Interesting Links for 28-07-2019

[andrewducker]

Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time

(tags:windpower Texas USA renewables )

Boris Johnson 'absolutely' rules out election before 31 October Brexit deadline

(tags:politics UK elections Europe doom )

Thousands without mobiles (or, worse, signal) could be frozen out of online payments

(tags:security phones banking UK europe )

US border official testifies that a 3-year-old might be a national security threat.

(tags:OhForFucksSake children immigration )

In case anyone was wondering what to get me for my birthday

(tags:penis walking )

Why are violent brawls breaking out on cruise ships?

(tags:alcohol holidays ocean ship )

"My (25M) subs (23F, 26F, 22M, 28M, 28M) have unionized"

(tags:relationships bdsm funny unions )

HS2: hated by some, halted in parts, but still making progress

(tags:hs2 trains transport uk )

Comments

[andrewducker]

Yeah, it's awful.

I learned yesterday that Apple Store employees aren't paid commission, which made me very happy, as there's no pressure to upsell.

[skington]

There's no pressure from that source, maybe. I occasionally get “tell us about your customer experience” emails when I've been to the Apple Store, and they ask me things like “did the person you spoke to tell you about insert list of various Apple schemes”. And there's no place on the form to say “no, and I'm very happy that they didn't”.

[andrewducker]

True. They are asked to mention stuff to us - and she did ask if we wanted an upgrade. But there wasn't any pressure like there can be with people on commission.

[dewline]

That is indeed a survey response option that's needed by customers and store employees alike.