Do Not Remove Alligators from Roadway

What do you do when there’s an 11-foot alligator blocking the road? Not what Glen Bonin and his three friends tried to do when it happened in Sulphur, Louisiana.

"(We) took our shirts off, threw it on his (the gator's) face, and we were going to come from behind it and jump on it... in the process of doing that, it spun around and grabbed my hand seconds before we jumped on it," Bonin said.

The alligator then snapped at Bonin, biting his hand and sending him into a daze.

"It felt like someone was pulling my arm out. I thought I was about to lose something. It felt like it lasted forever," Bonin said.

Bonin received 80 stitches and a lesson in the wrong way to deal with an alligator.

"I've always been the kind of guy who learns the hard way," said Glen Bonin.

If you ever find yourself in this position, it’s best to call law enforcement or wildlife authorities. You might even consider using a different route until the gator is gone. KPLC has some video footage of the gator encounter, in which it appears there was much more interaction with the animal than was necessary to unblock traffic. -via Arbroath


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True but they did win the SparkS "Alexandre Dumas Award". Known far and wide as the dumb-ass award.

Neatorama's Alex is not a dumb-ass though he does have a similar first name to Monsieur Dumas.

Are you familiar with the Dumas method?
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1) Or retailers could do like Apple stores do, abolish lines, and give each employee on the floor a handheld card swiper. For many retail models, however, this wouldn't work. But there are probably several retail stores that COULD benefit from this.

2) His wife called him on a landline.
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Am I missing something here 'cause the combined queue concept has been in use for years, at least here in Canada. Yes, the multiple cashier thingy is still widely used by many retailers, but banks, movie theatres, several big box stores, fast-food restaurants... lots of them use the combined queue thingy to move customers to the next available teller/cashier. Heck, Walmart even has a greeter at the head of the line that lets distracted customers know when a cashier is available. And who hasn't heard the ol' familiar "can I help who's next, please?" while standing in line at a burger joint or coffee shop or train station or wherever? Like I said, unless I'm missing something, this concept is not new and has been in place for years. Maybe it just hasn't caught on elsewhere?
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This theory is a bunch of hooey. The reason the other lines are faster is because of the idiot in front of me who is using a million coupons, and then paying with a check.
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Combined queuing is not really faster. It reduces the variation in queue time, but not the average wait itself. Also in separate queues, customers will self-optimize towards the faster queues. They can't do that with combined queues. So combined queues are fairer, but not faster in absolute terms.

Also one reason for long queues is that retailers pay their employees for their time, but not their customers. So provided the customers are happy, the retailer has no reason to make their wait shorter.
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This reminds me of a time once when I was at Home Depot. If you're familiar with their set-up, you know that every two registers basically share an "aisle," only about 3 or 4 feet wide.

When I was ready to check out, there were two registers open, both together, and each having one customer, no lines. I stood behind them both, but aligned in the middle, so I could step up to the next available register.

Well, some alpha male steps up behind me a couple of minutes later, huffs and says, "Which register are you at?" I politely replied, "Whichever opens first," and smiled. The man became visibly annoyed and huffed again.

His hope, apparently, was simply to have the opportunity at getting behind the faster person and getting out first. In my head, it just made more sense to prevent either of us from getting stuck waiting forever.
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I am not sure I agree with his ABC conclusion.

I do not care if my line is the fastest (BB). I care that I don't choose the slowest or BB. According to his math, I have a 4 out of 6 chance of choosing one that isn't the slowest.
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