# Lame, face-saving euphemisms

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-face-saving-euphemisms/530275>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 24, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-face-saving-euphemisms/530275 "2010-02-24T17:35:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-face-saving-euphemisms/530275/61 "2010-02-26T20:04:38Z")

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> [@Erdosain](#):
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> I think it’s universally agreed that Subway’s “Sandwich Artists” is the most egregious example of that phenomenon.

“So you’re a minimum wage employee at Disneyland?”  
“Blasphemer! I’ll have you know that I am a Disney Corporation Cast Member!”

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-face-saving-euphemisms/530275/62 "2010-02-26T21:30:01Z")

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> [@Enright3](#):
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> My company recently stripped one of its floors of full size 6x6 foot cubicles into half-height 4X5 cubucles. It’s horrible. In that part of the building morale has sunk to new levels. People feel like Pavlov’s rats. Anyway, when asked why they were trying to cram so many people into the building they said something about “Maximizing employee density!”

Maybe they want dense employees.

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