Re: PRIVATE [cobalt-users] Webalizer & Logrotate, lets try it again...

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Should have been sent off-list, Steven, eh?

Steven Werby wrote:

> The really sad thing is that that specific location used to have the ketchup pump
> mechanism that I could operate myself.  Apparently, the customers were taking too
> much ketchup b/c they got rid of it.

Nope.  Not the reason.  Believe me (or if you don't believe me, price
the product yourself); you could take the equivalent of 20 packets of
ketchup out of the pump and it would cost your Wendy's franchisee less
money than the three packets they gave out.

The problem is the health department.  The pump is considered a breeding
ground for germs.

Which it probably isn't, because ketchup is acidic.  But that's the way
it goes.

> Now the Taco Bell near me keeps the hot sauce
> packets behind the counter.  I have to ask for them.  If they have to control costs
> that tightly that's pretty sad.

The local Del Taco here keeps their packets in the open.  I don't go to
the Taco Bell; they're way overpriced imho, and most of their new
products are truly ripoffs.

> I have another Taco Bell story.  I was on the way
> back from the Tibetan Freedom Concert at RFK (old Redskins stadium in DC) a couple of
> years ago and stopped at Taco Bell.  In the drivethru I asked for a "bunch of fire
> sauce packets".  I opened up my bag and found 26 packets!  The breakdown was: 19
> fire, 4 hot, 2 medium and 1 mild.  I'm not sure how that exact mix was determined,
> but I suspect my exact request had been made before and she had been told "no, I want
> more than that".  Over time she realized that the requestor was happy with the
> request when she gave out the mix she gave me.

Or else she just dug her hand into the bins a few times and that's what
came out <smile>.

> I don't eat fast-food much,

Sorry, but then you don't qualify as a geek, and we can no longer trust
anything you say <smile, again>.

> but I
> have a good recollection of short fast-food events burned into my memory.  :-)  BTW,
> I worked at McDonald's during high school 10 years ago and my location had
> intelligent, curtious employees.  I'm not sure if it's more to do with kids getting
> stupider and ruder or the market having better jobs for the good kids.  I worked at
> McDonald's b/c they were paying a whopping $4.50 an hour compared to $3.35 everywhere
> else.  70% off the food wasn't too bad and back then I could eat as much as I wanted
> and not really have to worry about it.

Aha, we're finally getting back on topic:  I just hired a young
webmaster trainee who just turned 18.  He worked at McDonalds because he
"had to".  No one else would hire an under-18-year-old.  I know we
won't, and I know why, but perhaps McDonalds and other fast-food places
are full of kids who'd rather work somewhere else but can't.

> > It's a lot like this business,  really. "You can't have 5 POP email accounts
> > with that web hosting, you'll get the 3 that I give you". Officially, I give
> > 2 POP email boxes but if a customer specifically requests 5, I can usually
> > work something out for them. It's called customer service.
> 
> I try to make the customer happy, especially if it's something like adding a couple
> of POP accounts which isn't going to cost me much.  When you go that extra mile they
> remember.

"Have it your way at Burger King."
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