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I once had a co-worker, LS, who insisted on never saying the word "problem"; everything was a "challenge". Always. If the data center exploded in a fiery ball
by jaylevitt 14y ago
I once had a co-worker, LS, who insisted on never saying the word "problem"; everything was a "challenge". Always. If the data center exploded in a fiery ball, we were experiencing massive system challenges.
I bet our VP of Operations a hundred bucks that he couldn't get LS to say the word "problem". Without missing a beat, he turned to LS and said "I'll pay you fifty bucks to say the word 'problem'." And he did.
So while I support your quest for transparency, I really can't participate - it's proven expensive for me.
- rhizome 14y agoI experienced the exact same thing from a consultant at a previous job. It was maddening.
- prostoalex 14y agoThis is proper old English, was your coworker Indian? Same for "kindly <do something>", interesting phraseologisms that are not used by modern Brits, but are still in place in ex-colonies.