I had to run down to CVS to pick up medication

[conuly]

and was thwarted in easily obtaining the medicine after the fact because of the plexiglass shields. We had to jiggle them around to pass the medicine and my ID back and forth.

The pharmacist today is 6'7". I know this because his nametag used to state his height instead of his name. They made him change it back, which is probably a mistake because I doubt anybody ever wanted to know his name, but clearly everybody wants to know exactly how tall he is.

6'7" is sufficiently tall that his nose is above the top of the plexiglass. I knew it was just hygiene theater, but this is ridiculous!

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Comments

height on name tag

[frandroid]

Haha, that's funny.

A store I went to had plexiglass tall enough for the person sitting at the cash, but definitely shorter than me, the standing customer. Guys...

[greghousesgf]

When I used to work at Mrs. Fields cookies most of us didn't put our real names on our name tags, just names of TV characters, etc.

[conuly]

Well, ya got me. I don't know for sure that it's his real name on his tag now. (Or, for that matter, if 6'7" is his real height. I didn't double check!)

[chez_jae]

I find it utterly hilarious he had his height on his name tag! Too bad some dour old stick in the mud made him change it.

[adafrog]

I like that his 'name' is 6'7". Smart.

[siderea]

"This Inmate Used Solitary Confinement to Learn Math."

Psst, no link.

[conuly]

Darn it.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a34887986/chris-havens-math-inmate/

[siderea]

"The growth of the hyperbole was exponential."

This is the greatest sentence in the history of math journalism.

[conuly]

Worth the wait, right?

[frandroid]

Bwahaha, you made me read it. Good story. Also shows the need for prison abolition... What's the point of keeping this guy inside.

[siderea]

The whole thing was, thanks for the link!

[conuly]

I mean, he does seem to have killed somebody. But I am all for serious prison reform, and only keeping the most dangerous people locked up for a long term (and most or all of them in more open conditions).

[kengr]

You know, they ought to be able to recover the DNA from some of those wool dog skeletons. and it'd likely be possible to recreate the breed from that.