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Jill_the_Pill | 1 month ago | on: Canada

Canada has its problems, and many of them tend to resemble the US's problems. But they are like 10-20 years behind on the same path. So, if you think things were maybe a bit less bad back then: Canada.

Also Canada has far better yogurt.

Jill_the_Pill | 3 months ago | on: Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices

I am looking for fabric right now and am terribly frustrated not to have anywhere but limited quilting shops available. Online is not an answer, because you can't handle the fabric for weight, exact color, and stretchiness.

JoAnn drove all the medium-sized fabric stores out and left us with nothing.

Jill_the_Pill | 2 years ago | on: What pains you about call-in customer service?

Absolutely you can make customer service a much better experience for callers!

Here is how . . . . listen very closely now . . . .

Hire and retain many more human workers. Train them well, treat them well, and pay them well. Give them the resources, autonomy, and time they need to solve problems.

Chop down all the phone trees.

Jill_the_Pill | 2 years ago | on: Private equity is devouring the U.S. economy

>> shouldn't we see non-PE companies flourish in competition?

It's seldom clear to patrons WHY things have changed. People get stuck in their habits and are hesitant to start somewhere new, particularly with things like medical services. My mom wouldn't recognize PE as the source of a problem at her doctor, dentist, vet or mechanic.

Jill_the_Pill | 2 years ago | on: Do not put plastic in the microwave

And it makes another pot to clean.

But the warmth in the food heated on a burner is nicer than the warmth generated by the microwave (more even, cools slowly).

Maybe we slow down and expect our lunch to take 10 minutes to heat and 5 minutes to clean up?

Jill_the_Pill | 2 years ago | on: ‘Less than half’ fresh produce sold globally makes any profit

It's a climate and biodiversity concern: overproduction wastes farmland that could be, or used to be, wild. The energy put into food transport and storage was used for nothing. Wasted produce rots, giving off methane, and wasted meat or dairy represents double waste, as the animals were raised on crops.

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2022/01/24/food-waste-and-it...

You fix it by making people aware and asking them to act responsibly.

Jill_the_Pill | 2 years ago | on: Managing Kitchen Fruit Flies with a Little Shop of Horrors

They do nest in the cracks between the shelf and the wall, under shelf paper, and even between the pages of cookbooks.

We have had some moderate success with the traps, plus storing big bags of rice and flour in picnic coolers and everything else in airtight containers, but they have to be really airtight -- those little buggers can get under the lid of a mason jar or the tops of a canister set. What happens now is like a lesson in public health and contagion: one container will occasionally get a mess of webs and moths, but the scope is limited.

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