My life and times in Corporate America

My dealings with life at a corporate job straight out of college and fooling my employers into thinking I'm really smart. Rantings about my co-workers, work, and life in general.

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Interesting things that happened yesterday at work...

I got a spam email from amazon.com about a special sale on Pampers. What I have bought online recently that makes them think I’d be interested in Pampers? Maybe it’s that baby I bought online.

My Snapple cap informed me of “Real Fact #2”: Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons. Well, duh. I did in fact take 6th grade science. Next you’re going to tell me that if an animal doesn’t breathe in and out, it will die. Come on, Snapple.

I’ve been working off-site for about two weeks now, far away from head office and far away from my new window desk. I’m at an affiliate office and it’s got a totally different vibe then my cool downtown office. Today is casual Friday and the people here really take that to the fullest extent of its meaning. Everyone’s wearing jeans and sneakers. Not to be a snob, but they all look totally unprofessional. I think I saw one guy in his pajamas. The guy who sits near me is sporting an orange t-shirt with a hole in and a gold chain. If I see a hat that says “Who Farted?” I’m packing up.

The lead auditor in my group was typing “affiliate” in an email and asked me if it’s spelled A-F-F-I-L-I-I-A-T-E. Are you serious? What word in the English language have you ever come across that has two I’s in a row? I don’t know which is dumber, you or the Snapple cap.

2 Comments:

At 4:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I read Zach this post, and his response was, "Maybe the lead auditor took Latin." The rest of the conversation went like this:

"Yes, but the email was in English. Is there even an English word with two i's in a row?"

"It happens in Latin."

"BUT THE EMAIL WAS IN ENGLISH!"

"BUT IT HAPPENS IN LATIN!"

So I think now the question is: which is dumber, the Snapple cap, your boss, or that argument?

 
At 10:27 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would have expected either him or Caroline to point out that most words ending in 'us' have a plural form of 'ii'. This is most predominant in the nerd joke about the Ford Taurus, saying multiple of them are called Taurii. I know that is not an actual word, but it is based off the proper English rules that would dictate the plural is 'Taurii'.

 

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