# Why you never post while working, or Hi Opal! is getting me some strange looks...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-never-post-while-working-or-hi-opal-is-getting-me-some-strange-looks/64197>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 3, 2001, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-never-post-while-working-or-hi-opal-is-getting-me-some-strange-looks/64197 "2001-05-03T10:28:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![donnie\_rotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@donnie\_rotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_rotten)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-never-post-while-working-or-hi-opal-is-getting-me-some-strange-looks/64197/1 "2001-05-03T10:28:40Z")

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Just pulled an all-nighter trying to get a project out the door, and while I was working, I posted a few times while giving my mouse-clicking arm some much-needed rest (pixel-by-pixel graphics editing, so much more arm-wearying than hanging out in the only message board that matters).

This morning, sent out my stuff. The email had an item-by-item list of requirements, concerns, etcetera. Anyone care to venture a guess as to what Item #3 on this list was?

That’s right. **Hi Opal!**. :o

Now my client is wondering who the hell Opal is, my boss is openly mocking me for spending far too much time on this board, and I feel like a complete idiot.

Please, please, PLEASE tell me this has happened to others, too…

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**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-never-post-while-working-or-hi-opal-is-getting-me-some-strange-looks/64197/2 "2001-05-03T10:32:43Z")

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Kinda happened to me on my 3rd cited source on one of my final speeches for COMM210. Only I realized what I did and changed it before I printed it out.

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-never-post-while-working-or-hi-opal-is-getting-me-some-strange-looks/64197/3 "2001-05-03T13:09:13Z")

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1: I don’t have internet access at work.

2: I don’t have a computer at work.

3: Hi Opal!