Suggestion Box

[Carl East]

With all the talk about how people think this board should go, I thought I'd start a suggestion thread.

This idea came about from work though, because whilst working I was trying to think of an idea for our own suggestion box. I'm sure most places have these, but whether or not individual suggestions ever get noticed is another thing. lol

Anyway, I work in a supermarket on the night shift. I even have a title (replenishment assistant) yeah right, I'm a shelf filler. lol

Now the only thing wrong with this job is that we can't seem to keep the overs stock under control. So my suggestion was to allow the computer that is built into the tills (checkout) to order a carton of what ever, when it knows that a carton has been sold.

Pretty simple you'd think, however this has been thought of before apparently, and because the stock is always a day late it leaves some shelves empty. So this was my solution:

Allow the checkouts to make a note of what we have left in stock (the overs) as opposed to what we need. That way, if someone who didn't know we had that certain item in stock ordered it, the computer could automatically cancel that order there by bringing down the overs. Simple!

Now back to the scheduled program. If you had a sensible suggestion of how to change this board, what would it be?

Carl

 

[Bandit1]

My first suggestion:

Make the newbie support thread a sticky.

 

[SnoopDog]

I don't like the e-mail-notification to my subscribed threads. I subscribe to my threads to keep track on them but since I check Lit regularly I don't need an e-mail-notification for it because it only results in my e-mail-account being overcrowded.

Another thing is that you have to desubscripe from threads singularly instead of being able to mark a couple of threads and then desubscripe from them.

And in the pool of available Lit-skin's I haven't found a very good one so I'm still using the 'normal' default blue/white.

Other than that I'm pretty happy with these boards.

Snoopy

 

[Lisa Denton]

My first suggestion:

Make the newbie support thread a sticky.

When Just-Legal first started the newbie thread here she suggested it and lots of us agreed. I think the reason they didn't do it is because they have similar threads in other parts of the boards. Maybe she should suggest it again because it is popular here with the authors.

Carl, my suggestion is a thread just like this that someone will all know and love (anybody but me) suggests threads in categories.
Some thread titles are vague. I got off the political bitch threads right after we lost the election, though I wouldn't mind a political thread with constructive advice about how to change the current administration.

Like so:

#1--Political questions, discussions threads see-- list a couple good ones.

#2-- Laugh your ass off threads see-- list a couple good ones.

#3 -- Flirt your ass off-- list a couple really hot ones.

#4-- Serious writer questions, discussions-- list a couple.

#5-- Not so serious writer questions, discussions (all writers welcome, newbies and veterans) list a couple.

#6-- Asshole, name-calling and shit-throwing threads (all topics and assholes welcome) list a couple.

If whoever did the suggestions was somebody we trust and like and scanned the threads we might see some threads that have just fallen off the first page that we might be interested in.

Just my humble suggestion and opinion.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I don't like the e-mail-notification to my subscribed threads. I subscribe to my threads to keep track on them but since I check Lit regularly I don't need an e-mail-notification for it because it only results in my e-mail-account being overcrowded.

Another thing is that you have to desubscripe from threads singularly instead of being able to mark a couple of threads and then desubscripe from them.

And in the pool of available Lit-skin's I haven't found a very good one so I'm still using the 'normal' default blue/white.

Other than that I'm pretty happy with these boards.

Snoopy

Sweety, go to your options page. There's a toggle button to turn that option off.

 

[SnoopDog]

Well, it doesn't work for me then...

Snoopy

 

[carsonshepherd]

Well, it doesn't work for me then...

Snoopy

You also have to unsubscribe from all the threads you're CURRENTLY getting alerts from.

 

[Carl East]

I noticed no one mentioned whether or not they have a suggestion box at work. I just wondered if anyone here had ever made a suggestion that actually saved their firm/company some money.

Carl

 

[SnoopDog]

I noticed no one mentioned whether or not they have a suggestion box at work. I just wondered if anyone here had ever made a suggestion that actually saved their firm/company some money.

Carl

My parents once won a trip to Malaysia because my father made a succesful suggestion in his company.

Snoopy

 

[Carl East]

My parents once won a trip to Malaysia because my father made a succesful suggestion in his company.

Snoopy

Good for them Snoop, do you know what the suggestion was?

Carl

 

[SnoopDog]

Good for them Snoop, do you know what the suggestion was?

Carl

Don't know really. He worked for VW and it probably had something to do with manufacturing a certain tool in a more efficient way or anything. The company has a competition every year, giving away various prizes for good suggestions of improvement.

Those prizes reach from small ammounts of cash to travel trips.

Quite a nice idea for a company that big.

By the way, the company I'm working for right now, doesn't have such a thing. But then again it's a VERY small company.

Snoopy

 

[R. Richard]

I agree wqith Snoop Dog here:
"I don't like the e-mail-notification to my subscribed threads. I subscribe to my threads to keep track on them but since I check Lit regularly I don't need an e-mail-notification for it because it only results in my e-mail-account being overcrowded."

Another thing I would also like to see is posting of the IDs of bombers. Give the bombers a chance to tell why they are bombing and to justify such bombing. Else permanent banishment.

 

[wishfulthinking]

We don't have a suggestion box at work. It is too small, not 100+ or anything, so if we want to raise something, we do so over beer o'clock or at the fortnightly staff meeting.

I think the most recent suggestion I made was lets have Kris Kringle [secret santa]. Everyone gave me a blank look, but now they are keyed up for it.

As to Lit - not so much the AH - I thought we would be getting a top list of favourites. I would love to see this, because this more than the top lists [which is controlled by votes and trolls], would give the most useful guide as to what stories I should be reading!

 

[SensualCealy]

The only suggestion we have at work is- get a new frigging job! lol

As for Lit, I would put a Newbe, sticky on every forum. This way no matter where they are they can look up stuff.

Second, I agree with Lisa, one specific forum for Politics, Im not American, and couldn't give a rats ass about Kerry or Bush! I do care, but not about the complaining back and forth, we have bigger fish to fry north of the boarder!

I use to like the general forum for goofing about, but now it is so thick with skank at times, I dont even check it out anymore. Dont get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with skank, but keep it to a minimum.
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