I can definitely do that. I literally had a lady show up at 2:50 because she wasn’t able to get there any sooner.
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Can you make vehicle access difficult in the interest of safety? ie “in the interest of our attendees safety, the parking lot behind building Y will re-open once the event is closed?”
This only works if you have a main parking lot and a loading parking lot, but basically, you don’t want vehicles moving in the area until the event is over.
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@chaskavitch this came across my feed today in my diabetic dog group, might be adaptable to be made small (and with a cat tempting flavor - tuna?):
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So far I’ve additionally tried a syringe, tuna juice, cream cheese snowball, and smashing his favorite hard treats onto the outside of the rejected pill pockets. All have failed, haha.
I’ve gotten some of those tubes of wet treats to try tonight (alone and smeared over various other delivery systems), but pretty soon I’m going to ask for a different formulation. I think a trans dermal gel might be infinitely easier.
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Definitely, if transdermal is an option, I would try it!!
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Does anyone know how to get credit for a workout on the apple fitness app if you don’t have your apple watch on? For tracking purposes it annoys the hell out of me if I do a workout and don’t get credit on the app. However I cannot wear the watch during judo practice. I’ve tried many different fitness apps that sync with ihealth and the fitness app and I can input the workouts on those apps using my phone, but it still doesn’t give me credit in the fitness app. My googling hasn’t come up with anything.
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How do I figure out how much to set a flight alert for? Or do I skip the flight alert and just book three seats now for September?
We have a family wedding across the country next fall and I have zero idea what flight prices are like or what they should be. I do know the browser trick of using different browsers/computers because of cookies following to see just how interested I am in flying from point A to point B around certain dates. I was going to set a google alert for airline ticket prices but I have no idea what to even set the alert for. Or when I should cut my losses and book the tickets anyway. I don’t think I’ve ever booked airline tickets for myself, come to think of it.
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I like using Kayak.com for this - when you search they will tell you if they expect prices to go up, down, or stay the same.
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I’ve been searching with Google Flights and they tell you how the price compares to the usual price.
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You can set a price alert on Google flights and they will tell you if your selected flights are currently low/average or high for your dates and then if they are currently high, they’ll email you when the price drops.
Also check your credit card benefits, one my new credit cards will refund me if the price drops on my flights if I book through their portal. It’s either the venture x or chase sapphire.
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Has anyone used an esim while traveling internationally? Thoughts, recommendations or experiences? Normally I just turn my data off in other countries and rely on public wifi/my travel companions with international phone plans to let me know the things I want to know, but this time I think I should try to be a little more connected/able to get the bus myself.
It’ll be in Ireland if that matters.
I have gotten a local sim card in Colombia and Mexico. It was cheap and easy.
I’ll be trying an esim in Spain next month so I can report back if you want.
I use a Google FI plan for international travel. As long as you don’t make calls on the cell network (only on WiFi), the data is the same price as it is here, at $10/GB. The best part about FI is that your phone number still works, and you turn on your phone in the new country and it immediately works, too. If you want to try that, let me know, I have a referral code I can send.
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I’ll be going in 2 weeks, so I can report back to you on how it goes if you’d like!
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That would be great!
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Relative who has done both prefers getti g a local SIM
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What was I going to do when I got back to my office after being in the bathroom? I know it was “look up something on Amazon” but I have no idea what it was. It’s literally a one minute walk. Hmmpf.
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Can I make friends with a local librarian? Can they make friends with me?
I had a chat with one today and we really clicked like maybe we can be bffs. But of course we are all nice to people when we are at work. And it is never okay to hit on people who are at their or your work. And professions with power imbalances can’t date clients/patients (anything medical, legal etc). But is it okay to try for friendship if chatting continues?
Paging librarians @RamonaQ @BiblioFeroz (I feel like I am missing some) and armchair experts everywhere
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I would say continue to be your friendly self/chat when you are at the library to feel them out/grow the relationship. After a while of good chats, then maybe mention something you are doing that relates to stuff they also have described liking. Maybe mention how you found an excellent gluten free pizza and the place is having a pizza/craft night next week and you wanted to let them know about this cool event. If they get excited, you can then ask if they want to go together/join you there.
When I worked as a barista it was such a hassle because we’d get all these regulars of youngerish men who worked in the nearby architecture/law/banks offices. And obviously, I’d be nice to them/remember their drink orders/make little jokes because I needed those tips yo and also because it’s a natural thing to be customer focused in any customer service type job.
But then sometimes customers would ask me out and it just felt kinda ick. Like, my pal. I’m just being a decent human being to you. Please do not take basic manners as attraction. And then I would worry if they would complain to my boss about me or I would lose out on their tips if I didn’t say yes. Even if they were nice about it and didn’t go into wounded male lash out, it would still be awkward afterwards. And that at least was in a situation where they could go to a different cafe, not a situation where I would HAVE to serve them again.
Sorry, apparently I still have feelings about all this.
Anyway, TL;DR: Go slow and be very attentive to signs that they are not responding to you the way you hope for. Watch for them initiating contact or waving/saying hi to you when you come by.
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I think it’s totally fine to try for friendship! I’ve worked with teens for most of my librarian career so I had different boundaries out of necessity. But I’m friendly with some adult library patrons now and there are a couple I could see being actual friends with.
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