Yes. That’s right! Ask me, then I’ll randomly select one of my many co-workers to pass your question along to. A little bit about me and my company: I’m a senior systems engineer for a software company in Eastern Massachusetts. In the interest of anonymity, I can’t tell you what type of software we write, because we have few competitors in our niche, and we are thus fairly well known. Nonetheless.
I’ve only been with the company since the end of August, so perhaps this will be a good opportunity for me to meet people.
Comparisons between apples & oranges can be made on the basis of weight, mass, shape, color, calories, taste, spectral analysis, &c. Yet, people still use the hack cliché about how we can’t compare apples with oranges. Why do people use such an obviously flawed metaphor, especially when comparing some situation to apples & oranges is just a self-defeating instance of comparing apples to oranges?
In my old job, I had the task of cleaning the areas where draftsmen and engineers toiled. Both groups were messier than the rest of the building. The draftsmen seemed to start each day by scattering paperclips and rubberbands, just like a sumo scatters salt around the ring to purify it.
The engineers were a little better, but there were crumbs and candy wrappers everywhere. Every crevice had rolled up drawings stuffed into it, and two or three samples of the thing that guy was working on were under the desk along with a pair of shoes. Some of them kept a box of something heavy and broken next to the desk.
On the other hand, nearly all of them were friendly, witty, and courteous.
Has Winston ever referred to you as his “cow-orker”?
Did you strike him, in response?
Would you like to strike him in response?
Would you like me to hold your coat for you, whilst you strike him in response?
Which pocket of your coat do you keep your billfold in?
I asked Alex, a DBA that reports to the same guy two levels up from me. HEr english isn’t great, but she’s kind of cute and flirty. She’s got a friend coming in from out of town to do some sightseeing around Boston.
I asked Manny, the desktop guy that has been vying for my job the last couple months. He was rendered speechless. Then he asked me if I shouldn’t be in my office working on te SAN outage. Rookies. :rolleyes:
I forwarded you question(s) to Dave, the engineer I work with. He’s on bereavement leave today, and taking a vacation day tomorrow, so I don’t expect to hear from him until next week. But I should warn you that he’s really bad about replying to email (from me) - (he’s threatened by me). If I don’t hear back from by tuesday, I’ll pass your question(s) along to someone else.
