I was in a meeting with a client and we’re making small talk during a bio-break. The client asks, “You have a PhD in linguistics. How did you get into that?”
I was all, “Well I was an English major as an undergraduate and I was interested in literary theory so I took a semantics class thinking I’d learn about semiotics…heh.”
[awkward silence]
And then they’re like, “So, I think there’s an opportunity to hit the ground running by leveraging our key stakeholders to significantly drive market share…”
Thursday, January 26, 2006
The day got weirder
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"Bio-break"? Is that like PC Load Letter? Is it?
I wonder how they would have dealt with my answer: "Followed a girlfriend to college, and there was nothing else in the course catalog that looked interesting."
I don't get the PC Load Letter thing. What's that about?
Bio-break has to be my least favorite euphamism. It always makes me feel like a cyborg. I was going to put it in scare quotes and then I remembered how much I hate scare quotes.
That's a funny story. I guess those two s-words scared the crap out of them. Like, whoah, what the hell is this guy talking about?
Boy I must be out of it. I think I've never heard the expression bio-break, but I can guess what it means.
It really was clashing jargon in there.
"PC Load Letter" is from Office Space. Didn't you get the special edition (with flair!) for Xmas?
We are both laugh-worthy.
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