incomprehensibility in the workplace

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not having a pop at anyone but i just received this message from my supervisor in my inbox:

People,

While Andy is here if you have any questions please ask them; alternatively the conferencing system to ask your questions, two thing will help you here.

1) get you use to using the system

2) get the answers you need.

More examples of messages you just don't understand.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

is your boss a native English speaker?

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

i had a coworker who couldn't write for anything--i think he had some kind of disorder. sometimes he would send messages to the entire staff regarding network outages and such, which were completely garbled and incomprehensible. but no one had the nerve to say anything or to suggest that someone else send such messages in the future.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

something like, "the network out thursday to, finally. please will call should you need with it. thank you randy"

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

is your boss a native English speaker?

he knows no other languages.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I OPPRESS YOU WITH KITTENS

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Amateurist, you work with the Amazing Randy?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Hi Dere!

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Just got this off my line manager;

> Old skool librarians in the house, obviously.

And now the UK Garage version:

Found this book on Monday
Took it to the desk on Tuesday
I made notes on Wednesday, and Thursday and Friday and Saturday
I slept on Sunday

Long story.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha, I work with a bunch of people who's accents are utterly incomprehensible. I mean truly, I have a waiter who scares the shit out of the customers by flapping his arms and squawking like a parrot when all he's asking them is if they'd like pepper on their fucking steak.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 8 January 2004 01:43 (twenty-two years ago)

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