u/ScaryDavey

As a whole, I do enjoy the original 1960’s version of Password. The game itself is fine. Allen Ludden is generally good as a host. I love the stars of the era that appear on the show. And the contestants are normal people, (not like today’s attention seeking contestants).

But what annoys me to no end is when Allen Ludden constantly reminds the contestants that they have five seconds to respond. That’s all you hear throughout the whole game, “five seconds, five seconds, five seconds.” It gets so that instead of anticipating a response from a contestant, I’m always expecting to hear “five seconds” from Allen Ludden! Why can’t he just inform the contestants once at the start of the game that they have five seconds to respond instead of saying it nearly every single time while they are trying to think? There are times when the contestants (and stars) get thrown off because Mr. Ludden interjects his “five seconds”.

I didn’t notice this at first but since I did, I always hear it and it detracts from my overall enjoyment of the game. Thank goodness Allen Ludden doesn’t do this on Password Plus!

This morning I took Lyft and after the ride I usually open the app so I can rate the ride and to leave a tip. But when I opened it, there was no option for me to do so. Usually, the screen to rate and leave a tip is automatically opened. I tried going to ride history and there was no way to leave a rating and tip. So I figured I’ll wait awhile and try again after work. When I opened the app again there still was no option to rate and leave a tip. So I checked the ride history again and it showed the fare was about three dollars higher than was quoted when I took the ride (with no stops or different route taken). Then it showed a tip for $5.19 that I didn’t give! It also said “Promo Applied” $5.00. What gives? Why was my fare increased for no reason and an automatic tip was charged without my input? And why was I prevented from rating and leaving a tip after the ride?

Are we voting all Mets, regardless of performance? Just curious.

I put in a PPTO request three days after the day I was late and received a half point and it said it was approved on the Time Off page but it said Pending on the attendance screen (prior to that it said Unauthorized by Manager). Now, today I got the half point back and it says Unauthorized by Manager again. I canceled the PPTO request so I can resubmit it and instead of getting the 44 minutes back I only got 40 minutes back, and whatever time I had prior (22 minutes) is now gone! So I can’t even resubmit the request again until I accrue more minutes. Who can I speak with to get my 26 minutes of PPTO back? The manager?

Also, on the Me@Sams app it says I have 1 minute less than what it says on the computer at work.

I have some items in my watched list but am constantly being sent notifications reminding me about items I’m watching. I don’t need to be reminded of what I’m watching. I don’t see a specific setting to turn this off. Unless I turn off all notifications. I don’t want to unwatch an item just to stop being spammed by useless notifications. Is there any way to stop these annoying notifications?

I was listening to the Mets vs Yankees game on the radio last night and was (as always) enjoying Howie Rose’s stories. This particular one was about Dizzy Dean. Keith Raad commented that Howie was “living in the past”. What is wrong with this guy? Doesn’t he have any appreciation for baseball’s rich and storied history? Maybe he only cares about recent history and has the attitude of “oh, that was before my time, so I don’t care about it.” I want to hear a broadcaster that appreciates the history of major league baseball, including history that happened “before our time.”

I’m going to miss Howie Rose when he retires!