Birdie
So it's really need to see how these are being deployed for a "hospital waiting room" user case, instead of the usual restaurant queue. Multiple sensory alert to summon you vs waiting exhaustively attentively and anxiously for your name. Which you can hopefully hear, regardless of your medial reason for being there in the first place or any distraction you might be using to relax. A+
Jul 5, 2017 at 3:58pmTusky
Show threadKelly πŸ‘ΎπŸŽ§Jul 5, 2017
@BirdMachine omg. In less than a second I went from 'wow great' to 'WHY HAVE THESE NOT ALREADY BEEN EVERYWHERE IN EVERY MEDICAL EVERYTHING'
Show threadBirdieJul 5, 2017

@kelly I KNOW RIGHT?! It makes SO much sense after actually seeing it in action.

A friend on hellbird brought up another benefit: you can wait somewhere that's more peaceful and quiet. The waiting room here is /massive/ and has spaces sectioned off for families to wait together as such, and I think being able to use these pagers are what enabled them to build it like this. A huge win for patients and their families.

Show threadKelly πŸ‘ΎπŸŽ§Jul 5, 2017

@BirdMachine that is great and I'm going to tell everyone I know and encounter in future, but, for a while my brain's just gonna be doing ragdoll-cartwheels going

THIS MEANS FOR YEARS
WE AS A SOCIETY
ESTABLISHED
THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
AND IMPLIED SOCIAL CONSENSUS
THAT THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
OF A T.G.I. FRIDAY'S
WAS OF LESS URGENCY
THAN THE PLACES WHERE YOU GET BLOOD TEST RESULTS

Show threadπŸ›„ chitter.xyzJul 5, 2017
@BirdMachine what is that? a flashy, beepy thingy??
Show threadBirdieJul 6, 2017
@Efi basically. It doesn't beep, but it flashes and vibrates super intensely
Show threadπŸ›„ chitter.xyzJul 6, 2017
@BirdMachine oooh, good, good
Show threadο½“ο½”ο½ο½Œο½ο½“Jul 5, 2017
@BirdMachine Nice, it's always good to see simple tech being useful.