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Post by pamthomas46 on Feb 27, 2019 20:22:56 GMT
I’m in. Sunshine with blue skies but it’s chilly. The snow and ice continue to melt. I’m focusing on getting laundry done and trash out. KOKO doing what needs to be done. Have a great day everyone.
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Post by linda72 on Feb 27, 2019 21:49:42 GMT
zazzles, thinking of you and the colonoscopy prep you're undergoing today. Hope all goes well!
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Post by borntexan on Feb 27, 2019 22:08:21 GMT
With the tech department WW has it would never work as an all tech company.Their app badly needed work as well as their online site.Plus if you don't go to meetings you can never achieve LT status and get free e-tools.There are also a significant amount of the older ladies who don't own smartphones.I think WW will always have to have some kind of meetings or people eventually get tired of paying for something they aren't receiving.
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Post by finreporter on Feb 28, 2019 0:42:09 GMT
They wouldn't be able to do tech only with the current tech spending. Obviously! I definitely agree with that.
I mean they need to transition costs wasted on the low margin stuff and towards the side of the business that would get them into the 21st century. The tech now is not current.
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Post by finreporter on Feb 28, 2019 0:45:27 GMT
And if I was the decision maker and I'm looking at a long term outlook the few people with no smartphones would not influence me to stay in a low margin business in an effort to please a smaller population of customers.
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Post by zazzles on Feb 28, 2019 0:56:01 GMT
It is going…definitely going!
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Post by linda72 on Feb 28, 2019 1:00:37 GMT
zazzles, I tried to think of different things to say to you: "hope everything turns out ok", "break a leg" or "this will soon be behind you!" but everything sounded "funny". I did this same test last May so I can empathize but really the prep day and anticipation are far worse then the test day. Best of luck!
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Post by zazzles on Feb 28, 2019 1:05:34 GMT
borntexan, finreporter, sorry to say it but there will always be people who are so behind the current trends of society (smartphones) that they will be left behind. As much as I would like to think that companies support all long-term customers, sometimes it is just not practical or possible. The masses can be expected to be held back because the few refuse to engage in current trends of technology. But as far as technology, and to address Fin’s earlier comment about closing physical presences, that could be accomplished IF WW put together a comprehensive technology roadmap, invested heavily, outstripped the competition with technology, and made it possible for those who rely on the physical presence to get the support they need electronically. I’m thinking of video chat support and coaching, audio and/or video group chat meetings, etc. It is possible. And it could be so cool. If there were online meetings via video that were relevant to me, I might well attend. And then I’d get together with my oldsters WW group at Starbucks or someplace once a week and have the best of both worlds. By the way, somewhere in the earnings conference it was mentioned that Oprah will be doing something like she did the 1st year of SmartPoints where she holds live phone conferences and makes videos for the web site, etc. When you think about it, that 1st year people were happy to have Oprah be front and center. Why they ever pushed her aside is beyond me.
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Post by zazzles on Feb 28, 2019 1:13:52 GMT
linda72, I’m LOL. This is a repeat of 3 years ago: upper endoscopy and colonoscopy in the same appointment. So I know how easy the test day is—I’ll be out like a light. The GoLytely (who named THAT product!) doesn’t taste as disgusting as I remember. The worst part for me has been trying to keep the blood sugar in range and yet get enough calories so as to not be starving. Odd that there isn’t some prep diet that diabetics could use to get enough calories without all of them being from sugar.
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Post by borntexan on Feb 28, 2019 1:25:14 GMT
zazzles I agree with the online video chats.If they were ever to come up with the technology to do something like that and it was relevant I would probably even rejoin but then again not as long as they keep the freestyle program. Good luck tomorrow.
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Post by doordie50 on Feb 28, 2019 1:31:44 GMT
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