Killing spree

Would reading the words "Authored by" at the start of a document,
closely followed by several uses of the the word "repurposed" be a good
reason to start one?

WTF happened to everyone's ability to write using normal language?

<counts down 2 weeks until he takes time off>

 

It's a skill that is repurposed towards writing internal memos marked
"FYI" when working for big multinationals.

 

I dunno.

 

Valid point. I'll try and leverage what you've conceptualized.

 

Can you do that offline?

 

Yes, it's more fun without an audience.

HTH

 

You are correct. I actually attend marketing meetings every week, but since
I managed to get my laptop connection working I tend to do other things
rather than listen.

Suppose I could ask them to replicate the information and DTS it to me.

 

I thought that punchline was "work it out with a pencil", but what would
I know?

 

Or a computerised colonic irrigator -- they can work logs out with IT.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

"Going Postal - A Beginner's Guide"

Have you ever felt the urge to ruthlessly slaughter your fellow workers?

This handy pocket-sized book will give you tips on how to..

Select the best and most appropriate firearms and ammunition;

Obtain high-impact body armour mail order from no-questions-asked
sources.

Choose a suitable vantage point for workplace sniping;

Draw useful comparisons between knife work and gun practice and the
advantages of each;

Take out the most annoying perpertrators of workplace memos as a matter
of priority, closely followed by taletellers and those who just don't
deserve to live;

And as a bonus: Anyone who purchases one these invaluable guides before
November will get a free publication on how to evade capture with a 50%
probability of success (but remember to keep one up the spout for
yourself).

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
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No, no, you're both wrong. The proper way to say it is "Can we offline
this?"

 

Oh, you're good.

 

<counts down 6 weeks until he is swallowed up by the Organisation - subject
to contract signature, of course>

I've recently caught myself using "covered off". It's at times like these
that sensitive souls such as myself throw up their hands and ejaculate, "Oh,
/Powerpoint/ it!"

 

Of course.

An ugly phrase, and no mistake.

Powerpoint you say? A Microsoft Product? I'd imagine that's like Lotus
Freelance without mittens, yes? ;-)

 

I remember Freelance - well, the name, anyway - but I thought it had
vanished into the dustbin of history along with Clipper, Ingres, Bernoulli
drives and similar shit.

There were a few jaws dropped when we were told we'd be using Lotus Notes
for email, mind...

 

It's ok I was winding you up, you won't actually have to use it to
create anything from scratch, they've got corporate wide licences for MS
Office, but be prepared for the die hards to send you everything in
various Lotus formats which generally aren't worth fucking about with,
or converting.

I can imagine. I'm used to it now, having used it at 2 different
employers for the past 5 or 6 years, even in the latest guise it still
makes electronic communication feel like purgatory.

 

Some will adapt. Some have no intention of adapting[1], and are blatantly
hanging about in the Departure Lounge, bunking off, ducking out of their
share of the workload and enjoying 3-hour liquid lunches with increasing
frequency.

We Shall See.


[1]This isn't just an LN thing, although LN is perfectly good grounds...

 

.... well, he's Ace...

--
Tom :{)
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