On Tue, 27 May 2008 10:29:00 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

> Also amusing that we in 'socialist' Europe have the self-regulating ASA
> and EASA whereas the USA has the Federal Trade Commision :-)

Yeah, we're big on irony here. ;-)

>> I think my last vision exam was probably 20 years ago....Yeah, it's
>> probably time.
> 
> Might be an idea.

Might be at that. :-)

>> Wow.  Maybe I need to get that college degree so I can emigrate. ;-)
> 
> Well you speak, read and write English that's worth a few points on the
> immigration checklist - what do you know about plumbing ;-)

I know about network plumbing. ;-)  But seriously, didn't they do away 
with the points system altogether last year?

>> Well, I was thinking if it's a 15% inflation (which is typical for
>> learning effectiveness), the ones who are in the 60% range are "on the
>> cusp" of actually being below average drivers.
> 
> Yeah I was just messin' wit' you.

Oh, I recognise that. ;-)

>> Yes, but it surprises me how many people don't think that way.  Hell, I
>> even don't sometimes - went to a movie yesterday afternoon (the new
>> Indiana Jones film)
> 
> Any good?

I enjoyed it (see other thread that Darren started - no spoilers in there 
as of this writing).  But someone else paid for it as well - but I 
concluded that I would have paid to see it anyways.

>> during the work day - I was given a ticket.  Ticket cost was $5.50.  My
>> time, though, was worth, say, $35/hour, so in actuality the cost of my
>> going to the movie was close to $110 (figure 3 hours including travel
>> time - and I nearly always stay until the end of the credits).  And I
>> was just one person who went.
>>
>> That said, it's nice that the company does things like that for us -
>> having a little bit of R&R (especially given that often times the job
>> runs late into the evenings and over weekends at times) is a nice bonus
>> to have.
> 
> But how much is employee goodwill worth?

At this company, quite a bit.  They started doing that sort of thing a 
few years ago with movies that were going to be so popular on opening day 
that they were worried about not having anyone in the office.  So by 
buying out a couple of different times at a local cinema, they avoid that 
and can stagger the support folks (for example) to make sure there's 
coverage.

>>>> Yeah.  Amazing that companies do that.
>>>
>>> What the customer doesn't know can't hurt them - right?
>>
>> Heh, I s'pose if you say it long enough, people might believe it. ;-)
> 
> Carefully skirting Godwin's Law there :-P

LOL!

Jim

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