" when all that has happened is that the plane pulled away 50 feet from the gate.

That one makes sense since the time to taxi is included in flight times.

I meant when it's not taxiing but still sitting next to the gate.

You're still at the point where people can't board, however.

[dlsterner]

Package tracking that says, "Your order has shipped!" when all that has been done is a label printout.

"Your flight has departed" when all that has happened is that the plane pulled away 50 feet from the gate.

That one makes sense since the time to taxi is included in flight times.

I meant when it's not taxiing but still sitting next to the gate.

You're still at the point where people can't board, however.

It counts as a departure, and as such, makes the airline's "percentage of on time departures" look better.

[mgk920]

I sometimes wonder what percentage of plastic bottles and jars are really 'recycled' and not simply landfilled.  I would think that their 'ideal' reuse would be as boiler fuel, but their toxic smoke . . .

Mike

[kkt]

Package tracking that says, "Your order has shipped!" when all that has been done is a label printout.

"Your flight has departed" when all that has happened is that the plane pulled away 50 feet from the gate.

That one makes sense since the time to taxi is included in flight times.

I meant when it's not taxiing but still sitting next to the gate.

You're still at the point where people can't board, however.

It counts as a departure, and as such, makes the airline's "percentage of on time departures" look better.

Probably simplifies bookkeeping.  They have to record when the doors from the terminal to the aircraft are closed, because that's when the flight attendant's pay starts.  Keeping track of take off time would be extra work, and largely out of the airline's control how many other aircraft are in line waiting for takeoff, whether they need de-icing, etc.

[Scott5114]

Probably simplifies bookkeeping.

Which is also why you get a tracking info "your package has shipped" email when the label is generated—easier to just send the tracking number off the second it exists than wait for it to actually be picked up. I don't even work for a very big company and right now we have over 100 orders somewhere in the shipping queue. Having to go back and pick out which of those have actually departed just to avoid notifying someone too early on the offchance they actually check it and see that it hasn't departed yet and that annoys them isn't really a good use of time.

Our shipping system does allow us to adjust the exact time the tracking number notification will be sent, so I will usually set it to closing time the day of shipment so as to not make it too early (though if the carrier doesn't bother to scan it in when they take possession of it I can't really do much about that of course). Though that seems to just cause people to email me pointless "whurr ism y pakges" messages. (Then again I can tell people to expect the tracking email at exactly 5pm on the 13th and I'll still get them asking "wehre is my paacges" on the 11th.)

[Rothman]

Package tracking that says, "Your order has shipped!" when all that has been done is a label printout.

"Your flight has departed" when all that has happened is that the plane pulled away 50 feet from the gate.

That one makes sense since the time to taxi is included in flight times.

I meant when it's not taxiing but still sitting next to the gate.

You're still at the point where people can't board, however.

It counts as a departure, and as such, makes the airline's "percentage of on time departures" look better.

Avoids extra fees imposed by authorities if you "depart" thusly.

[kernals12]

Speaking of flying, it bothers me that we fly into and out of "airports" rather than "plane stations"

[Roadgeekteen]

Speaking of flying, it bothers me that we fly into and out of "airports" rather than "plane stations"

Airports are used by more than just commercial flights.

[roadman65]

That blue streak that creates two prepositions when your typing a specific word.

It's been happening a lot on my android when I type a blue streak appears and words like " to" or " be" appear in place of the word I'm trying to type

[GaryV]

Speaking of flying, it bothers me that we fly into and out of "airports" rather than "plane stations"

Air travel started with airships, so it's natural that a nautical term was used.

[Rothman]

Wegmans switching from "Best By" to "Sell By" dates.

[mgk920]

Maybe we should be referring to train stations as 'rail ports'.

Mike

[1995hoo]

Speaking of flying, it bothers me that we fly into and out of "airports" rather than "plane stations"

Does that mean we should be saying rocket launches, such as those from Florida, Vandenberg, and Baikonur, originate from "space stations"?

[kernals12]

Maybe we should be referring to train stations as 'rail ports'.

Mike

The British are half way there, they call them "Railway Stations".

[dvferyance]

WISN radio in Milwaukee is owned by Iheart media and for whatever reason they just refuse to carry Glenn Beck despite that nearly every other Iheart talk station does. They just insist on keeping the late morning slot local very odd very few stations in general go to another local show after their early morning local show is over.

Ratings.  They, WISN - 1130AM, have strong ratings wherever their signal reaches (the Appleton-Green Bay area is in that range).

They are reshuffling their deck after the first of the year.  Part of that is their three hour local afternoon drive time guy is retiring and his time is being taken up by their two hour local mid-late morning guy.

Mike

Yes I get it that they had Dan O Donnell in that slot for the last several years. Dan is very talanted and it prepped him for the prime slot to replace Mark Belling. But now that he is getting the prime slot I see no reason for that time slot to remain local. Ben Yount is not nearly as talented and will not get near the ratings Dan O Donnell did. Would make far more sense to go with a national show and since WISN is owned by Iheart Glenn Beck is what they should have on. I would be ok with even someone like Brian Kilmeade. Not a chance I will listen to Yount when he takes over. He is as exciting as watching paint dry.

[mgk920]

WISN radio in Milwaukee is owned by Iheart media and for whatever reason they just refuse to carry Glenn Beck despite that nearly every other Iheart talk station does. They just insist on keeping the late morning slot local very odd very few stations in general go to another local show after their early morning local show is over.

Ratings.  They, WISN - 1130AM, have strong ratings wherever their signal reaches (the Appleton-Green Bay area is in that range).

They are reshuffling their deck after the first of the year.  Part of that is their three hour local afternoon drive time guy is retiring and his time is being taken up by their two hour local mid-late morning guy.

Mike

Yes I get it that they had Dan O Donnell in that slot for the last several years. Dan is very talanted and it prepped him for the prime slot to replace Mark Belling. But now that he is getting the prime slot I see no reason for that time slot to remain local. Ben Yount is not nearly as talented and will not get near the ratings Dan O Donnell did. Would make far more sense to go with a national show and since WISN is owned by Iheart Glenn Beck is what they should have on. I would be ok with even someone like Brian Kilmeade. Not a chance I will listen to Yount when he takes over. He is as exciting as watching paint dry.

I'll continue to split my morning radio listening between WISN and WTAQ (1360 AM out of Green Bay).  They have a decent local morning guy.

Mike

[kkt]

Drivers who don't turn their headlights on when driving in the rain, and the cops who would rather ticket people going 7 over.

[formulanone]

Speaking of flying, it bothers me that we fly into and out of "airports" rather than "plane stations"

(Sony has the commercial rights to the term?)

Lots of aviation terms, protocols, and navigation are based off ships and nautical phenomena so it makes sense. Things like "port" and "starboard" are still used for sides of aircraft; the red and green wingtip lighting also stems from the same nautical protocols. Air speed is handled in knots. The pilot at the left seat is the Captain. Passengers "board" an aircraft. And so forth...

My guess is that aviation "grew up" around existing nautical culture, as automotive culture hadn't really been cemented into the public psyche at the time. Though, automotive culture loosely followed concepts from horses, carriages, and riding, to an extent.

[kurumi]

Speaking of flying, it bothers me that we fly into and out of "airports" rather than "plane stations"

(Sony has the commercial rights to the term?)

Lots of aviation terms, protocols, and navigation are based off ships and nautical phenomena so it makes sense. Things like "port" and "starboard" are still used for sides of aircraft; the red and green wingtip lighting also stems from the same nautical protocols. Air speed is handled in knots. The pilot at the left seat is the Captain. Passengers "board" an aircraft. And so forth...

My guess is that aviation "grew up" around existing nautical culture, as automotive culture hadn't really been cemented into the public psyche at the time. Though, automotive culture loosely followed concepts from horses, carriages, and riding, to an extent.

I've thought it was cool that "Sky Harbor" (as in PHX) maps directly to 空港, which means "airport". But it likely wasn't a direct borrowing:

Sky Harbor Airport's evocative name was conceived by J. Parker Van Zandt, the owner of Scenic Airways, who purchased 278 acres of farmland for Scenic's winter operations in November 1928. Sky Harbor was not only named but founded and built by Van Zandt in late 1928.

[formulanone]

Speaking of flying, it bothers me that we fly into and out of "airports" rather than "plane stations"

(Sony has the commercial rights to the term?)

Lots of aviation terms, protocols, and navigation are based off ships and nautical phenomena so it makes sense. Things like "port" and "starboard" are still used for sides of aircraft; the red and green wingtip lighting also stems from the same nautical protocols. Air speed is handled in knots. The pilot at the left seat is the Captain. Passengers "board" an aircraft. And so forth...

My guess is that aviation "grew up" around existing nautical culture, as automotive culture hadn't really been cemented into the public psyche at the time. Though, automotive culture loosely followed concepts from horses, carriages, and riding, to an extent.

I've thought it was cool that "Sky Harbor" (as in PHX) maps directly to 空港, which means "airport". But it likely wasn't a direct borrowing:

Sky Harbor Airport's evocative name was conceived by J. Parker Van Zandt, the owner of Scenic Airways, who purchased 278 acres of farmland for Scenic's winter operations in November 1928. Sky Harbor was not only named but founded and built by Van Zandt in late 1928.

In an alternate reality, PHX was founded by a Kyoto-based Lynryd Skynyrd tribute ensemble.

Also, there's a sushi restaurant called "Sora" in the Detroit Metro Airport, and I can't help but feel there's a double meaning.

[hbelkins]

People who park in the pickup spots in the Walmart parking lot and then leave their vehicles and go into the store, making it difficult for those of us who are picking up an order to do so when all the spaces are full of vacant vehicles because the drivers don't know where they're supposed to park.

[webny99]

People who park in the pickup spots in the Walmart parking lot and then leave their vehicles and go into the store, making it difficult for those of us who are picking up an order to do so when all the spaces are full of vacant vehicles because the drivers don't know where they're supposed to park.

Or perhaps more likely, they do know where they're supposed to park and just don't care.

[Max Rockatansky]

Walmart in general bothers me enough that I often take my business elsewhere.  Every facet of the shopping experience is retail hellscape of the highest order.

[Roadgeekteen]

When I do a google search and their ai results pop up at the top every single time.