Interesting graphs and charts department

[Clodfobble]

My father never has, ever. Just hates them for no reason he can explain. He used to tell us as kids that it was safe for him because he "had the steering wheel to hold onto."

[Flint]

My father doesn't like quinoa because he can't/won't pronounce it.

I've never told him that I have a childhood memory of my grandfather saying he doesn't like pizza because he can't pronounce it.

I wonder what "new" food I won't like...

[glatt]

I don't have a chart to show you, but picture two circle groups that line up almost perfectly with one another.

My wife was telling me a story yesterday about her day at work. She works as a school based substitute teacher, which means she floats around a lot during the day. When she has nothing to do, she offers to do chores.

Yesterday, she was sorting through the lost and found box. The items were piled high, just bursting out of the lost and found box. So she started by sorting items by those that were labeled with a name and those that were not.

Then she went to the school library, where she could look up the student name in the system and see what home room each kid had, and return the item.

The PCs in the library have been set up to make a loud alert sound whenever a student with a bunch of overdue books has their account accessed. That way, the librarian can ask about it before loaning out more books.

Can you guess where this is leading? Every single student who is the kind of student who leaves their hoodie in the mulch on the playground is the same kind of student who also has a lot of overdue library books. That machine was sounding loud alerts the entire time my wife was looking up the names on the lost and found items. And the librarian kept looking up with each chime.

[Flint]

I understand the reason for the system, but I'm not sure how I feel about the kids who presumably don't have their shit together (we might imagine, not good home environment?) being shamed in front of everyone?

Like, any situation in school which could make everyone in the room turn and look at you, I'm sensitive to that. That could easily be counter-productive. Like, it happens once and the kid never goes to a library again. Ends up with a lifelong phobia of reading.

[glatt]

Actually, my wife has told me previously that this particular librarian is a bitch.

Not her choice of words, but mine.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I would presume when Mrs glatt returns the lost item she doesn't announce to the class the kid also has overdue books.

[BigV]

did she find any books?

[glatt]

Turns out that the loud PC is in back so books on hold aren't shelved. The PC at the front desk is muted.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The largest employer is each state, which means 19 walmart states are subsidizing the employees of the state's largest employer. A dozen or so it's the state university, but I suspect it's not the school, but programs attached to the school, things like medical programs and research labs.

[xoxoxoBruce]

A reporter for a travel site took four one way first class flights from LA to NY and back twice.

[glatt]

Somewhat interesting, but I don't see that ever applying to me.

I'd like to see a chart that compares other stuff that applies to coach.

Seat size, percentage of overbooked flights, delays due to airline screw ups, lost luggage, price, add-on costs, snack quality, cleanliness of aircraft, surliness of crew.

[Gravdigr]

Plushness of the carpet you'll dragged over...

[xoxoxoBruce]

Percentage of income spent on...

[Happy Monkey]

I see food, but no lodging?

[xoxoxoBruce]

An analysis of emails at work to determine how soon they should be responded to...