don't tell me how to do my job while using made up words
todays word is: "stagment"the real word is actually, "stagnent":
- Not moving or flowing; motionless
- Foul or stale from standing: stagnant ponds
okay so here is the situation...
once a week we have a team status meeting, you know one of those meetings to check in and make sure everyone is on the right page (which we never are!). at the meeting my grammatically challenged co-worker (see my blog about grammar a few days ago for more on her) decided that she would start telling me about my job and how to do my job. now the thing is, i know that i am smarter than her, and i don't mean this in a pretentious way at all, i just am...and i have major seniority over her and i also have a higher title than she does...so in no way at all should she be telling me about my job and how she feels i should be doing my job.
the best part about this whole thing is that while telling me about all of the things she feels i should or shouldn't be doing, she made up a word, and the real word she was trying to use didn't really apply to the sentence, it went something like this, "why would you have a status to send, all of your functionality is 'stagment'...blah, blah, blah..." at that point, i stopped her (which is something i never do!) and said, actually,'stagment' isn't a word, the word you were trying to figure out is 'stagnent' and it really doesn't apply here. she got really defensive and almost looked as if she were going to cry...i felt bad for a moment and then it passed...anyway, really if you are going to tell me how to do my job, please at least use words that have been approved by some dictionary, maybe not even an english one, but at least one that has words in it...and don't use word in the wrong context, it just further proves your stupidity...giving me more fodder for my blog...

4 Comments:
'fodder' is a good word. in fact, I think it should be used more often.
at the dinner table : "mmm, that was some tasty fodder."
as an insult : "go fodder yourself!"
around town : "sure is some lovely fodder we've been having recently."
as an expletive : "oh fodder!"
it's funny how the more you write out a word, the more it looks like you've spelled it wrong. oh well, fodder it.
you have too much free time!
I can't stand poor grammar! Not to say that my grammar - or spelling - is always perfect, but at least I make an effort to be correct. I'm completely with you on this one. :)
thanks!
did you also read my post from the 12th, it is on the same topic! it is good to know that i am not alone on this one! :-)
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