Re: United to flight attendants: Put away your phone or you are fired

On Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:49:30 -0500, micky <[email protected]> wrote:

>I was wrong on the flat-screen tv, but a radio must not use much at all.
>I've not checked, but they used to have transistors that would play for
>hours or days on a 9-volt battery, so I assume they don't use much. 
>
>And I too have the radio on about 85% of the time.   News mainly.  And
>the tv about 5% of the time, when I eat.  60's reruns.  
>
>>He's miffed when I'm over at his place and we're puttering on a car or 
>>something and I ask him to turn off the radio.
>
>I don't think I'd be miffed but it's so long since I've had company, I'm
>not sure. 

My computer is on most of the day but only when I'm in front of it.  I shutdown rather
than sleep it when I'm done with it.  I don't use TV or radio, I stream everything.

In customer service I'm astounded at how many people never do a shutdown.  They don't seem
to get that the machine still uses energy in sleep mode.

Swill
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