If it helps, it probably isn’t worth the companies time paying someone to sort that out for $7. This is one of those “everyone wins” situations.
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I was definitely winning, ‘winner winner double chicken dinner’ !! LOL
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Ok, so I definitely stole another 50 lbs. of 25 lb. plates tonight.
I compared sku labels on my ones at home to make some sense of them, then went back to see if there were any more mislabeled and sure enough, the last two were also wrong so I snatched them up too.
I mean, I paid for them but there was intention and foreknowledge this time.
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I’m not going to do it when there’s people waiting for them - my store has about 25 of them and there will be 5 empty ones in a row, and then people who can’t handle them in lines for the cashiers, so in that case, I’ll take whatever I have, no matter how much, through, and nobody will have to wait on me. In fact, the stigma against doing that is really the only thing that stops me from doing it when there ARE people in line, because if they were not designed for more than basket, there wouldn’t be 4 bag dispensers on a rotating wheel at the bottom that are on a scale, combined with a large section up top that is on a scale, i.e. 3-4x as much as anyone could fit in a basket.
But I also check things out faster than any cashier, and never dilly-dally there. I’ve been stuck behind people who bring a cart there and are crazy slow, and it’s infuriating. I’ve also waited behind people who go through fast like me, and then I don’t care. Definitely a case-by-case basis.
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I feel like there should be some kind of discount for using the self-checkout at least.
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I hate coffee so I use my wife’s super expensive espresso machine to make steamed hot milk and a steamed milk/whey/turmeric concoction.
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I feel like I should get a discount every time I go to any store for putting up with morons.
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The company I work for is sponsoring a 9/11 memorial stair climb and they asked me to be one of two official climbers for the company (out of 5,000 at my location). Given that I have two brothers that chose to become firefighters because of 9/11, my confession is that it hits the emotions a lot harder than I expected. I’ll be using a weight vest to represent the 45 pounds of gear they carried. My only dilemma is do I stop at 78 floors (the furthest any firefighter made it that day) or do the full 110?
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Can you do the 110?
I know I can do it unweighted. But with 45 extra pounds that’s a tough one. I’ve done 38 in just over 6 minutes without weight and zero pacing myself.
The more I think about it the harder the question seems. Do you honor them by shooting for the top or by matching their journeys?
I’ll be curious to see what feedback you get.
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I would think stopping where they did would be best. Something about going above and beyond on this scenario takes away from the reason you’re doing it and makes it more of a personal achievement. At least that’s my take on it.
Not that those fire fighters couldn’t have made it to the top, it’s just they didn’t get the chance to. Just wanted to take that part clearerer
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Heavily leaning this direction for the exact reason you gave. The only real pressure I put on myself is to decide well in advance and to choose because it’s the right thing to do, rather than take the easy way out.
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I’m an avid black coffee drinker throughout the day - but if I touch the stuff at night, theres a very good chance that I won’t close an eye before the early hours in the morning.
Funny how we are all wired differently.
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Where will you be climbing and who else will be there?
What is everyone else going to do?
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This was my question too. If everyone participating is doing the 110, do it. If everyone is doing the 78, do that. The only way this becomes about you is if you do something else than what the standard for this memorial is.
A while back, my squad got to visit Iwo Jima and do a full gear hike up to the top of Mt Suribachi, starting on the sand. It wasn’t easy, but we all just thought, shit, there would be no way for us to make this even 1% as intense as it was for those guys. My advice is to forget about how far or short you have to go and just think about how much more insanely hard it was for firefighters in full, clunky gear, going up while everyone else was going down and the building was collapsing. Which, of course, I’m sure you’ll be thinking of - just some extra encouragement if the task seems daunting.
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Ahh that’s a good question. It’s at University of Akron’s football stadium it looks like. I did Tackle the Tower in Cleveland a few years back and got my ass kicked by a dude in full fire gear, even though I took 3rd for my age. This time I’ll probably wear a 45 lb or 80 lb weight vest. Asked my brother what his gear weighs and got back 80 lbs.
Edit: I checked the website for the event again and it sounds like 78 is the objective for most people. 110 is optional.
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That sounds like a pretty tough workout!
With lots of people going at different paces for different distances, whatever you decide to do should fit right in. No easy answer there.
Are you gonna train for this some way, or just show up?
Yeah, I’m actually pretty nervous for it. The other rep from the company is a decent crossfitter and marathoner so that should make for good competition.
I probably won’t do any specific training for it in the sense of taking stairs with a weight vest, but I’ll probably up the intensity/duration of leg work and make sure I prioritize cardio. I’m already in much better shape than I was when I did the smaller event so that will help. Mostly I’m just gonna be happy to participate and help get some more funding for first responders in the area.
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How about a confession in the confession thread?
I confess…I ordered a grilled chicken breast at a steakhouse yesterday.
My wife and kid had already decided on what they wanted when the waitress showed up, and I panicked. We were there early and it was on the “early dine menu” and I just pulled the trigger on it.
I ended up having steak at home to compensate.
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