The team’s PO, PO P. O’Pio, was really PO’d when he found the PO at the PO.
I work in a perfect storm of acronym-happy industries: IT, health care, and insurance. They all just love their acronyms and initialisms, and while I’ve never seen a sentence as bad as my admittedly over-the-top example above, I’ve seen some that are close.
Yesterday, a chat window popped up with the question:
Did you RP to the OPL INC with the PBI?
The only thing that would have made it worse (to my language-loving senses) is if it had also incorporated text-speak:
did u rp 2 th opl inc w/th pbi?
Writers…we often cast ourselves in the lead of our own internal dramas, but rarely does one of our number actually make it to the big screen in a leading role. A couple of examples I’ve seen in recent years are The Words and Wonder Boys, in which Bradley Cooper and Michael Douglas were cast as the “writer.” (Ever notice how writers on-screen look a hell of a lot better than writers in real life?)
The restaurant business is difficult. Long hours, slim profit margins, physically demanding work…you really have to love it, because it requires dedication and toil. It’s also really easy to screw up.
When I was a child, by far the worst verdict my parents could lower upon my head was the dreaded, “We’re very disappointed in you.” Crushing, positively crushing.
My brain writhes through dark hours
Seattle is quiet.
I guess I complain about meetings a lot.
