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"We need that machine tomorrow?" "Why didn't you tell us you hired something new?" "They work here for 2 weeks now"
by ilyt 4y ago
"We need that machine tomorrow?"
"Why didn't you tell us you hired something new?"
"They work here for 2 weeks now"
- dylan604 4y agoare new hires really being referred to somethings now?
- smiley1437 4y agoThat's a pronoun I haven't seen yet
- mrguyorama 4y agoHonestly it's a way more accurate reflection of how managers see employees
- flerchin 4y ago:feels:
- dylan604 4y ago?? Isn't feeling the employees an HR violation?
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoOnly if the employee decides they were harassed. This was a "loophole" in a harassment training package a former employer used. Basically if you were of an ilk that will always be believed by HR you get a blank check on what to consider harassment. A classic some are more equal than others scenario.
- tekknik 4y agoSeems like you can read this 2 ways, the additional way being allowing workplace relationships that have a touching component to it. Regardless of how appropriate that is at work.
- still_grokking 4y agoWell, in Germany we would say: "Tauch' deinen Füller nie in Firmentinte." That's a very important advice!
- ilyt 4y ago"Never dip your fountain pen in company ink." Poetic
- still_grokking 4y agoI guess it depends on how intensive you "feel" them.
- ElfinTrousers 4y agoThey don't have employees, they have "resources".
- rozab 4y agoA few people are using it/its (like crimew, the hacker who did the no fly list thing), and I think they often prefer this sort of construction
- ilyt 4y agoThat seems mildly insulting. At that point you might just say "attention to all fairy things"
- TomK32 4y agoNihilist, pronouns something/whatever.
- Oxidation 4y agoChinese lesson one: don't call someone a "thing".¹ Chinese lesson two: really don't call them "not a thing". ¹: Also it's still my favourite, uh, thing that the word for a "thing" is, literally, an "east-west".
- ye-olde-sysrq 4y agoIs the lesson for native-chinese-speakers about speaking English? If so, interesting, I haven't actually seen this (presumably common?) oopsie before. It also hadn't occurred to me how crushing of an insult it is, but damn yeah it sure is.
- st_goliath 4y agoNo, it's a Chinese lesson. A "thing" or "stuff" in Chinese is 东西 (dōngxi). That's literally "east-west" if you pick the individual characters apart. That's what the footnote refers to. Calling somebody 不是个东西 (bùshì ge dōngxī) means something along the lines of being good for nothing, i.e. an insult. Translating it literally, it would be calling somebody "not a thing".
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- still_grokking 4y agoWhich lines up fine with "that's not a thing" in the sense of "that's irrelevant". Saying someone is irrelevant is likely an insult, also in English.
- ilyt 4y agoThe corp I work for and their clients uses "body lending" as a term. Why would we leave only suits to have some fun with dystopian wording ? Not the corp in question but here is another one: https://www.thewealthmosaic.com/vendors/geissbuhler-weber-partner/outsourcing-body-lending/ https://www.thewealthmosaic.com/vendors/geissbuhler-weber-pa...