What is something people you encounter at your job say that makes you want to scream? (Job, person & quote)
Job: cashier
Item doesn't scan
Customer: "That means it's free, right?"
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Only about 4 weeks in as a cashier and I've heard this enough to last me a lifetime.
Me: Linux Sysadmin
Co-workers: 2 Linux sysadmins with 15+ years of experience.
They pronounce URL as Earl.
My husband (a 55yo DBA) does that. š¬ He also says nu-cu-lar and en-tree. I've brought it to his attention but he's just so used to it and after 23 years together it's a battle I've opted out of. As long as he knows how he sounds to people like me, it's on him.
The probably started using it ironically and it fell into habbit.
There was a proto-meme back in the day along the lines of "URL? Who's Earl?"
It's been Earl since at least 1997 when Sun introduced their mascot for Java: The Duke of URL