Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

[The Rube]

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Easier to just bring everything into one place and sort there.

Think of someone that is not involved in the shipping industry:
Wait, you're going to fly this from MSP to Louisville, only to fly it back up north to Duluth? Duluth is 2-2.5 hours away, man, driving time!

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

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Amazon is the worst packager for shipping period. Not enough padding, stuff placed against the side of the box, stuff placed sideways to arrows etc. My work as a damage clerk at UPS is like 85% Amazon.

Target sucks too.

We received about 30+ packages from Amazon during December and almost all of them (other than the padded mailers they love to use) were oversized by 2 or 3 times and contained no padding/dunnage unless there were multiple items inside, and even then it was hit or miss. Boxes were crushed and/or torn, seams ripped open... and most of that damage was probably from being at the bottom of the pile.

I also purchased an iPad (as a gift) from Target. Its package was approx 10 x 8 x 2 and was shipped in a box that had to be 16" square and about 12" deep... with absolutely no inner packing. It looked lovely when it arrived.

As someone who spent the last 25+ years as a shipping manager I was astounded by the lack of proper packaging (and moreso the carton size selection), but I understand that with the volumes they crank out corners must be cut. Their damage claims must be astronomical.

 

[leswp1]

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THey finnnnnallly took the pkg last night and delivered the other packages- well past 6. I feel bad for those guys.

 

[FreshFish]

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More nonsensical behavior from package delivery people....and municipal snow plow operators....

Today we had 12" of snow and winds up to 45 mph. We received notice that four packages were delivered sometime this afternoon. We go out to look for them, don't see any, except the corner of one box peeking out above the snow.

Apparently, the package delivery people left the packages at the base of our mailbox post alongside the street, before the plows came by. We infer this from the way the packages were found: two completely buried between post and street in snowplow pile, two others strewn uproad and offroad as if they had been tossed in the air by a passing plow.

The street now is in great shape at least....now I just need to move ~28 inch snowpile 3 feet wide out of the way before it freezes solid overnight. At least I won't be in any hurry, it's almost more amusing than annoying at this point.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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I’m working on one of our other buildings on campus today and it’s an open office format.

I would end up killing someone if I had to spend more than a week here.

 

[St. Clown]

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I’m working on one of our other buildings on campus today and it’s an open office format.

I would end up killing someone if I had to spend more than a week here.

Welcome to my work as of May 2016. It sucks worse than you could imagine.

 

[joecct]

I’m working on one of our other buildings on campus today and it’s an open office format.

I would end up killing someone if I had to spend more than a week here.

See pictures of office in the 60s. Everyone but the bosses worked out in the open.

Ask Kep what the floor of Grumman was like when his Dad worked there.

 

[FreshFish]

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See pictures of office in the 60s. Everyone but the bosses worked out in the open.

If I am not mistaken, I think that is a function of construction techniques and materials available at the time. Even the offices of today start out like that (big open empty space interspersed with a few pillars as needed to hold up the building). then they now add the walls with aluminum framing and sheets of drywall. You just couldn't do that kind of work back then with wood framing and lath and plaster walls; between material and labor costs, too expensive. Much cheaper now with lower costs and standardized construction methods.

 

[Kepler]

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See pictures of office in the 60s. Everyone but the bosses worked out in the open.

Ask Kep what the floor of Grumman was like when his Dad worked there.

Not just the production floor. In the early 70s my Dad worked in a drafting / lab space with the other Mech Es, EEs, and programmers. Guys had drafting tables and lab tables like cafeteria lunch tables: 80 (white, crew cut, white long sleeve shirted even in August) guys all the way from interns to seniors engineers working out in the open. They shared the hulking mainframes that were set up on the side of the room and if there was test equipment they shared it and rotated through with handwritten sign up sheets. They also had beer stocked in the break room fridge and nudie pictures in the staff bathroom, and this was a white collar, college educated workplace.

I agree that if I had to work in open space I would be at the gun show on Wednesday and on the news on Friday.

 

[joecct]

Not just the production floor. In the early 70s my Dad worked in a drafting / lab space with the other Mech Es, EEs, and programmers. Guys had drafting tables and lab tables like cafeteria lunch tables: 80 (white, crew cut, white long sleeve shirted even in August) guys all the way from interns to seniors engineers working out in the open. They shared the hulking mainframes that were set up on the side of the room and if there was test equipment they shared it and rotated through with handwritten sign up sheets. They also had beer stocked in the break room fridge and nudie pictures in the staff bathroom, and this was a white collar, college educated workplace.

I agree that if I had to work in open space I would be at the gun show on Wednesday and on the news on Friday.

And they built
F4F Wildcat
F6F Hellcat
F8F Bearcat
F9F Pantherjet
F-14 Tomcat
A-6/EA-6 Intruder/Prowler

And the Lunar Lander.

 

[Kepler]

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And they built
F4F Wildcat
F6F Hellcat
F8F Bearcat
F9F Pantherjet
F-14 Tomcat
A-6/EA-6 Intruder/Prowler

And the Lunar Lander.

My Dad's signature is on a panel on the lander.

20k+ Long Island employees. And Republic and Sperry were right next door.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Wait, THE lander?

 

[Kepler]

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Wait, THE lander?

Yes, the lander. Arma, division of Amboch, division of Grumman subcontracted the work for the lander and also for a portion of the command module computer. The boys who shipped included a tiny panel with all their names etched on it.

So, you know, so much for exceeding father's contribution to science, technology, or the country...

But hey, I have my looks. Sure, I'll have another.

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[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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The Bundys walk because the gubmint flubbed their case. The federal prosecutor should be fired.

 

[RaceBoarder]

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Broke my wrist on Dec. 29th. Scheduled Surgery for Monday. Was told today that I need to be paid in full to have the surgery

When the **** did that become a thing?

 

[The Rube]

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Broke my wrist on Dec. 29th. Scheduled Surgery for Monday. Was told today that I need to be paid in full to have the surgery

When the **** did that become a thing?

That sounds messed up. Like, crooked messed up. Unless you don't have the right insurance?

 

[RaceBoarder]

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That sounds messed up. Like, crooked messed up. Unless you don't have the right insurance?

Nope, its a thing now...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health...l-patients-show-us-the-money-before-treatment

The numbers are what I expected to owe (deductible + 20% of remaining bill). I just didn't expect it due immediately....

And people wonder why I want to take a sledgehammer to the current medical industry

 

[The Rube]

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Nope, its a thing now...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health...l-patients-show-us-the-money-before-treatment

The numbers are what I expected to owe (deductible + 20% of remaining bill). I just didn't expect it due immediately....

And people wonder why I want to take a sledgehammer to the current medical industry

Jebus. I have one shot I have to take 4 times a year, and I can defer it until insurance sorts it out. $2400 initial cost, or $5 after insurance handles it. Yeah. And they always ask if I want to be billed right away. Um, NO.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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I have a PPO, and no one ever asks me to pre-pay my 20% coinsurance. Sorry, RB. #privilege

Gotta say, this reeks of recent changes to the laws, and providers worried that Medicaid and the Obamacare subsides aren't going to pay them for much longer - so they demand whatever they can get up front.

 

[leswp1]

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Broke my wrist on Dec. 29th. Scheduled Surgery for Monday. Was told today that I need to be paid in full to have the surgery

When the **** did that become a thing?

THis has been happening for yrs where I am. Pay before you do anything. Can't tell you the number of times I ordered tests that I got a call saying they couldn't do them because the pt couldn't pay.

Nope, its a thing now...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health...l-patients-show-us-the-money-before-treatment

The numbers are what I expected to owe (deductible + 20% of remaining bill). I just didn't expect it due immediately....

And people wonder why I want to take a sledgehammer to the current medical industry

Take a hammer to the insurance industry. They are the ones that set the 'standards'. When I first started practice we would do things like waive fees or take things in barter (no, I am not in rural America- suburbs). We had a guy who would bring us bags of veggies from his gardens. Then the insurance co/medicare said we needed to prove need (pages of proof) or we were committing fraud by charging them $- if it wasn't worth anything for the guy with the veggies then we were overcharging for services. I could go on but in interest of sanity I won't. Not practicing anymore has recovered my sanity.

I have a PPO, and no one ever asks me to pre-pay my 20% coinsurance. Sorry, RB. #privilege

Gotta say, this reeks of recent changes to the laws, and providers worried that Medicaid and the Obamacare subsides aren't going to pay them for much longer - so they demand whatever they can get up front.

Not recent law changes. This has been standard where I am from way before the ACA came into being. Got worse when people had the insurance with huge deductibles and the Cruz bill passed a while ago that decreased the stabilizing payments/rules. It will be insane now they have stopped the requirement for having insurance. If you think this is bad you ain't seen nothin' yet. The population is aging, they are finding more ways to treat things (all new things cost more- not generic), population is less healthy- poor diet, less exercise, and the current political climate doesn't have the balls to deal with the insurance companies. Without the payin from low utilizers that leaves a higher percentage of those who need $$ care. Duck and cover.
Add- the gubmint is screwing the funding sources for a lot of the social net which will affect most rural clinics, hospitals, Primary care providers are leaving in droves (one study said 63% were very burnt out). The ERs are no longer staffed or set up to deal with all the pts that will present in extremis from lack of care for preventable things. They have figured out to defer testing that isn't absolutely necessary, telling pts to come back the next day for tests- which they then can't get because they can't pay. Eventually the pt ends up in the ICU, CCU or surgical costing the hospitals (and by default us) mucho buckos because no way is a person going to be able to cover the hundreds of thou they will rack up in care costs. (yeah, I guess the above aobut me stopping to save my sanity was BS

... and Darwin will not only make those bad brown people suffer but also a good part of the 'Repeal!!!!!' population. Red states have the worst stats for almost all medical measures- morbidity, mortality, general health... Just. plain. bad.