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lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Whole Foods’ 365: Where Kiosks Replace Workers

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

The rest of the LIBRARY? You're not making sense.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

flan327 wrote:
The rest of the LIBRARY? You're not making sense.

flan

Yes. The rest of the library.

You post from there, so there has to be some way of connecting to the Internet.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
The rest of the LIBRARY? You're not making sense.

flan
Yes. The rest of the library.
You post from there, so there has to be some way of connecting to the Internet.

I'm betting that anyone here could answer your question...

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

flan327 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
The rest of the LIBRARY? You're not making sense.

flan
Yes. The rest of the library.
You post from there, so there has to be some way of connecting to the Internet.

I'm betting that anyone here could answer your question...
flan

There is no question.

Unless you are in the middle of the Sahara or the North pole, there is access easily found to the internet.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Tell me, what CAN'T you get online now?

Food, clothes, work, entertainment, buying, selling. Everything but physically moving is online.

FNW · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Tell me, what CAN'T you get online now?

Food, clothes, work, entertainment, buying, selling. Everything but physically moving is online.

I wish I could get an In-N-Out burger or North Wood's Inn's red cabbage salad and cheese bread.

Ohfour · Hooker

We saw a documentary a couple of years ago. They gave a man a laptop and a room and a credit card. No clothes, no food, nothing.

He was able to feed & clothe himself. He bought appliances, furniture, toiletries. Everything he needed, within a week he had.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

FNW wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Tell me, what CAN'T you get online now?

Food, clothes, work, entertainment, buying, selling. Everything but physically moving is online.

I wish I could get an In-N-Out burger or North Wood's Inn's red cabbage salad and cheese bread.

There are delivery services popping up all the time.

So it won't be long till you can order online and have it delivered.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Ohfour wrote:
We saw a documentary a couple of years ago. They gave a man a laptop and a room and a credit card. No clothes, no food, nothing.

He was able to feed & clothe himself. He bought appliances, furniture, toiletries. Everything he needed, within a week he had.

Yep.

There are even apps for online doctor visits. You attach the gadgets, BP cuff and that stuff, and you don't even have to leave your house for basic health care.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

This is available right now.

And you connect with Skype to your doctor and download the images.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Amwell Live Doctor app allows you to connect with a doctor and can preform basic preventive care and non emergency needs.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Does anyone remember Service Merchandise?

There used to be a store in Indy & I worked there during college. The only salespeople were in the jewelry department. For other items, you looked at a display model & filled out an order form, which was sent to the warehouse using pneumatic tubes.

flan
Oh my gosh, a blast from the past!
I remember them, flan!

We had a Service Merchandise but we didn't fill out order forms. They had little cards in a plastic case for each item. You just took one of the cards to the checkout & they rang you up that way. Then you waited for your order to come out on the conveyor belt. I still have one of those towel stands that goes behind the toilet that I bought there. It was brass 20 years ago. Now it is spray painted shiny white.

FNW · Guru

That sounds like Best Products. They had one of those little cannisters you put your order in and they sucked up through a tube like those drive through bank teller ones.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

One place I worked had a Service Merchandise employee incentive plan.

Took forever to build up enough points to get anything good.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
The rest of the LIBRARY? You're not making sense.

flan
Yes. The rest of the library.
You post from there, so there has to be some way of connecting to the Internet.

I'm betting that anyone here could answer your question...
flan
There is no question.
Unless you are in the middle of the Sahara or the North pole, there is access easily found to the internet.

Yes, Lily, you ASKED how I posted from the library when I'm AT WORK. THAT is what "a question" means.

And I have specifically TOLD you that, from MY experience, your bolded sentence is not true. I'm certainly not going to post identifying details, and I don't care if you understand or believed me. The library would NOT have invested in mobile hot spots IF there was no need.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Ohfour wrote:
We saw a documentary a couple of years ago. They gave a man a laptop and a room and a credit card. No clothes, no food, nothing.

He was able to feed & clothe himself. He bought appliances, furniture, toiletries. Everything he needed, within a week he had.

Of course. As long as he had the funds AND wifi access, that's not surprising.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

flan327 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
The rest of the LIBRARY? You're not making sense.

flan
Yes. The rest of the library.
You post from there, so there has to be some way of connecting to the Internet.

I'm betting that anyone here could answer your question...
flan
There is no question.
Unless you are in the middle of the Sahara or the North pole, there is access easily found to the internet.

Yes, Lily, you ASKED how I posted from the library when I'm AT WORK. THAT is what "a question" means.
And I have specifically TOLD you that, from MY experience, your bolded sentence is not true. I'm certainly not going to post identifying details, and I don't care if you understand or believed me. The library would NOT have invested in mobile hot spots IF there was no need.
flan

You obviously don't understand what you are saying.

You said that library didn't have WIFI.

But then you said they have mobile hot spots.

Meaning, your saying there was not access to the world of online shopping was not true.

Like I said, give it 10 or 20 years and everything will be done online.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
We saw a documentary a couple of years ago. They gave a man a laptop and a room and a credit card. No clothes, no food, nothing.

He was able to feed & clothe himself. He bought appliances, furniture, toiletries. Everything he needed, within a week he had.
Of course. As long as he had the funds AND wifi access, that's not surprising.
flan

Which most of the general population has at some point during every day.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
The rest of the LIBRARY? You're not making sense.

flan
Yes. The rest of the library.
You post from there, so there has to be some way of connecting to the Internet.

I'm betting that anyone here could answer your question...
flan
There is no question.
Unless you are in the middle of the Sahara or the North pole, there is access easily found to the internet.

Yes, Lily, you ASKED how I posted from the library when I'm AT WORK. THAT is what "a question" means.
And I have specifically TOLD you that, from MY experience, your bolded sentence is not true. I'm certainly not going to post identifying details, and I don't care if you understand or believed me. The library would NOT have invested in mobile hot spots IF there was no need.
flan
You obviously don't understand what you are saying.
You said that library didn't have WIFI.
But then you said they have mobile hot spots.
Meaning, your saying there was not access to the world of online shopping was not true.
Like I said, give it 10 or 20 years and everything will be done online.

Where did I say that?

They are circulating mobile hot spots to the community.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
We saw a documentary a couple of years ago. They gave a man a laptop and a room and a credit card. No clothes, no food, nothing.

He was able to feed & clothe himself. He bought appliances, furniture, toiletries. Everything he needed, within a week he had.
Of course. As long as he had the funds AND wifi access, that's not surprising.
flan
Which most of the general population has at some point during every day.

Changing your tune, I see...

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

No. I am not.

You said there was no way for people to do everything online because of lack of ability to access the Internet.

I've said the same thing the whole time.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Where did I say that MY library DID NOT have wifi?

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

flan327 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
flan327 wrote:
The rest of the LIBRARY? You're not making sense.

flan
Yes. The rest of the library.
You post from there, so there has to be some way of connecting to the Internet.

I'm betting that anyone here could answer your question...
flan
There is no question.
Unless you are in the middle of the Sahara or the North pole, there is access easily found to the internet.

Yes, Lily, you ASKED how I posted from the library when I'm AT WORK. THAT is what "a question" means.
And I have specifically TOLD you that, from MY experience, your bolded sentence is not true. I'm certainly not going to post identifying details, and I don't care if you understand or believed me. The library would NOT have invested in mobile hot spots IF there was no need.
flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

And you are talking about one place, that needed Internet access and found a solution.

You do know that it's all the same internet, right? No matter how you get to it.

Which means, there isn't really anywhere you can be in the general population that doesn't have some way of using the Internet.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Mobile...CIRCULATING...hot spots for use OUTSIDE the library.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

It's like talking to a rock.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

lilyofcourse wrote:
It's like talking to a rock.

Why yes, Lily, it is. Why don't you stop pretending that you know everything?

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Flan, I said in 10 to 20 years, everything would be done online.

You then went on this tangent about not everywhere having WIFI.

And I said it really doesn't matter if one place doesn't have WIFI, because another place will.

You stuck with the "no WIFI" thing.

I said that access to the internet was still possible, with the use of G's or just moving to another place.

You still want to argue that it just isn't possible to get online in some places.

But then we have the OP and in it, a business has installed kiosks at the store so customers can order online.

So tell me, why would it not be reasonable to say that in 10 to 20 years, everything will be online?

apple · Guru

you gals are making my head hurt.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

apple wrote:
you gals are making my head hurt.

I'm going to watch TV.

At least THAT makes sense...unless I'm at the North Pole, apparently. But what about the South Pole? Penguins need wifi too!!!!!

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Penguins are so cute. Penguins are the best anti depressant. Have you ever met a sad penguin owner? Of course not!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Rockhoppers are my favorite!

flan