Pet Peeve thread...

I was in a meeting for work at IBM and someone said that they were going to "podium" an issue. I was like, "if you want me to join these meetings you're going to have to start talking in plain English." It's bad enough at any job, but at IBM, I had no idea what they were talking about half the time because it's all made-up verbs, corporate buzzwords that don't have any substantive meaning, and acronyms that no one bothers to explain.

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Originally Posted by Big Swami

I was in a meeting for work at IBM and someone said that they were going to "podium" an issue. I was like, "if you want me to join these meetings you're going to have to start talking in plain English." It's bad enough at any job, but at IBM, I had no idea what they were talking about half the time because it's all made-up verbs, corporate buzzwords that don't have any substantive meaning, and acronyms that no one bothers to explain.

Thats partly why I like construction. "Is it fucking lunch yet" We don't implement shit.

When some dolt says "Let's do lunch", I politely tell him that I gave up fucking a plate of macaroni and cheese years ago.

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Originally Posted by Zip Goshboots

When some dolt says "Let's do lunch", I politely tell him that I gave up fucking a plate of macaroni and cheese years ago.

Laffo

"Shit! If this is goin' to be that kind of party, I'm gon' stick my dick in the mashed potatoes."

I hate it when people lick their fingers all the time to separate documents. I had a teacher that licked her thumb basically every other sheet as she handed out papers in class. It's disgusting when you think about all the saliva she's passing around. If you have that big a problem with that stuff, they make a little rubber thimble like thing for that so you can grip papers. Or try putting some lotion on your hands once and a while so you don't have bone dry skin. Do whatever it takes, but stop licking my damn homework.

I must say sometimes I have that problem with produce bags when you pull them off the reel. instead, I touch something wet (ie the produce) and open the bag.

It puts the lotion on its skin......

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Originally Posted by WTFchris

I hate it when people lick their fingers all the time to separate documents. I had a teacher that licked her thumb basically every other sheet as she handed out papers in class. It's disgusting when you think about all the saliva she's passing around. If you have that big a problem with that stuff, they make a little rubber thimble like thing for that so you can grip papers. Or try putting some lotion on your hands once and a while so you don't have bone dry skin. Do whatever it takes, but stop licking my damn homework.

I must say sometimes I have that problem with produce bags when you pull them off the reel. instead, I touch something wet (ie the produce) and open the bag.

You are right. Licking is gross:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=0

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Originally Posted by giffman

You are right. Licking is gross:

Especially when the licker appears to be twelve.

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Originally Posted by Big Swami

I was in a meeting for work at IBM and someone said that they were going to "podium" an issue.

Pod people... podium... makes sense to me.

Seriously: If you want to retain your sanity, never ever go to work for IBM. Everyone who works there wouldn't last a day in any other company.