"I want you to know where we're AT"

[matcom]

:grr:

Spent an hour on the phone with a client today. Fucking prodical son who came home from selling surf boards in Florida to get the corner marketing office of his family's business with NO f*cking experience.

Anyway we had a conference call that should have taken 15 minutes and he drags it out for an hour to "impress" everyone. :eyes:

Must have said the above statement at LEAST 25 times. I HATE that statement more than almost any other.

"I want you to know where we're at."

:argh:

[Mrs.Matcom]

1. so....

where are you at??? :*

[matcom]

3. upstairs naked in bed with our hot neighbor

either come up now or kick off your shoes and make us some supper DAMMIT!

:*


:hide:

[Mrs.Matcom]

7. You're in bed with...

Danny?? Huh, ok, well what ever floats your boat, just change the sheets when you are finished!

I'm going to Sorrento's for pizza...:rofl:

[Parche]

2. yada yada yada

"Your bad"

So there

:hi:

[redqueen]

4. So... he gets paid more than you?

Is that what you're sayin?

[matcom]

5. no idea

but his oral skills are certainly NOT as good as the teacher-story i posted a little while ago :P

[redqueen]

6. What... did he use his teeth?

[DS1]

8. name removed says that shit all the time

[lumberingbear]

9. Old joke from "Designing Women"

Two women were eating in a resturant. One was from the North and one was from the South. The southern woman asked "Which part of the North do you live at?" The northern lady replied with a smirk. "I live in an area where you don't end a sentence with a preposition." The southern woman thought about this for a bit and then said. "OK....... Then which part of the North do you live AT,... bitch?" ;)

[DS1]

10. that would be funny if it wasn't the northerner who was the stupid bitch

:)

and that's not my anti-southern bias, that's just having a difficult time with ignorant fucks who like to mangle the language as they see fit.

[lumberingbear]

13. The joke was being told by one of the "Designing Women".....

who all were from Atlanta.

[jus_the_facts]

15. Us southern bitches can mangle the language as we see fit....

....in fact...I'd even bet that if you heard me mangle it...you'd call back repeatedly. :evilgrin:

[underpants]

11. It is what it is

[pitohui]

12. it's simple colloquial english

i'm eternally amazed that educated people don't know the difference between written and spoken english, as we addressed this subject my freshman year of high school

"where you're at" and "where we're at" is simple, colloquial english that is easily understood

it is pompous and, frankly, bogus to use ten syllables where three will do just to pretend you're better than the other guy

born to wealth, your client doesn't need to put on airs, he is secure and doesn't have to speak like an eighth grade english teacher who is forever aware of her lack of social status

it's like people who say "utilize" instead of "use," i hate to tell you, but i know exactly where they're at -- head up their fundament, that's where

your client may be easy to hate for a variety of reasons but using this phrase is not a very good one

[Pierre.Suave]

14. Next time, just ask him...

if he has recently had an Anal-Cranial Inversion...

:rofl:

[mainegreen]

16. I've spent the last two weeks trying to even get ahold of my big client.

They always pay, but damned, it can be difficult to even get her on the phone for five minutes.

Lot's of half-finished code lying around waiting for feedback before I can complete the modules.

[datasuspect]

17. at where was he?