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Re: Today I'm angry about.....

Post by Worthy4England » Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:10 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:"Hello, please could you tell me where my Room Service order is up to? I ordered over an hour ago"

"Sorry Sir the kitchen has been particularly busy tonight" - AND YOU THINK I NEED TO KNOW THIS, WHY?
Shirley that's no way to speak to Mrs Worthy?! ;)
I'd be in some sort of plaster, if I'd said that to Mrs Worthy. :-)

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Post by Lord Kangana » Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:00 am

I'd make you make the effort, put your gruds back on and walk down to the restaurant, myself.
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Post by mrkint » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:37 pm

mrkint wrote:Project managers.

They should go to hell, and then maybe there they can find some form of talent.
The lad's on fire today.

Seriously, in any other walk of life, he would have been dumped out with the rest of the illiterate, slimy, ignorant, obnoxious c*cksucking rubbish. Absolute grade-A tosspot and chancer.

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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:43 pm

mrkint wrote:
mrkint wrote:Project managers.

They should go to hell, and then maybe there they can find some form of talent.
The lad's on fire today.

Seriously, in any other walk of life, he would have been dumped out with the rest of the illiterate, slimy, ignorant, obnoxious c*cksucking rubbish. Absolute grade-A tosspot and chancer.
Are you behind on your milestones? :lol: (sorry)
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Post by malcd1 » Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:13 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
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malcd1 wrote:Why is that every time I need to go on a plane the fecking weather is shite. I really don't like flying but it wouldn't put me off if I need to go anywhere. I am flying to Dublin first thing Monday morning and will be back the same day. So two flights.

The Met Office are saying it will be up to 47mph winds and heavy rain. White knuckle ride and sweaty palms again.
If you think Dublin is bad go to Waterford notorious for cancelling flights from Ireland to England to the extent where your better of just going to Dublin weather you have a flights booked from Waterford or not. I know I have been a victim of this 5 times!
I don't care if the flight is cancelled. In fact quite the opposite. At the moment I would rather not go if it is too windy.
Are you still alive, Malcd1? :)
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Re: Today I'm angry about.....

Post by Worthy4England » Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:02 am

Lord Kangana wrote:I'd make you make the effort, put your gruds back on and walk down to the restaurant, myself.
I made the effort by picking up the 'phone. :-)

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Post by Worthy4England » Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:04 am

Lost Leopard Spot wrote:
mrkint wrote:
mrkint wrote:Project managers.

They should go to hell, and then maybe there they can find some form of talent.
The lad's on fire today.

Seriously, in any other walk of life, he would have been dumped out with the rest of the illiterate, slimy, ignorant, obnoxious c*cksucking rubbish. Absolute grade-A tosspot and chancer.
Are you behind on your milestones? :lol: (sorry)
I often feel sorry for Project Managers when they clearly don't have the tools to work with - you know, the sort of people that don't understand that stuff needs delivering on time.... ;-)

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Post by mrkint » Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:43 am

The PM is the tool in this case, though. :(

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Post by Athers » Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:47 am

Work tried to push me in the direction of project management when I was a graduate but I didn't fancy being the guy who rang up every 5 minutes to ask where this fits in with your current workstack priorities.
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Post by Beefheart » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:09 am

Can I ask when and why the word 'action' replaced the word 'do'. As in 'Can you please action that?' 'Oh I'd love to, except it's a noun, so I can't really'

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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:20 am

Beefheart wrote:Can I ask when and why the word 'action' replaced the word 'do'. As in 'Can you please action that?' 'Oh I'd love to, except it's a noun, so I can't really'
It's also a verb (transitive):
to put into effect; take action concerning

and has been used for decades at the very least, as in for example when a movie director shouts through his megaphone "and... action"
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Post by Athers » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:26 am

In that example he's not really telling them to 'lights' or 'camera' though?!
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Post by Beefheart » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:30 am

Lost Leopard Spot wrote:
Beefheart wrote:Can I ask when and why the word 'action' replaced the word 'do'. As in 'Can you please action that?' 'Oh I'd love to, except it's a noun, so I can't really'
It's also a verb (transitive):
to put into effect; take action concerning

and has been used for decades at the very least, as in for example when a movie director shouts through his megaphone "and... action"
But surely in that context the verb is 'to take'? Also, dictionaries get updated to include definitions just because a lot of people use the word incorrectly! Enough people use the word random when describing something that is in no way random, e.g 'Then we went to this random pub!', that such a definition gets added. See also the word irregardless despite it not even being a word.

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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:31 am

Athers wrote:In that example he's not really telling them to 'lights' or 'camera' though?!
He's performing the act of telling the actors to put their acting skills into action 8)
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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:35 am

Beefheart wrote:
Lost Leopard Spot wrote:
Beefheart wrote:Can I ask when and why the word 'action' replaced the word 'do'. As in 'Can you please action that?' 'Oh I'd love to, except it's a noun, so I can't really'
It's also a verb (transitive):
to put into effect; take action concerning

and has been used for decades at the very least, as in for example when a movie director shouts through his megaphone "and... action"
But surely in that context the verb is 'to take'? Also, dictionaries get updated to include definitions just because a lot of people use the word incorrectly! Enough people use the word random when describing something that is in no way random, e.g 'Then we went to this random pub!', that such a definition gets added. See also the word irregardless despite it not even being a word.
It's definitely in the OED as a verb transitive, and it's not a recent thing. And looking up my paper dictionary I see that the example I randomly plucked out of the air irregardless, is actually an interjection and not the use of the word as a voib. :oops:
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Post by Beefheart » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:37 am

But irregardless has a prefix and suffix that cancel each other out. So it's stupid, and people nly ever say it when they mean regardless.

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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:47 am

Beefheart wrote:But irregardless has a prefix and suffix that cancel each other out. So it's stupid, and people nly ever say it when they mean regardless.
I know. It's not a word - I agree 8) I only use it to get you going :mrgreen:
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Post by Prufrock » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:05 am

mrkint wrote:The PM is the tool in this case, though. :(

What's up, will he not let you stay at home to play GTA?
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Post by mrkint » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:08 am

Prufrock wrote:
mrkint wrote:The PM is the tool in this case, though. :(

What's up, will he not let you stay at home to play GTA?
:lol:

tortuous conditions.

Nah, just a complete buffoon. I'm sure i've moaned about him at you before.

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Post by Prufrock » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:10 am

mrkint wrote:
Prufrock wrote:
mrkint wrote:The PM is the tool in this case, though. :(

What's up, will he not let you stay at home to play GTA?
:lol:

tortuous conditions.

Nah, just a complete buffoon. I'm sure i've moaned about him at you before.
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