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    10 months ago

    And then there’s the poor kid who started counting how many habaneros I had in the bag when they’re sold by weight. I let him finish, and he rang up like $60 for 8 habaneros.

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    Worked in a stationers over 20 years ago, still remember the barcode for this one pencil eraser we sold all the time that would never scan - 4007817526040.

    … Still can’t remember a single damn birthday or important appointment. Why, brain, why?

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      I still remember my ICQ user ID 208646779 even though I haven’t logged in for 20 years.

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        It probably wouldn’t work if you did. The last time I looked at ICQ I believe that there was a situation where they either chose to, or were forced to, essentially purge all the dormant/old ICQ accounts.

        I don’t have all the details, but once I saw that, I just noped out. I can’t get back in and look at all my old, now permanently offline contacts? No thanks. I was here for the nostalgia, and I can’t even get that.

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        51501242

        But I can’t remember if my niece’s birthday is next month or the month after… And I’ve been to her birthday every year…

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            Nah mine was unique. Unique enough, there was actually a formula. It was the OEM key that was printed on the upgrade CD that came with my Packard Bell. I reinstalled windows on that fucking shit box so many times that it’s tattooed on my brain stem.

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    10 months ago

    Well sir, as a former one of these, I can say with confidence, the code provided is not a valid PLU.

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    Worked in retail many moons ago. Back when organic was just becoming a thing. I can tell you one thing.: A lot of people were getting a deal on organic food -because cashiers would just key in the code for non-organic. The lines were too long, and you look foolish looking things up in the “book” haha.

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      10 months ago

      As expensive as organic food is, I’m sure that they already factor incorrect item entry into the cost of organic produce items.

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        Are those tomatoes made from metal? Or sand? If you can chew it then it’s organic. Technucally if it has carbon-based compounds.

        Fun fact: acetone is organic too. And you don’t want to drink it. Seriously, don’t do it.

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          MSc in chemistry here

          Just because chemistry utilizes words and defines them with specific criteria it doesn’t mean these words can not be used in other contexts with different meanings (e.g. vinyl)

          Oh and you probably know, but diamond, graphite, CO2 and all sorts of carbonates are excluded from being organic.

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            And you are right. They need to have orbital hybridisation. SP{,2,3}.

            And in other meaning as produced by organism nearly all food is organic too. Some stuff like sugars should be possible to make without organisms(but you know it better than me), but too expensive compared to produced by organisms.

            Sorry for awkward sentences, English is not my native language.

            EDIT: there are apparently more meanings

            When people use the word “organic” for food, they’re specifically referring to particular certifications, like the National Organic Program in the USA, and foods that are “organically farmed”. I agree that the naming isn’t ideal, but the word “organic” is very commonly used for this, and therefore it’s a legitimate definition of “organic”. That’s just how language works :)

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              Sorry for awkward sentences

              Don’t be sorry, you’re communicating quite clearly.

              And, just for the record, I do agree that the term “organic” is daft when referring to food. The term is entirely arbitrary and I wish we had a food certificate that was actually based on scientific factors (like impact on environment etc.)…

              They need to have orbital hybridization

              This one is often cited as a factor (because it excludes carbides like e.g. WC, TiC, TaC) but afaik it’s not true. Carbon in graphite is sp2 hybridised, in diamond it’s sp3 hybridised, both are explicitly excluded from the definition of organic.

              Side note: I am unsure whether graphene falls under the definition of organic. Depending on how you look at it, it’s just a huge aromatic molecule. Don’t get me started on nanoribbons which are synthesized from organic precursors…
              But I know people doing research on graphene, and I don’t think they would care about that definition. It simply doesn’t matter.

              Side note^2: While CO_2 is also explicitly excluded from being organic, it can be used as an educt in organic reactions (e.g. Preparing Phenylacetic Acid from Benzyl chloride and CO_2)

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      The only inorganic compounds in food I can imagine are salts. It is beyond me how they not understand that almost everything everyone eats is organic.

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        I get what you’re going for, but not everything is literal. People refer to their computers as “rigs” even though they can’t drill for oil.

        When people use the word “organic” for food, they’re specifically referring to particular certifications, like the National Organic Program in the USA, and foods that are “organically farmed”. I agree that the naming isn’t ideal, but the word “organic” is very commonly used for this, and therefore it’s a legitimate definition of “organic”. That’s just how language works :)

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          an agricultural system that uses fertilizers of organic origin such as compost manure, green manure, and bone meal

          Guano wars, anyone?

          and places emphasis on techniques such as crop rotation and companion planting.

          Isn’t this a thing everyone always does? Isn’t monoculture turns soil into shit?


          Maybe. I’m just tired of seeing “GMO-free” soda kind of idiocy.

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      10 months ago

      last time I didn’t use self checkout, the cashier keyed in all my stuff as organic when it wasn’t :(

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        That’s stealing, says the person who also does this. Also I have some saffron I nicked from Wally world too if you want to try it with our ill gotten gains.

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    Limes are 4048 and half a lime will clean the heck out of a garbage disposal

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      I’ve had cashiers not recognize jackfruit, plantains, ginger root, star fruit, pomegranates, and dragonfruit. All of which grow in South/central America and are regularly shipped to the US just like bananas.

      Plantains and casava (or yuca if you’re Puerto Rican) can even grow locally here in Texas, so idk what the deal is.

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            Constant exposure and repetition.

            I remember training someone and at the end of their first cashier shift I asked them what they thought. They said it was pretty easy, but they needed to get better with the fruits and vegetables. I told them not to worry, you’ll memorize the numbers with time.

            They replied “No, I need to learn what they look like so I know what number to look for…”

            Inner cities are wild sometimes!

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      10 months ago

      I only worked at a grocery once as a summer job, but holy crap I sold a ton of 4011s. Nearly every customer bought them, or at least anyone who wanted to live. Basically the exceptions were the old women who instead bought cartons of Pall-Mall cigarettes.

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    10 months ago

    I still remember the code for Braeburn Apples, over 25 years after I worked in a supermarket.

    For some reason, their code of 6969 sticks in my mind.

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    10 months ago

    Are the codes all unified across stores and POS systems? Is it an extension of the UPC? I assumed the code was like a part number from that store chain’s inventory.

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      They are called PLU numbers and I’m assuming they’re regulated because bananas are the same code everywhere I’ve been, as with grapes. Maybe certain produce between regions or chains is different but I think most are similar.