Observe two cases that occurred at the same gas station in north georgia.
1. A single old woman comes in and stands directly in front of the coffee machine as she (without proper sanitation napkins on her hands) reaches repeatedly into the donut case, removing 24 donuts extremely slowly. When 2 dozener has finally gotten her fix, and I have gotten my coffee, she proceeds to the check out line, where she pays with a check (at a gas station-- didn't even know that was legal!) and then balances her account and reorganizes her purse, all while I am waiting in line. Then she struggles past with her 2 dozen donuts. <--- FAIL
2. As I exit the gas station I observe a group of approximately 20 urban clad (the urban style apparel, I mean, large chains and shirts with strange symbols, loose pants, etc.) males and about 3 women with very little clothing as well all lean on and loiter about my car, obscuring my safe and unhindered passage towards the door. At least 4 of the men make no shame of looking directly at my booty, even though two are with the ladies already. I am not sure where they came from, but they magically appeared at this gas station to be <---FAIL
I suggest then, that somewhere between say "3" and "15" lies a magic range of social cocoon size where failure is more uncommon. However the failure of a single person, or groups of people > 100 (example: some protesters acting stupid, rap stars birthday parties, bars in downtown Athens) is very common. This suggests a distribution that is... I don't know what you call it, but it looks like an upside-down non parametric with a noncentrality of "2."
Can YOU define a function to fit the probability of fail in single people or large groups? :D
On a side note, what does the rapper Drake mean when he says:
"What am I doin’? What am I doin’?
Oh, yeah, that’s right, I’m doin’ meI’m doin me
I’m livin’ life right now, maybe"
starting off... "what am I doing?" (you're singing), "what am I doing?" (well, actually rapping)
"oh yeah that's right, I'm doin me" (wait a second, you're WHAT?!?)
"I'm doing me" (I thought you said that but really hoped you didn't. How is that physically possible?)
"I'm living life right now" (congratulations! So are ALL OTHER LIVING BEINGS! You are LIVING life? Who would have thought!)
"Maybe" (or maybe you are an immortal, maybe... I hope not)
1. People who pay with checks at either gas stations or supermarkets annoy me. Because they know, prior to showing up with their checkbook, that there's going to be a line of impatient people behind them, and that writing a check takes an unreasonably long time (relative to paying with a card or cash). And don't even get me started on doddering old ladies at Safeway that ask, "Who should I make the check out to?" I don't know, let me think, maybe Ron White? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU MAKE THE CHECK OUT TO, YOU FOOL?
ReplyDelete2. Those guys had scantily had women...but secretly they wanted the hot tomboy in the track pants. And who can blame them??
3. May I suggest a sum of Heaviside step functions? Failure probability = H(3-x) + H(x-15). Although that implies that everyone outside the 3 to 15 range is a failure...hmm. Bad for us loners! As a less extreme alternative, how about a generic bimodal distribution?
I was also thinking bimodal distribution!
ReplyDeleteI hate that with the "who do I make the check out to?" as well... but what's really obnoxious is when they balance it right after, holding everyone up while they do their finances! Take the receipt and do it at home!
Should have worn my apple bottom jeans and the boots with the furrrz