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Daily random thread: almost almost the weekend edition (June 15, 2023) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Baku@sh.itjust.works to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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AKA: Daily random thread: Baku doing the posting cuz nobody has invented automoderator for Lemmy yet

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[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Got a message from my manager regarding a minor complaint made against me. Apparently I use big words in emails and some people find it intimidating.

We had a good chuckle about it. I was hoping he'd tell me who it was so I could send that person a link to a dictionary/thesaurus page.

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Straight to hr for being smart. We only want dumb people working at this company.

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

Big words make sad and angry.

Make stop please.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Offer to meet the complainant in the thunderdome; or tell your manager that scary is a better word than intimidating.

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like this idea. In reality I'll just use bigger and more obscure words (definitely throwing cromulent in there soon).

Give them something to really complain about.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Consider writing like an aggrieved Victorian aristocrat, or a protagonist in a Jane Austen novel.

My dearest Human resources department,
                                     I am writing forthwith, to complain about the insinuation that I am to be considered intimidating with my extensive use of longer vocabulary. To wit, I should also like to raise a complaint of mine, such as is within my allowance, that there is an intimidating lack of long words used in workplace communications.

Good day,
Mean Elevator

[–] wscholermann@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find these claims vexatious and fallacious.

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Insubordinate and churlish.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Practically preposterous.

[–] SweetButSpicy@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

A complaint about VOCAB?!