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Strangest supermarket online shopping substitutions[^]
To save you going near the Sky News (which requires PPE at the best of times), I'll summarize:
Dog chews instead of chicken breasts.
Toilet rolls instead of bread rolls.
A bag of onions instead of a loaf of bread.
Shoe polish instead of fruit.
Bacon rather than BBQ-flavoured crisps (Chips for the west ponders).
Easter egg despite ordering hot dog rolls.
A roll of tinfoil which was swapped out for a chocolate Santa.
Strawberries instead of bin bags.
Alcohol-free bottle of wine in place of a standard bottle.
And my personal favourite: Toilet roll replaced with Sellotape (Scotch tape for West ponders, Durex for Ozzies).
I'm assuming that either this was computerised via QA, or the UK supermarkets employ surrealist packers ... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: or the UK supermarkets employ surrealist packers
If those in my area are anything to go by, just take a look at these people, and try to convince me they care about the job they do.
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The ones round here are all tidy folk - happy to help, friendly, willing to take (and make) a joke.
Self-scan Jan can be difficult to understand (she had a stroke about 6 years ago and is still relearning how to talk) but she takes care (and the piss).
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OriginalGriff wrote: The ones round here are all tidy folk - happy to help, friendly, willing to take (and make) a joke.
Mom-and-pop shops, maybe, but grocery chains around here tend to hire whoever's willing to work for (barely-above) minimum wage. This is the result.
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No, I'm talking Tesco and Asda ... Possibly the lack of other jobs around here motivates them, or the Welsh are just generally community minded?
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dandy72 wrote: If those in my area are anything to go by,
Because you live in a war zone maybe? That might be distracting.
Other than that people are people which mean that normal distributions follow. So most of them do the job in an average way. Some are much better. Some are much worse.
One hopes that for some jobs like heart surgeon and bomb disposal expert that there is more focus than some other jobs but even those in some way are going to follow the normal distribution.
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OriginalGriff wrote: (Scotch tape for West ponders, Durex for Ozzies)
MIL said one time she had to go and get some Durex. What the!!? In this neck of the woods, Durex are known for selling condoms. Scotch tape is the one I'd have recognized. That ah, that was a fun conversation.
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Smells of AI to me
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'm assuming that either this was computerised via QA
Humans make mistakes.
And people are much more likely to complain about mistakes than they are to comment on success.
So the mistakes are popularized more.
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Amazing historical accomplishments.
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this part of the world drives me crazy
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Badfinger
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I have WSL installed, but would like some feedback on preferred Linux distro to run.
List (not exhaustive or detailed but reasonable sample)
Ubuntu
Debian
kali-linux (never heard of this one)
OracleLinux
SUSE-Linux
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I run Ubuntu both 18.04 and 22.04 without any problem. Normally I stick to LTS versions to avoid hassle.
Mircea
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Done. Ubuntu it is. Thanks.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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ubuntu would be a safe bet
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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